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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

2010
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 32m
Two pretty American girls are on a road trip through Europe. In Germany they end up alone at night with a broken car in the woods. They search for help and find an isolated villa. The next day they awake to find themselves trapped in his terrifying makeshift basement hospital along with a Japanese man. An older German man identifies himself as a retired surgeon specialized in separating Siamese twins. (imdb)
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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

2010
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 32m
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Rated 09 Aug 2010
21
12th
Boring stuff right here... After debating whether or not I should watch it my love for stupid horror movies finally won. I was expecting it to be at least mildly amusing and/or completely disgusting, but alas I was sorely disappointed as it is boring and not even that disgusting. A 20 for its originality and despite the fact that it's not good I shall surely watch the sequel.
Rated 11 May 2010
25
27th
Shit! I have to shit! FEED HER!!!! lol
Rated 13 May 2010
10
3rd
This is one of the most disgusting films I've ever watched. I actually stopped in the middle but then again I wanted to know what happened to the people. Why are the police too stupid to call for backup? ..and the idea is so incredibly gross...
Rated 20 Jun 2010
1
8th
Highly disturbing and amazing that it actually exists. Nothing else to it beyond the initial shock. Just another bad horror movie, though this one has people eating feces.
Rated 28 Jun 2010
23
2nd
You'd only watch this movie out of curiosity or in search of gross-out thrills (at least that's why I watched), and it's very disappointing in both regards. The concept is admittedly intriguing in a sick sense, but the execution of the film is tedious, overwrought, and at times even hokey. Laser is fun as the villain, but every mindless line of dialogue and foolish character decision serves to prolong the story in predictable and uninteresting ways.
Rated 08 Jun 2010
30
9th
Interesting perhaps as pure meta-exercise/polemic on the state of modern horror - a comedy of sorts _because_ of how straight, by-the-numbers "serious" horror/torture porn the ridiculous premise is played. One can question, though, do we really need to find laughs in this manner? More importantly, when I watch horror, comedically tinged or otherwise, I like to be somewhat entertained/frightened. I wasn't.
Rated 14 Sep 2011
31
17th
First off, this so-called "human centipede" only had 12 legs, not 100. And, where the real centipede can control 100% of its legs, the brain of this centipede could only control 33%. So, if anything, they should have just called this movie, "Shock Value movie with Japanese man and two topless chicks engaged in Coprophagia."
Rated 19 May 2016
20
22nd
Tokyo Rush Hour Experiment: First Sequence. Far less looks over my shoulder than I expected, but I could have sworn the centipede head was on the same car as I was. I suppose extended exposure to tentacle porn takes the "shock" out of "shlock." On a side note, the doctor wonderfully fits every single Mad German Scientist stereotype I ever had, moving him above the Brain (of Pinky and the Brain...was he even German?) on my list of all-time favorite Mad German Scientist Stereotypes.
Rated 10 Oct 2010
12
2nd
I was expecting something gruesome. This is just Sunday night at Grandma's.
Rated 16 Nov 2011
12
2nd
Apparently, Tom Six wants to force us to ask hard questions of ourselves. Such as what it's like to be forced to eat someone's shit - and no, he doesn't mean that metaphorically. Dumb, boring, pointless attempt at provocation.
Rated 21 Jun 2010
30
12th
Never scary and always boring. It's just gross every once in a while. In the end, you'll be angry you put yourself through this movie and angry at how ridiculous their decisions were.
Rated 05 Apr 2012
7
1st
I was expecting it to be disgusting, based on the very concept. But what I didn't expect is that it would be boring. The most likable character shouldn't be the man who performs ass-to-mouth surgery for fun. This movie is the equivalent of watching a man take a shit for an hour and a half. It's gross and offensive, but even more so, it's predictable, tedious, and moronic.
Rated 28 Sep 2011
37
12th
An existential Japanese citizen gets his anus sewn onto the mouth of an American tourist who in turn has her anus sewn onto her female traveling partners mouth, all by a German doctor who resembles the feels good man frog. There's some connection to be made by having members from the main belligerents of WWII being worked into the script. But things go beyond Basterds convoluted when the Japanese character starts attacking the German in what ends up being a kamikaze mission.
