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			'''''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)''''' is a Dutch ] written and directed by ]. It stars ], ], Ashlynn Yennie and Akihiro Kitamura. The film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, ] to ], forming a "human ]".<ref name = "The Human Centipede: Girl-Man-Girl Interrupted" />
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			According to Tom Six, the concept of the film arose from a joke he made with friends about punishing child molesters by stitching their mouth to the anus of a fat truck driver.<ref name = "entertainment weekly tom six interview" /> Six has said in interviews that a surgeon assisted him with the design of the medical procedure and that the film is "100% medically accurate".

			However, the medical accuracy has subsequently been described as laughable and "rubbish" by a physician and movie critics.<ref name = "doctor questions medical accuracy" /> When approaching investors prior to filming, Six did not mention the mouth-to-anus aspect of the plot, fearing it would put off potential backers. The financiers of ''The Human Centipede'' did not discover the full nature of the film until it was complete.<ref name = "entertainment weekly tom six interview" />

			''The Human Centipede'' received mixed reviews but several accolades at various international film festivals. The film was released in the United States on ] on April 28, 2010, and in ] theatrically on April 30. Tom Six began working on a sequel, ''The Human Centipede (Full Sequence)'' which will be released in 2011.

			==Plot==
			The film begins with the ], Dr. Heiter (]), kidnapping a truck driver by the side of a road. Later, two US ], Lindsay (]) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie), are driving to a party, but are forced to stop after a puncture. After being harassed by a strange man that wants to have sex with them, they decide to find a house where they can phone for help. The first house they find belongs to Dr. Heiter who tells them he will phone for help for them, and fetch them each a glass of water. In the kitchen, Heiter pretends to phone a breakdown company, and slips a tablet into each of the glasses of water. Jenny drinks her water straightaway but Lindsay drops hers after taking only a few sips. Jenny becomes tired and passes out, and the doctor reveals to Lindsay that he put rohypnol in the drinks. He then injects Lindsay and she too loses consciousness. They awake beside the kidnapped trucker in a makeshift hospital ward in the doctor's basement. Heiter informs the trucker that he is not a match for the women and kills him. Heiter later returns home with an unconscious Japanese tourist. When the women wake up a second time,the new captive, ] tourist Katsuro (]), is in the ward with them.

			The doctor tells his captives that he is a world-renowned expert at separating ], but dreams of making new creatures that share a single ]. He describes in detail how he will surgically connect his three victims mouth-to-anus and tells them that that his previous experiment, a creature made of three ]s, died. Lindsay attempts to escape, then tries to rescue Jenny but is unsuccessful. Heiter tells her that, with the three Rottweilers, one tried to escape and that dog became the middle of the centipede, and now Lindsay will be the middle. Once the surgery is complete, the doctor tries to train the trio to perform tasks such as fetching newspapers. Katsuro, as the front part of the centipede, refuses to do as he is told, and the doctor beats him. When Katsuro defecates, Lindsay is forced to swallow his excrement and the doctor watches with great delight. However, Heiter eventually becomes irritated after being kept awake by the constant screaming of his victims and realizing that Jenny is dying from ].

			Two police detectives, Kranz (Andreas Leupold) and Voller (Peter Blankenstein), visit Heiter to investigate the disappearance of tourists in the area. During the visit, Heiter gets a glass of water for each of them, again drugging them. Voller drinks his water, but Kranz knocks his on the floor. When Heiter goes to fetch a towel to clean it up, he visits his centipede and informs them that Jenny will soon be replaced by two new, healthy parts. Heiter takes up a ], hidden in the towel, up to the detectives but he accidentally drops it and pretends that it is just insulin for his ]. The detectives say they will be back in twenty minutes with a warrant to search the premises and they leave. Heiter goes down to the ward and finds his centipede missing. After a brief search, Katsuro appears and stabs him in the foot and calf with a ] and fails an attempt to rip out Heiter's ] with his teeth. The three surgically connected captives then attempt to escape as Heiter crawls after them. They go into the bedroom where they try to break the window, but the doctor catches up with them. Katsuro faces the crippled doctor with a piece of broken glass in his hand, confessing that he deserved what Heiter did to him because he had lived a selfish life and treated his family poorly, before fatally cutting his own throat with the glass.

