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| - Brain Bleach Warning!: Just reading about this movie could make you wish you hadn't. Those of a sensitive disposition should stop now before it's too late. No really, we're serious. The "centipede" here isn't just a human with too many limbs. ... ... ... Still with us? Here we go. Don't say we didn't warn you. The Human Centipede: First Sequence is a 2010 Dutch Horror film made by Tom Six that's about... well, read the title. Two young American tourists, Lindsay and Jenny, are traveling through Germany when they get a flat tire. They stop for help at the house of Dr. Josef Heiter (Dieter Laser), a surgeon who specializes in separating conjoined twins. However, Heiter is a man with a vision. We're going to let you get a cold drink and a comfy seat before we share his vision with you. If you're the drinking type, make the drink a stiff one. Ready? Okay, here we go. Heiter dreams of taking separate individuals and using them to create a new being that shares a single digestive tract. (Take a minute to let that sink in if you need to.) To do this, he... okay, for the sanity of our readers, we're not putting this in the description. Scroll down to the trope list if you want the details, or look at the poster to your right (or read the film's title) to get a hint. Bottom line is that Lindsay and Jenny, along with a Japanese Tourist named Katsuro, are about to be his first human test subjects. Billed as being "100% medically accurate," The Human Centipede gained plenty of early attention from horror fans and sites due to its depraved premise and the fact that it was riding on a wave of graphic European horror films. Reactions to it have been mixed, with some feeling that it went to amazing lengths with its premise and others feeling that it relied too heavily on being disgusting at the expense of scares. Clearly, it was successful enough at festivals to warrant a Sequel in 2011. The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), filmed and set in England -- where the uncut version was Banned in China until 2:37 of footage was edited out -- centers around a Psychopathic Manchild named Martin, who is obsessed with the first film and decides to imitate and top it. Tom Six has described it as making the original film look like My Little Pony, an allegation that, judging by people's reactions to the finished product, is frighteningly true. While the first film was billed as "100% medically accurate", Six has described the sequel as "100% medically inaccurate". It appears the folks at Six Entertainment have been reading Franken Fran, especially chapter two. And apparently, Six has plans for a third movie... though it seems that, given reports of a falling out between him and actor Dieter Laser (who was to reprise his role as Dr. Heiter), it may not get off the ground. Somehow spawned a light-hearted porn parody called The Human Sexipede, as well as inspiring the Season 15 premiere of South Park, "HUMANCENTiPAD". A Screen to Stage Adaptation, Human Centipede the Musical, was created as well. Not to be confused with Ciem: The Human Centipede.
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