Some things must be experienced a certain way to get the full effect. Take, for example, this one minute long video clip from The Human Centipede (First Sequence), a film which just recently played at Fantastic Fest:
Effective eh? I was certainly curious to read more but now that I have, I’m not so sure I’m as interested as I was at just seeing the clips.
/Film suggests it’s one of the grossest films ever made while the folks at Dread Central love it. Personally, I’m not what sure what to think after reading this description taken from the FF website:
An insane biological horror film that enthusiastically explores territory that few filmmakers dare to tread. In The Human Centipede, Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser) is a leering, sepulchral surgeon from Germany whose specialty is separating Siamese twins. Dr. Heiter decides to evolve his craft by sewing together living beings together at the “mucous-cutaneous zone” (guess) in order to create Siamese triplets with a single digestive system. After his experiment in creating a three-segment rottweiler (“a beautiful three-hound construction”) fails, Dr. Heiter tries again, shifting his attention to humans. First, a trucker is stolen away while relieving himself on the side of the road, Next, two clueless party girls who come knocking on Dr. Heiter’s door after getting lost in the German forest get pulled into the experiment. After erasing the trucker from the picture, the doctor finds another victim: a crazed Japanese man wandering around Germany. The doctor concludes the initial phase of his experiment by splicing together the two girls and the Japanese man. At this stage, the film really goes berserk as Dr. Heiter attempts to impose his personal brand of order and discipline on an increasingly out-of-control situation.
On the one hand, I have no interest in seeing it and on the other, I’m curious about all the hoopla.
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September 29, 2009
This seems like nothing more than shock-value trash. Which I guess some people like, but not I. It doesn’t gross me out, it just makes me feel bad that people actually get a kick out of it.
September 30, 2009
This has gotten great reaction here at Fantastic Fest and got an award as well. Scary thing is, all the freaky shit in this film is medically accurate.
Going to try to catch it tomorrow.
September 30, 2009
@ Jonathan, thank you.
and I really want to say the same… but this one really does have me a little bit hypnotized. But that might be because of swarez’s comment on it all being correct.
Lets just say I’m a guilty TLC watcher:
-Tree Man
-Mermaid Girl
-The Harlequin Babies
-The Woman with the Giant Leg
-any of the shows about the world’s smallest; Man/Woman/Couple/Twins, etc.
Medical Mysteries are my button for gross out and fascination.