			Kranz and Voller return with their warrant and ring the doorbell. Heiter drags himself into the room housing his swimming pool to hide. The detectives break into the house after no one answers the door. As Kranz goes off in one direction, Voller goes in another where the effects of the drug begin to take effect. He steadies himself against a wall and vomits, then stumbles into the pool room. Kranz discovers the makeshift ward and then hears a gunshot. Worried for Voller, he runs back upstairs where he is shocked to discover Heiter's victims. He then walks into the pool room where he finds Voller dead in the swimming pool. Heiter then shoots Kranz twice in the stomach and Kranz responds by shooting Heiter in the head. Kranz then falls in the pool, dead. Back in the bedroom, Jenny and Lindsay hold hands as Jenny dies from her blood poisoning. Lindsay is left alone in the house, trapped between her deceased fellow captives.

			==Cast==
			* ] as Dr. Heiter
			* ] as Lindsay
			* Ashlynn Yennie as Jenny
			* ] as Katsuro
			* Andreas Leupold as Det. Kranz
			* Peter Blankenstein as Det. Voller
			* Rene de Wit as Truck Driver
			* Bernd Kostrau as Dirty Man in Car

			==Production==
			===Writing===
			The inspiration for the film came from a joke Tom Six frequently made to friends about punishing criminals such as child molesters by stitching their mouths to the anus of an overweight truck driver.<ref name = "entertainment weekly tom six interview" /> He saw this as the concept for a great horror movie,<ref name="joblo" /> and he began to develop the idea. Tom Six had previously worked as a director on the Dutch series of '']'' and stated that he was able to observe people who "did crazy things when they were alone and thought they were not (being) watched."<ref name = "'guardian film weekly tom six interview" />

			Six has said he was heavily influenced as a film-maker by the early works of ], as well as Japanese horror films.<ref name = "bloody disgusting tom six video interview" /> The inclusion of a German villain was a conscious decision, based upon the ] during ], and the subsequent ].<ref name = "joblo" /> World War II also played an influence on the nationality of the other main characters (American and Japanese).<ref name = "youtube-screenjabber"/> Six placed a Japanese male at the front of the centipede for two reasons: to create a ] between the doctor and the centipede (whose other members were unable to speak), and as he wanted a male and the Doctor to fight.<ref name = "bloody disgusting tom six video interview" />

			===Casting===
			] and ] at the ] in Manhattan, October 1, 2010.]]
			Casting for the film initially took place in ] and ], with filming undertaken in the ].<ref name = "BloodyDisgusting-Yennie"/><ref name = "huff post tom six interview"/> Six said that during the casting process, many actresses walked out of readings with disgust, upon hearing the full nature of the role.<ref name = "joblo" /> Ashlynn Yennie and ] were selected as the female victims, giving each their first major film role. Having acted and written for a number of films and TV shows previously, ] was a relatively experienced cast member, as was ], who had previously starred in the TV series '']''.<ref name = "Morningstarr-Jolly" />

			===Directing===
			While seeking funding for the film, Tom Six pitched the idea of a surgeon who sewed people together,<ref name = "bloody disgusting tom six video interview" /> but he did not initially reveal that the victims would be joined mouth-to-anus, fearing that it would put off potential investors. His backers did not learn the exact details of the film until it had been completed.<ref name = "entertainment weekly tom six interview" /> Before signing on, the actors were given an outline of the film's ] rather than a complete script.<ref name = "BloodyDisgusting-Williams" />

			===Filming===
			Dieter Laser remained in character as Dr. Heiter during filming. He stayed away from the other actors and crew between scenes to preserve a level of separation, and only ate food he had brought onto the set himself. Laser contributed dialogue for his character, and selected many of his character's outfits from his own personal clothing.<ref name = "huff post tom six interview" /> Due to the discomfort of spending long periods on their hands and knees, the actors playing the centipede were given massages at the end of each day of filming.<ref name = "huff post tom six interview" />

			===Effects===
			]

