The Human Centipde II (Full Sequence)

Saturday night, I’m sitting in the back row of a cinema, spectators are speckled about the seats watching the screen intently as a fat man staples the mouth of a man to the rectum of another and I am wondering why anyone wants to see this sort of thing. Yes, this is the horrific fantasy of The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). Tagline: ‘100% Medically Inaccurate’. What sort of audience does that attract?

The first 'centipede' consisted of a 3 person ‘digestive-tract’, how can you get much better than that? Apparently the answer lies in the philosophy of every sequel: you just make it bigger. So, the Dutch writer/director/gun-enthusiast Tom Six has created a horror movie that replaced the irony of the first for complete obsession and lust. The plot follows a car-lot security guard, who is perturbed, lives with his mother and has a sickening obsession with the movie The Human Centipede. He fantasises about a 12 person human 'centipede'.

Granted, the techniques used were impressive. They captured the disturbing subject adequately through the monochrome colour, the acting and directing were adequate, even if the writing should never have been conceived. If handled differently, this movie would’ve been a fantastic study of desensitisation in contemporary horror films, addressing the exact concerns of most people watching such graphic content. However, it simply goes too far. Most people (well, I wish I could say all people) don’t want to let this sort of thing into our imagination. It genuinely worries me that there are people who actually enjoy films like this. I suppose Tom Six was trying to turn the table and suggest that if people were actually that deranged, look what could happen. But the main character, who’s frog-like body is repulsive and eyes bulge as much as his stomach, doesn’t just make the 'centipede’, he kills other people for the sake of it, like his mother and psychologist. Something doesn’t seem right if the film really is trying to speak out against the anti-social effects of the media industry. I mean, if it were, why would there be a scene of a naked woman giving birth in the driving seat of a car. It wasn’t even allowed an 18 rating in the UK, until 2 minutes and 37 seconds were cut from it. I don’t want to know what happened in that time. I guess some things are best left to the imagination…

Needless to say, this movie is not one that I will ever see again. Once is more than enough for me. Say what you will, I think that our obsession with the Human Centipede franchise is one that we must get over before Tom Six decides to make more. Wait… He’s making a third? Oh dear.

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