Rated 24 Nov 2011
31
13th
Inspiring film that shows that you can become famous just by putting out weirdest, grossest things you can think of. I wish this film wasn't so dead serious. For example a dance number would have made this so much better. The mad scientist - Dieter Laser - is awesome. Most of my rating is for his performance.
Rated 02 Oct 2013
10
2nd
This movie is just about as bad as it gets. Almost anyone could make a more believable story. The girls in this must have worked awfully hard to play their horrendous roles. I'm surprised they were able to find anyone to do it. The doctors acting was abysmal, almost as bad as the music selection. Save yourself from this abomination. There is nothing worth watching. It seriously needed some good CGI and a competent director. It's entirely asinine!
Rated 26 Feb 2011
3
31st
There's no reason for this to be over 30 minutes. The premise would have a heightened effect, and it'd give the terrible script less chances to mess everything up.
Rated 26 May 2012
21
5th
Tries to sail by solely on its gross-out concept without backing it up with any redeeming qualities. The generic plot and bad acting from everyone except Dieter Laser leads to much unintentional absurdist humor, which in the end is the only entertainment to be had.
Rated 20 Oct 2013
27
18th
Too sanitized, not insane enough. The second film comes close.
Rated 07 May 2010
60
9th
Well, it delivers on its title. Yes it does.
Rated 24 Nov 2012
12
4th
Now, I haven't been to med school or a therapist, but I think I can say with some amount of certainty that he wasn't a very good doctor and it's a bad sign I got a boner during this movie.
Rated 16 Dec 2010
30
18th
All hype and poor execution. Your imagination of what this film is before you see it is far better than what you will actually sit through. However, please see it just so you won't be on the outside looking in when all your friends brag that they've seen it.
Rated 10 May 2010
0
0th
the only thing this film serves as is an example of what should happen to tom six for making it
Rated 07 Sep 2010
20
6th
A Gimmick-movie that's unable to sustain itself over the whole runtime.
Rated 17 Jul 2011
10
2nd
Unsure whether to give it 10 or 90. The plot was ridiculously stupid. It was so poor, I actually laughed most of the way through it. It wasn't disgusting at all.
Rated 20 Jan 2011
20
1st
Despite the sense that this would not live completely up to expectations, I still hoped for a bizarre and gross horror film with a strange premise. What it turned out to be was a pointlessly sadistic, miserable and pathetic film which lives up to the phrase torture porn, not because it is immoral, but that the word suggests a lifeless and uninteresting film which is more interested in violence than actually taking it seriously or making it blackly humorous. The film is a rancid turd.
Rated 04 Sep 2011
6
5th
It's nowhere near as shocking or as controversial as it is often made out to be, or as much as Tom Six would like you to believe! I can sort of see why some might get a kind of silly comedy value out of it, but personally I found it completely pointless and totally without merit. Whatever your thoughts about its content and themes, there is no escaping that every aspect of this movie is utter shit.
Rated 17 May 2010
25
6th
takes itself too seriously, spends too much time developing unimportant characters, and not enough time developing important ones. chase scene in the finale is kinda cool though
Rated 09 Oct 2010
1
12th
It was exactly what I expected it to be but still hugely disappointing. Every character is a huge stereotype and the main character's choices are so ridiculous that you get taken out of the film and start silently rooting against her. Seriously bitch, learn how to change a tire. I gotta say though that the scene where he's taking pictures of the centipede is one of the funniest I've seen in awhile.
Rated 05 Oct 2010
0
1st
So dumb and pointless.
Rated 14 May 2010
60
32nd
The indie-horror oneupsmanship game takes an original turn for the scatological as opposed to the gory, but with middling results. A bit Cronenbergian in concept but hardly so in execution, as it's free of anything like craftsmanship or commentary. The film does show unexpected cleverness in the decision to silence the English-speaking ostensible protagonists, leaving the remaining dialogue to be screamed in German and Japanese, comprehended only by the viewers.
Rated 07 Feb 2011
30
4th
A vapid film that tries to ride on nothing but a cool premise. Yes, the premise IS interesting, but the movie does nothing interesting with it. A pointless, stupid movie and a complete waste of time.