			''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)'' contains relatively little explicit imagery, and much of the disturbing content is implied rather than shown directly.<ref name = "inside pulse moview review"/> Very little of the actual surgical procedure is depicted directly,<ref name = "e-online human centipede review"/> Tom Six stated that he wanted the film to be 100% medically accurate<ref name = "washington post human centipede review"/> and claims to have consulted a Dutch surgeon during the creation and filming process.<ref name = "entertainment weekly tom six interview" /> While promoting the film, the film's creator has claimed that by supplementing the diet of the middle and back members of the 'centipede chain' with an ] that the chain members would be enabled to survive for 'years'.<ref name="paste magazine tom six interview"/>

			Six claims that his special effects team designed the final composition of the centipede from sketches provided by his 'consulting surgeon',<ref name = "huff post tom six interview" /> and designed hardened underwear for the actors to wear with a rubber grip for the actor behind to bite onto, which created the illusion of the mouth-to-anus connection.<ref name = "24xps Akihiro Kitamura interview" />

			==Promotion and release==
			''The Human Centipede'' was included in several ]s around the world, including the 2009 ],<ref name = "Total Film - Human Centipede Fest Review"/> ],<ref name = "Leeds film fest human centipede" /> ],<ref name = "sitges film fest human centipede" /> and ].<ref name = "DreadCentral-Screamfest" /> In an interview with ], Tom Six claimed that the buzz surrounding the film led several studios to approach him with regard to distributing the film.<ref name = "joblo" /> ] distributed the film in 2010 in the United States and Canada. The film was released on Video on Demand on April 28, 2010; in a limited theatrical release on April 30, 2010;<ref name = "BloodyDisgusting-Super Creepy Sketches" /> and a wider U.S. release from May 7, 2010.<ref name = "huff post tom six interview" /> IFC Films has a history of releasing unconventional horror films, having previously distributed the Norwegian Nazi-zombie feature '']'' and the 2009 release '']''.<ref name = "BloodyDisgusting-IFC distro news" />

			The film received a national release in the UK on August 20, 2010.<ref name = "Brit Films Centipede IS coming" /> The film was distributed by Bounty Films, a company who in the past have only distributed homosexually themed films<ref name = "ecue ent bounty films" /> such as '']''.<ref name = "timeout uk human cent straight to dvd" /> The film was passed uncut by the ] and will be released with an 18 rated certificate.<ref name = "BBFC rated 18" />

			===Home media===
			''The Human Centipede'' received a ] and ] release in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2010<ref name = "Film Distributors Association" /> and in the United States on October 5, 2010.<ref name = "fangoria us dvd release news" />

			==Reception==
			===Critical===
			Among more mainstream publications, '']'' described the film as a disappointment that proved itself to be a slow-moving, repetitive affair that has nowhere left to go by the hour mark.<ref name = "Total Film - Human Centipede Fest Review"/> Giving the film three stars out of a potential five, '']'' stated that "underneath an extremely repulsive concept, this is a relatively conventional horror movie."<ref>http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=136905</ref>

			'']'' criticized the film's lack of any form of social commentary, stating that it could not "be bothered to expand upon its unpleasant premise, inviting audiences to revel in its sick humor by favoring Dr. Heiter… and characterizing the victims as shallow expendables."<ref name = "variety human centipede review" />

			'']'' was broadly positive about Dieter Laser's performance as the Doctor, and praised Tom Six's direction, saying Six "has put together his nightmare yarn with ] care and precision."<ref name = "''Entertainment Weekly'' human centipede review" /> However, ''EW'' posited "this is the most disgusting horror film of all time."<ref name="wook">{{cite web\|title=Exclusive Interview: Ashley C. Williams from ''The Human Centipede'' \|url=http://youbentmywookie.com/features/ybmw-exclusive-interview-ashley-c-williams-star-of-the-human-centipede-8737 \|work=YouBentMyWookie \|publisher=Simple Press \|author=Hoob \|location=] \|date=2010-04-16 }}</ref>

			'']'' questioned whether the film was "a commentary on Nazi atrocities or a literal expression of filmmaking politics, the grotesque fusion at least silences the female leads, both of whose voices could strip paint."<ref name = "new york times human centipede review" />

