Movie Review: "The Human Centipede: First Sequence" 04/28/10

This is a movie review for "The Human Centipede: First Sequence", released in the United States on April 20, 2010. I watched this a while ago through Netflix (I think? or maybe it was Hulu).




Trailer

Cast
Dieter Laser ... Dr. Heiter
Ashley C. Williams ... Lindsay
Ashlynn Yennie ... Jenny
Akihiro Kitamura ... Katsuro




Plot
Two American girls are touring in Germany and wanting to have some fun. When they are driving one night through a forest, they get a flat tire. One guy stops by and gives them a hard time in German (if I recall he mentioned sexual favors) but does not help their tire issue. Instead of waiting out the night in the car, the girls decide to walk through the forest. DUMB! You're in a country which you don't speak the native language, at night, walking through the forest, and it's raining. This can't be good at all.

They stumble across a house and ask for help from the owner, Dr. Heiter. He pretends to call for roadside assistance but gets a crazy look in his eye and drugs their water. The two girls wake up in the basement and find themselves as test subjects for his idea of a conjoined triplet via the gastric bypass system [first person's ass to the second person's mouth; second person's ass to the third person's mouth]. The girls try to escape but cannot. They try to resist but cannot. He does the procedure and they are sewn together as a human centipede. What will the outcome be?





Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


1.5/5 - For being a nearly "cult classic", this movie sucked. Music was bland. Suspense was not there. The horror of the medical procedure and the doctor that has no mercy for his patients was the worst of the whole movie. Aside that, it was very 'meh'. I had a hard time watching it because it was so basic and bland. The medical description of the procedure that the doctor told the three was kind of interesting because it was describing how the gastric bypass system works but the procedure itself was not spectacular (gross but very dull). And the cops that come in the end were so stupid that I was like "seriously?". Oh, and *SPOILERS* everyone dies except the third person of set. The cops, the doctor, the asian guy and the end-section girl die [her death was from sepsis and infection from the ill-treatment]. So what happened to the girl sewn to her dead friend's mouth and a dead man's butt? The movie ends there without a conclusion. Sorry, but nothing else.



*SPOILERS*
Swoop Entertainment's "Human Centipede in 60 seconds"

Suggested? No. Cult worthy? No. Sequel worthy? No, but it has two. Very much not cool. I was very disappointed in this movie because people said that it was soooo much better than it was, which the answer to that is no. A waste of time except to say "I've seen it".


Thanks for reading my review!
~ Gracie






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