Rated 26 May 2011
62
9th
Watched this movie out of curiosity or to get myself some regular gross flick fix. I would have rather watched the trailer of Hostel.
Rated 18 May 2010
25
13th
The acting from the two young ladies was so bad that it was almost nice to see their lips sewn to two asses. ALMOST.
Rated 11 Dec 2010
45
3rd
A frankly terrible horror movie. An excellent concept (the idea being both novel and repulsive), the film itself is lifeless and poorly executed. Dieter Laser, as 'the baddie', looks as if he's playing a send-up of every inexplicably psychotic film antihero. On the plus side, the plot steers pretty well clear of the done-to-death 'teens running from evil' terrain, sticking to the more sadistic and brutal outcome. Overall it lacks punch and, apart from a couple of wince-inducing scenes, horror.
Rated 25 Jun 2010
3
3rd
2 girls, 1 cup + saw= terrible movie
Rated 10 Nov 2010
0
0th
Would have gotten a 10 if Tommy Wiseau was the doc.
Rated 28 May 2010
63
12th
A much better movie and much less grotesque than I was anticipating...which may or may not be such a good thing since it just ends up going through the standard horror movie motions. They couldn't have cast a better mad Nazi scientist though.
Rated 13 Jul 2010
25
2nd
Just reaaaally reaaaally weird...
Rated 10 Aug 2010
42
8th
Has some surprisingly decent parts but it's overall a pretty poor film.
Rated 18 Nov 2015
35
9th
The idea is interesting (in a messed up kind of way), but the execution isn't. The screenplay is pretty dumb, and the direction isn't much better. The concept is pretty damn disgusting, but the film itself is pretty tame, so I wasn't disturbed or anything. I found the acting and dialogue more offensive, actually. Not a film I would recommend.
Rated 22 May 2015
20
7th
Original and disturbing, but not particularly entertaining. The Human Centipede gets props for coming up with a slightly original horror concept, but then doesn't really do much beyond that. "Hey, look at this creation" for 60 minutes does not a good movie make.
Rated 06 Mar 2011
46
13th
The main character was played rather well but that's about the film's only redeeming quality, there is no plot whatsoever. It's a unique idea, yes, but unless you're into films with no plot and enjoy a general sense of discomfort at horrible scenes then give it a miss.
Rated 06 Feb 2014
15
3rd
What an awful film. It doesn't have enough gore to keep you interested. All the characters, apart from the wonderfully creepy doctor, are incredibly stupid. The film leaves you feeling dirty and unsatisfied. Not worth your time.
Rated 14 Aug 2010
30
19th
A generation defining film.
Rated 04 Aug 2010
75
72nd
I feel guilty for scoring this one as highly as I am. Maybe I'll change it once I've had some time to reflect. Having just watched the film, I have to begrudgingly admit that I thought it had boatloads (or buttloads, I guess) of tension; I was disturbed on a deeper level than I'd expected. Also, Dieter Laser is super duper creepy. And the random Japanese guy made me laugh a lot at first. Wonder if the young actresses showed The Human Centipede to their family and friends.
Rated 21 Nov 2011
51
7th
The concept is pretty disgustingly nifty and is realised to it's sufficient justice in this glorious film medium. But everything around it is so stock: the performances and the dialogue of the two women is so banal, so it's fortunate they are soon forced to stop talking. The acting and script elevate when Dr Heiter enters the pick and, man, what a baddie he is. OTT schlock entertainment, sometimes funny, never scary, often stomach-churning. Once it finished, I did wonder why it had been made.
Rated 10 Jun 2010
38
7th
Eh.
Rated 15 Dec 2010
20
9th
The kind of ending I wanted honestly, the only good thing about this.
Rated 16 Nov 2011
35
14th
One single idea, however brilliant in all its sickness, is not enough to carry a conventional horror movie full of plot holes and stupid people. Laser is great in the lead.
Rated 05 Dec 2012
30
9th
Like sucking shit through a digestive tract. It's a substandard slasher posing as body horror.
Rated 08 Dec 2012
58
17th
I really wish this movie had done for Dieter Laser what Basterds did for Christoph Waltz. Anyway it's surprisingly tasteful and reserved considering, y'know, Human Centipede.