			Writing in the '']'', ] did not assign the film a star rating (as opposed to awarding it zero stars), explaining that " I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."<ref name = "ebert chicago sun times review" />

			Los Angeles blog LA Snark said they liked the film "more than Avatar, Inception, and Catfish."<ref>The Human Centipede - Review</ref>

			Among horror ] the film also received attention. ] gave the film a positive review, stating that it was a horror import that had the confidence and audacity to deliver something disturbingly different.<ref name = "fearnet human centipede review" /> Conversely, Cinematical was critical, stating that, while a potential cult hit, all in all it wasn't really a very good film.<ref name = "cinematic human centipede review" />

			A physician and critics in ''Eastern Cynic'' and ''Film Threat'' have dismissed Tom Six's claim that the film is "100% medically accurate" as "rubbish", "patently ridiculous", and "ludicrous".<ref name = "doctor questions medical accuracy" /><ref name = "Eastern-Cynic editor says film is patently ridiculous" /><ref name = "Film-Threat editor says film's concept ludicrous" />

			===Accolades===
			Despite mixed reviews, the film won several awards at various international horror film festivals, including the following:

			;2009:
			* Best picture at ], ]<ref name = "fantastic fest awards" /> and Best Actor (])<ref name = "fantastic fest awards" /> in the horror category.
			* Best Movie at ]<ref name = "bloody-disgusting-screamfest-award" />.
			* Best Movie at Sainte Maxime International Horror Film Festival<ref name = "smihff human centipede" />.
			* Best Movie at Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival<ref name = "Alessio Gradogna" />.
			* Best Ensemble Cast at South African Horror Film Festival<ref name="south-african-horrorfest" />
			* Audience award at Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Estonia.

			A pornographic parody of the film, directed by ] and entitled '']'', was released in September 2010.<ref>http://escobarmediacartel.com/2010/10/04/new-release-spotlight-tom-byron-pictures-the-human-sexipede/</ref>

			==Sequel==
			A ], titled ''The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)'', has been planned for theaters in 2011, with filming starting in ] in June 2010.<ref name = "bloody disgusting sequel news 20-04-10" /> The plot of ''Full Sequence'' involves a centipede made from twelve people, and will feature a largely British cast, and will have the tag-line '100% medically inaccurate'.<ref name = "'guardian film weekly tom six interview" />

			Tom Six has stated that the first film will get audiences desensitized to the idea of a human centipede, preparing them for the idea of a much more graphic and disturbing sequel, ''First Sequence'' being "'']'' compared with part two."<ref name = "'guardian film weekly tom six interview" /> Tom Six has claimed that he is developing ideas for a third part, but wants to see what will happen with the second part first.<ref name = "bloody disgusting tom six video interview"/>

			A teaser trailer was released on September 24, 2010. In the trailer, Six introduces Martin, a man wearing a cardboard box over his head, as the new doctor.<ref name="sequel-trailer">{{cite web\|title=Exclusive Premiere: The Teaser Trailer for "The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)" \|url=http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/09/human-centipede-2.php\|work=ifc.com\|publisher=The Independent Film Channel\|accessdate=25 September 2010}}</ref>

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2010 Template:Film Netherlands film

The Human Centipede: First Sequence
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Six
Written by	Tom Six
Produced by	Tom Six Ilona Six
Starring	Dieter Laser Ashley C. Williams Ashlynn Yennie Akihiro Kitamura
Cinematography	Goof de Koning
Edited by	Tom Six
Music by	Patrick Savage Holeg Spies
Production company	Six Entertainment
Distributed by	Bounty Films (Int'l) IFC Films
Release date	30 August 2009 (2009-08-30) (FrightFest)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Template:Film Netherlands
Languages	English Japanese German
Budget	€1.5 million
Box office	$252,207

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a Dutch horror film written and directed by Tom Six. It stars Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie and Akihiro Kitamura. The film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming a "human centipede".

