THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE) is probably the most awful film I can think of that's famed for its notoriety. The whole concept of the film is some huge gross-out thing about a mad scientist creating a human centipede out of some unwilling test subjects, and that's all there is to it.
It's not enough material to sustain a genuine running time, so we get lots of dull scenes elsewhere. There are random murders, some scenes of over-acting, repetitive escapes and captures, and some bad acting on the part of the participants. The whole 'human centipede' stuff is played for maximum revulsion with some truly gross moments that are designed to test the strength of one's stomach.
It's not that this film is extremely gory, because it isn't; it's just that the concept is so off-putting that it's hard to think about it without being repulsed. I guess that's the hook. In any case, as a film it's a complete failure, the worst type of 'torture porn' that I can think of, and I hated every moment of it.
It's not enough material to sustain a genuine running time, so we get lots of dull scenes elsewhere. There are random murders, some scenes of over-acting, repetitive escapes and captures, and some bad acting on the part of the participants. The whole 'human centipede' stuff is played for maximum revulsion with some truly gross moments that are designed to test the strength of one's stomach.
It's not that this film is extremely gory, because it isn't; it's just that the concept is so off-putting that it's hard to think about it without being repulsed. I guess that's the hook. In any case, as a film it's a complete failure, the worst type of 'torture porn' that I can think of, and I hated every moment of it.