Rated 09 Jun 2010
80
41st
I don't know, I put a number down, but please ignore it. I agree with Roger Ebert that its impossible to rate this movie. I walked out of this feeling really dirty. The only other time I've felt that is after watching August Underground's Mordum, but for some reason this affected me much more than that movie.
Rated 16 Apr 2012
60
38th
Dr. Josef Heiter (Dieter Laser) is a genuinely creepy guy. "I don't like human beings." I mean, who the hell says something like that?
Rated 14 Sep 2015
3
1st
This movie gets one point for every section of the centipede. This film is awful. Horrible dialogue (even the German and Japanese dialogue is bad) the acting is also very sub-par. A lot of credit is given to the Doctor but I even think he serves up more ham than a Christmas dinner. The plot is sickening and even though it is original, did this need to be made? I found no entertainment value to this and it just made my late-night snack want to come back up...
Rated 23 Jun 2010
50
23rd
I'm just thankful a movie which such a ridiculous premise got made. Ever. Laser gives a great performance and I really liked the direction, with austere use of music, minimalistic sets (Six knows the plot is enough for the viewers to handle) and overall execution. The whole thig is very by-the-numbers, but it's thrilling, suspenseful and hard to watch anyway. Bonus points for the large amounts of gallows humor.
Rated 10 Oct 2015
51
38th
I've heard crazy stories and comments about this film, how it was so disgusting and repulsive and made people sick. But frankly I don't get it, I mean the idea is pretty fucked up but the film itself is very low key and tame. Aside from some swearing and a bit of blood at the end you don't see anything shocking. The subject matter aside this is pretty much a PG horror film. The movie is well shot, the acting is good overall and even though the movie can get a bit dull it's never boring.
Rated 09 Jan 2011
44
5th
Sooooo, even knowing the writer must have had no understanding of gastronomy, biology, or anatomy--at the very least your main villain (if he's a surgeon) should. The idea may be disturbing, disgusting, and on the verge of unwatchable, but a good writer should have made the villain realistic and the cops just a little bit competent.
Rated 05 Aug 2012
20
6th
It kind of hits that uncanny valley where it's not quite campy enough to be fun and not quite horrifying enough to be scary. It's certainly a weird movie, but you can get enjoyment out of its weirdness just by reading its plot description. The pleasure comes from the gimmick, and the gimmick is spoiled in the title.
Rated 20 Jan 2016
0
1st
but like-- wtf.
Rated 03 Jan 2016
1
20th
Filmed better but still lazy (relying on unearned suspension-of-disbelief) sploitation owing much to The Dentist.
Rated 01 Aug 2017
37
12th
Certainly not as disgusting as its title suggests, though undoubtedly disturbing, this fairly predictable and poorly-acted horror film may please genre fans but will do little for general moviegoers.
Rated 29 Jun 2013
35
5th
The good: pacing (being able to pull off such a bare-bones premise for 90 minutes without it ever really dragging out) & concept (as depraved as it is). The bad: probably everything else. Possibly some of the dumbest characters ever witnessed in a genre which necessitates stupid characters. I do applaud the manner in which Six decides to never really show the spectator more than what needs to be shown, essentially inverting what most torture porn films do, and thus, falling outside that label.
Rated 07 Oct 2010
35
19th
Pursues its idea more or less consistently, with Laser suiting the part well. Some of the decision-making by the characters was inexplicable, but this amounts to a routine flaw in this type of movie. Not as horrifying as it might have been, perhaps because the very extremity of the concept meant that it did not tap too directly into any specific audience anxieties or fears. But worse horror movies abound.
Rated 18 Jun 2011
50
15th
arkadas hatri için bok bile yenir.
Rated 04 Aug 2010
76
44th
Starts off well. Laser is creepy as hell. But then some bad writing ensues and you don't care so much what you're watching; but you'll watch it anyway.
Rated 26 Nov 2010
16
15th
Funny concept, but incredibly poor execution.