According to Tom Six, the concept of the film arose from a joke he made with friends about punishing child molesters by stitching their mouth to the anus of a fat truck driver. Six has said in interviews that a surgeon assisted him with the design of the medical procedure and that the film is "100% medically accurate".

However, the medical accuracy has subsequently been described as laughable and "rubbish" by a physician and movie critics. When approaching investors prior to filming, Six did not mention the mouth-to-anus aspect of the plot, fearing it would put off potential backers. The financiers of The Human Centipede did not discover the full nature of the film until it was complete.

The Human Centipede received mixed reviews but several accolades at various international film festivals. The film was released in the United States on Video on Demand on April 28, 2010, and in limited release theatrically on April 30. Tom Six began working on a sequel, The Human Centipede (Full Sequence) which will be released in 2011.

Plot

The film begins with the antagonist, Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser), kidnapping a truck driver by the side of a road. Later, two US tourists, Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie), are driving to a party, but are forced to stop after a puncture. After being harassed by a strange man that wants to have sex with them, they decide to find a house where they can phone for help. The first house they find belongs to Dr. Heiter who tells them he will phone for help for them, and fetch them each a glass of water. In the kitchen, Heiter pretends to phone a breakdown company, and slips a tablet into each of the glasses of water. Jenny drinks her water straightaway but Lindsay drops hers after taking only a few sips. Jenny becomes tired and passes out, and the doctor reveals to Lindsay that he put rohypnol in the drinks. He then injects Lindsay and she too loses consciousness. They awake beside the kidnapped trucker in a makeshift hospital ward in the doctor's basement. Heiter informs the trucker that he is not a match for the women and kills him. Heiter later returns home with an unconscious Japanese tourist. When the women wake up a second time,the new captive, Japanese tourist Katsuro (Akihiro Kitamura), is in the ward with them.

The doctor tells his captives that he is a world-renowned expert at separating conjoined twins, but dreams of making new creatures that share a single digestive system. He describes in detail how he will surgically connect his three victims mouth-to-anus and tells them that that his previous experiment, a creature made of three Rottweilers, died. Lindsay attempts to escape, then tries to rescue Jenny but is unsuccessful. Heiter tells her that, with the three Rottweilers, one tried to escape and that dog became the middle of the centipede, and now Lindsay will be the middle. Once the surgery is complete, the doctor tries to train the trio to perform tasks such as fetching newspapers. Katsuro, as the front part of the centipede, refuses to do as he is told, and the doctor beats him. When Katsuro defecates, Lindsay is forced to swallow his excrement and the doctor watches with great delight. However, Heiter eventually becomes irritated after being kept awake by the constant screaming of his victims and realizing that Jenny is dying from blood poisoning.

Two police detectives, Kranz (Andreas Leupold) and Voller (Peter Blankenstein), visit Heiter to investigate the disappearance of tourists in the area. During the visit, Heiter gets a glass of water for each of them, again drugging them. Voller drinks his water, but Kranz knocks his on the floor. When Heiter goes to fetch a towel to clean it up, he visits his centipede and informs them that Jenny will soon be replaced by two new, healthy parts. Heiter takes up a syringe, hidden in the towel, up to the detectives but he accidentally drops it and pretends that it is just insulin for his diabetes. The detectives say they will be back in twenty minutes with a warrant to search the premises and they leave. Heiter goes down to the ward and finds his centipede missing. After a brief search, Katsuro appears and stabs him in the foot and calf with a scalpel and fails an attempt to rip out Heiter's jugular vein with his teeth. The three surgically connected captives then attempt to escape as Heiter crawls after them. They go into the bedroom where they try to break the window, but the doctor catches up with them. Katsuro faces the crippled doctor with a piece of broken glass in his hand, confessing that he deserved what Heiter did to him because he had lived a selfish life and treated his family poorly, before fatally cutting his own throat with the glass.

