SDCT Productions

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1467304/

The Human Centipede is one of the most grueling movies I have ever seen. No, not because it was boring to sit through, but because of the sheer horror contained between the credits.

Normally films are written with no consideration that the viewer will already know what it is about, let alone have seen the trailer. Tom Six's film shakes these norms, developing an unmaintainable tension in the viewer.

In other words...

When the film starts, you know the inevitable fate you are going to watch two American girls go through. You cheer them on, but your heart stops you because either you have seen the trailer or you realize this is called The Human Centipede: The First Sequence for a reason. Yes, oh yes, you are going to witness one of the most painful, revolting scenarios in the history of film. The impact is great, because even knowing the definite outcome it remains endearing to even attempt to abandon your hope.

And thats just in the first half hour.

It was very impressive to see that this intense horror was only a third of the overall screentime. When going into it, I was wrongly speculative this would turn out to have the average slasher horror elements. Instead, it delivers a first half hour resembling that of neo-French horror and the last hour that of an Asian horror, something liken to that of works of Fruit Chan.

The last hour consists of three people's stories: the mad German scientist, the human centipede's, and two suspicious police officers. The feeling of hopelessness continues by the viewer just knowing the film's sub-title is "The First Sequence."

From this, it becomes a study not in the mind of the mad scientist, or even the changes that occur in the individuals bound to one-another, but in your own mind. The writer/director (Six) treats you, the viewer, as a toy that is to be played with. Can he make you denounce your faith that you have gained through our years upon years of conditioning we received through watching film.