Rated 15 Jun 2011
40
13th
Actually quite tense, due to the simply intolerable position the characters find themselves in. Anyone with a slight amount of empathy would be horrified ... but the film was spoilt by a stupid script, aweful editing, daft over the top "germanic" acting, pathetic policemen and ridiculous actions carried out by the centipede. I dont think I have seen a horror film so badly written and made, but based on a premise that actualy IS truly horrifying
Rated 14 Sep 2021
0
0th
gross and poorly written
Rated 27 Mar 2012
40
29th
It touches emotions you never thought you'd experience. All over is a crappy movie, but still awsome that someone came up with this idea.
Rated 09 Jun 2010
3
28th
There's definitely the "Snakes on a Plane" effect going on where once you get past the initial high concept the film is pretty anemic, and even at 90 minutes it feels stretched. But still, it takes body horror to an unprecedented new plateau, and for that I at least give it a golf clap. Also, mainstream big-budget filmmakers would be foolish not to cast Dieter Laser as a villain in the future. He strikes an eerie presence.
Rated 25 Jul 2011
15
7th
Kinky Germans.
Rated 29 Nov 2011
18
2nd
A surprisingly turgid and boring film despite the absurd premise.
Rated 04 Dec 2010
30
23rd
Surprisingly fun for all kids and adults!
Rated 08 May 2010
25
11th
Truly uncanny premise on the same vein as Miike, but a one note film.
Rated 03 Feb 2014
20
17th
The Human Centipede is an apt metaphor for the way in which most screenwriters today build their characters and try to pass the abominations off as human beings. Dieter Laser is wonderfully creepy but unfortunately the movie doesn't have anything to offer beyond the shock value.
Rated 29 Nov 2011
17
2nd
Even if you just watch it for shock value, it's disappointingly tame. The only remotely likable character is the doctor, and most of the movie consists of muffled screams. Everything good about the movie is in the trailer.
Rated 05 Mar 2013
30
6th
doktor, ameliyat, iskence, arabasi yolda kalmak , Almanya (Siyam ikizlerini birbirinden yairma konusnda uzmanlasan Alman Doktor, agina düsürdügü insanlari agiz ve anüslerinden birbirine dikerak bir kirk ayak yapmaya calisir. iskence ve eziyet sahnesi pek yok. Bir kaç ameliyat sahnesi var iki kurban yolda kalmis iki turist kizdir. Digeri ise bir japondur.) Fikir çok marjinal filmde çok asiri...
Rated 05 Oct 2015
6
15th
aiiiyyyaaaaaaaaaa
Rated 18 Nov 2010
0
3rd
I really don't know why I watched this. Oh ya, now I know... a little thing called NETFLIX. Something I would never pay hard money for I nevertheless decided to watch in a fit of boredom/exhaustion (I have a very demanding job) because I'd just signed up for a Netflix trial. Well, let me tell you, despite being "well-made" in a strictly technical sense, this movie is the cinematic equivalent of 'two girls, one cup' - avoid, unless you want to vidcap people's reactions to watching it (hmm, idea)
Rated 18 Jun 2011
40
8th
hadi onu sök götünden
Rated 07 Feb 2011
35
11th
Dieter Laser is cool, but the movie itself - boring. Not shocking, repulsive or violent - just boring.
Rated 19 Oct 2011
49
26th
The fact that this film even exists is so wrong, yet the premise is disturbingly fascinating. Pretty straightforward in its execution, but that doesn't make it less cringeworthy once the centipede-part begins. Once it's over you'll probably want to take a long, warm shower.
Rated 15 Feb 2011
2
7th
Not. Good.
Rated 27 Jan 2012
50
21st
Finally a movie from head to toe that will make you say, "What?" The idea is so weird you can't help but watch. It isn't ever good, but it isn't exactly something you've seen before. Unless you spend all day on the interwebs.
Rated 17 Nov 2013
70
72nd
For anyone familiar with the work of Chris Morris, this plays out like a Jam sketch stretched to 90 mins, even down to the abstract ambient soundtrack and bleached-out visuals. It falls flat in a lot of places and definitely overplays its limited premise, but it's still one of the best black comedies of 2009. Marketed as a Hostel-style torture-porn flick, but it's really not that kind of movie and much better for it.
Rated 16 Jan 2011
60
50th
Who thinks of something like this, honestly? It's so fucking sick. To the movie's credit, it completely sells its crazy concept, making it compellingly rather than depressingly disgusting. This is in no small way due to the awesome casting of Dieter Laser as the disturbed and disturbing doctor. He and the originality of the premise puts this a cut above (as opposed to below... *snigger*).