Kranz and Voller return with their warrant and ring the doorbell. Heiter drags himself into the room housing his swimming pool to hide. The detectives break into the house after no one answers the door. As Kranz goes off in one direction, Voller goes in another where the effects of the drug begin to take effect. He steadies himself against a wall and vomits, then stumbles into the pool room. Kranz discovers the makeshift ward and then hears a gunshot. Worried for Voller, he runs back upstairs where he is shocked to discover Heiter's victims. He then walks into the pool room where he finds Voller dead in the swimming pool. Heiter then shoots Kranz twice in the stomach and Kranz responds by shooting Heiter in the head. Kranz then falls in the pool, dead. Back in the bedroom, Jenny and Lindsay hold hands as Jenny dies from her blood poisoning. Lindsay is left alone in the house, trapped between her deceased fellow captives.

Cast

Dieter Laser as Dr. Heiter
Ashley C. Williams as Lindsay
Ashlynn Yennie as Jenny
Akihiro Kitamura as Katsuro
Andreas Leupold as Det. Kranz
Peter Blankenstein as Det. Voller
Rene de Wit as Truck Driver
Bernd Kostrau as Dirty Man in Car

Production

Writing

The inspiration for the film came from a joke Tom Six frequently made to friends about punishing criminals such as child molesters by stitching their mouths to the anus of an overweight truck driver. He saw this as the concept for a great horror movie, and he began to develop the idea. Tom Six had previously worked as a director on the Dutch series of Big Brother and stated that he was able to observe people who "did crazy things when they were alone and thought they were not (being) watched."

Six has said he was heavily influenced as a film-maker by the early works of David Cronenberg, as well as Japanese horror films. The inclusion of a German villain was a conscious decision, based upon the German invasion of the Netherlands during World War II, and the subsequent Nazi medical experiments. World War II also played an influence on the nationality of the other main characters (American and Japanese). Six placed a Japanese male at the front of the centipede for two reasons: to create a language barrier between the doctor and the centipede (whose other members were unable to speak), and as he wanted a male and the Doctor to fight.

Casting

Stars Ashlynn Yennie, Ashley C. Williams and Akihiro Kitamura at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 1, 2010.

Casting for the film initially took place in New York City and Berlin, with filming undertaken in the Netherlands. Six said that during the casting process, many actresses walked out of readings with disgust, upon hearing the full nature of the role. Ashlynn Yennie and Ashley C. Williams were selected as the female victims, giving each their first major film role. Having acted and written for a number of films and TV shows previously, Akihiro Kitamura was a relatively experienced cast member, as was Dieter Laser, who had previously starred in the TV series Lexx.

Directing

While seeking funding for the film, Tom Six pitched the idea of a surgeon who sewed people together, but he did not initially reveal that the victims would be joined mouth-to-anus, fearing that it would put off potential investors. His backers did not learn the exact details of the film until it had been completed. Before signing on, the actors were given an outline of the film's storyboard rather than a complete script.

Filming

Dieter Laser remained in character as Dr. Heiter during filming. He stayed away from the other actors and crew between scenes to preserve a level of separation, and only ate food he had brought onto the set himself. Laser contributed dialogue for his character, and selected many of his character's outfits from his own personal clothing. Due to the discomfort of spending long periods on their hands and knees, the actors playing the centipede were given massages at the end of each day of filming.

Effects

A man and two women lie on a sofa in a living room with soft lighting and an abstract painting of conjoined twins on the wall. They lie in a line on their left side, facing the viewer, with the man at the front and the two women behind him. They wear only their underwear and have bloody bandages on their knees. The man's torso is out of shot beyond the right edge of the image. The first woman behind the man has her face obscured behind the man's buttocks and her hands are on his legs. The second woman lies in an identical pose behind the first woman. Behind the sofa is a man in his sixties with short dark hair, wearing a dark suit and red necktie. He leans over the three, looking at the first woman's head

Dr. Heiter surveys his completed human centipede. The heavy use of bandages in The Human Centipede allowed the filmmakers to imply a much more graphic and disturbing idea than what is actually shown on screen throughout the film

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) contains relatively little explicit imagery, and much of the disturbing content is implied rather than shown directly. Very little of the actual surgical procedure is depicted directly, Tom Six stated that he wanted the film to be 100% medically accurate and claims to have consulted a Dutch surgeon during the creation and filming process. While promoting the film, the film's creator has claimed that by supplementing the diet of the middle and back members of the 'centipede chain' with an IV drip that the chain members would be enabled to survive for 'years'.