Rated 19 Jun 2012
50
12th
Not as bad as I expected but certainly not actually good.
Rated 24 Jan 2011
10
2nd
Three words: WHAT THE FUCK?!
Rated 11 Jan 2011
68
26th
Weird and, at times, groteseque. The acting is sub-par - but the delivery is SO bad it's actually entertaining, if not outright hilarious. My favorite line: "Rohypnol!!!" You know, for a hilarious 27-minute breakdown of the ENTIRE movie, visit Tosh.0's website. BTW, for a doctor, the bad guy's anatomical drawing of the human centipede is almost comically awful (my 8 year old daughter could have done better!!).
Rated 08 Sep 2012
50
18th
Sick, weird, predictable concept... but original.
Rated 02 Jan 2013
62
75th
Well..it's original, I'll give it that.And deeply disturbing.It has people making the usual dumb choices that you find in horror films which always irritate me. I enjoyed it for it's weirdness and for the fact it made me squirm and feel uncomfortable.,something most horror films dont achieve. Sorry to upset you though Dr.Heiter but your little experiment doesnt hold a candle to the 4 people sewn to a pig's mickey I have locked in my cellar
Rated 10 May 2012
55
16th
Interesting concept of human centipede, or the "Siamese triplet", as the Doctor calls it. After the initial shock wore off, it was actually bit of a bore, for a while nothing happens at all. I was anticipating some new tricks but the director ran out of tricks/ideas. I laughed at times at the absurdity of it all. Characters are so dumb even suspension of disbelief couldn't cut it. Dieter Laser was great as the mad doctor though.
Rated 26 May 2010
48
27th
Despite having their lips sewn to ani, the female protagonists still manage to present a truly abhorrent performance. Laser plays the mad doctor role very well. It's interesting that Six has chosen such a perverse, yet unique, issue to present. Commendable for its experimentation, albeit a little repetetive and "B movie"-ish.
Rated 30 Jul 2012
50
24th
sometimes it so happens, that all you need is a weird enough idea and even an extremely low budget film can surprise the shit out of people. this isn't one of those times.
Rated 29 Apr 2012
32
14th
It had all sorts of hype and in the end it just turned out to be one big shock shlock. The only redeeming thing about this flick is Dieter Laser. The rest of it is just unlikable leads, idiotic main characters, scare scenes with no content, graphical body horror with no purpose, the works. The concept is genius for a horror movie but the execution (and story) is so catastrophic that you are left with your jaw on the floor, thinking "How did he fuck this up so bad?".
Rated 14 Aug 2013
28
5th
Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser) stitches three unfortunates ass-to-mouth to create the titular being, and shit goes down...literally. The gruesome premise and Laser's villainous ham are about all it has going for it; the film only fleetingly lives up to its potential (the second half IS better than the first) and the other performances range from anonymous to horrendous. Tom Six's direction improves on his writing only by not being disastrous--early on, he seems not to know how people speak at all.
Rated 09 Oct 2010
20
3rd
You know when you put this on it's not gonna be an Oscar contender but the disappointment is there aren't even enough unintentional laughs in its hilarious concept to give it cult status either. Everything about this (in particular the acting) is so bad if somebody had handed me a copy on VHS and told me it was a film school project from the '80s I'd have believed them. Tom Six quite possibly set out to make the worst movie ever. He's not far off.
Rated 23 Dec 2011
0
3rd
Seriously? Are they even trying?
Rated 14 May 2010
55
35th
Good looking female American exchange students end up in Europe in the clutches of a madman. Sounds like your average torture-porn movie? Then what if the madman was a former Nazi-surgeon, that wanted to surgically connect 3 people ass to mouth in order to create: a human centipede? No man can truly claim that this could possibly be a bad movie. But it's not really good either. Bad acting and extremely irrational behavior from all characters ruin it. But worth a go just for the whole a2m-aspect.
Rated 08 Jan 2011
20
2nd
Boring in the beginning. I was hoping to be a little more grossed out, but it ended up being just kind of... lame. Still kind of gross, but lame.

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