Six claims that his special effects team designed the final composition of the centipede from sketches provided by his 'consulting surgeon', and designed hardened underwear for the actors to wear with a rubber grip for the actor behind to bite onto, which created the illusion of the mouth-to-anus connection.

Promotion and release

The Human Centipede was included in several film festivals around the world, including the 2009 London FrightFest Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, and Screamfest Horror Film Festival. In an interview with JoBlo.com, Tom Six claimed that the buzz surrounding the film led several studios to approach him with regard to distributing the film. IFC Films distributed the film in 2010 in the United States and Canada. The film was released on Video on Demand on April 28, 2010; in a limited theatrical release on April 30, 2010; and a wider U.S. release from May 7, 2010. IFC Films has a history of releasing unconventional horror films, having previously distributed the Norwegian Nazi-zombie feature Dead Snow and the 2009 release Antichrist.

The film received a national release in the UK on August 20, 2010. The film was distributed by Bounty Films, a company who in the past have only distributed homosexually themed films such as The Big Gay Musical. The film was passed uncut by the BBFC and will be released with an 18 rated certificate.

Home media

The Human Centipede received a DVD and Blu-ray release in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2010 and in the United States on October 5, 2010.

Reception

Critical

Among more mainstream publications, Total Film described the film as a disappointment that proved itself to be a slow-moving, repetitive affair that has nowhere left to go by the hour mark. Giving the film three stars out of a potential five, Empire stated that "underneath an extremely repulsive concept, this is a relatively conventional horror movie."

Variety Magazine criticized the film's lack of any form of social commentary, stating that it could not "be bothered to expand upon its unpleasant premise, inviting audiences to revel in its sick humor by favoring Dr. Heiter… and characterizing the victims as shallow expendables."

Entertainment Weekly was broadly positive about Dieter Laser's performance as the Doctor, and praised Tom Six's direction, saying Six "has put together his nightmare yarn with Cronenbergian care and precision." However, EW posited "this is the most disgusting horror film of all time."

The New York Times questioned whether the film was "a commentary on Nazi atrocities or a literal expression of filmmaking politics, the grotesque fusion at least silences the female leads, both of whose voices could strip paint."

Writing in the Chicago Sun Times, Roger Ebert did not assign the film a star rating (as opposed to awarding it zero stars), explaining that " I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."

Los Angeles blog LA Snark said they liked the film "more than Avatar, Inception, and Catfish."

Among horror blogs the film also received attention. FEARnet gave the film a positive review, stating that it was a horror import that had the confidence and audacity to deliver something disturbingly different. Conversely, Cinematical was critical, stating that, while a potential cult hit, all in all it wasn't really a very good film.

A physician and critics in Eastern Cynic and Film Threat have dismissed Tom Six's claim that the film is "100% medically accurate" as "rubbish", "patently ridiculous", and "ludicrous".

Accolades

Despite mixed reviews, the film won several awards at various international horror film festivals, including the following:

2009

Best picture at Fantastic Fest, Austin TX and Best Actor (Dieter Laser) in the horror category.
Best Movie at Screamfest LA.
Best Movie at Sainte Maxime International Horror Film Festival.
Best Movie at Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival.
Best Ensemble Cast at South African Horror Film Festival
Audience award at Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Estonia.

A pornographic parody of the film, directed by Tom Byron and entitled The Human Sexipede, was released in September 2010.

Sequel

A sequel, titled The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), has been planned for theaters in 2011, with filming starting in London in June 2010. The plot of Full Sequence involves a centipede made from twelve people, and will feature a largely British cast, and will have the tag-line '100% medically inaccurate'.

Tom Six has stated that the first film will get audiences desensitized to the idea of a human centipede, preparing them for the idea of a much more graphic and disturbing sequel, First Sequence being "My Little Pony compared with part two." Tom Six has claimed that he is developing ideas for a third part, but wants to see what will happen with the second part first.

A teaser trailer was released on September 24, 2010. In the trailer, Six introduces Martin, a man wearing a cardboard box over his head, as the new doctor.

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