# Trailer for the film 'The Human Centipede' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090 "2010-05-03T00:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/41 "2010-05-20T17:28:14Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > …Sorry, I just can’t wrap my head around it. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/42 "2010-05-20T17:30:41Z")
I didn’t do that on purpose. I’m not even sure how it compares…like…someone’s butt is wrapped around your head when you’re a centipede? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/43 "2010-05-20T17:38:27Z")
[This](http://encyclopediadramatica.com/The_Human_Centipede) article on Encyclopedia Dramatica should help, **Slit**. **Warning: NSFW - Porn adverts** [Here’s](http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/1/1e/Human_centipede.jpg) a choice picture. And [another](http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/c/c6/Thcside2.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/44 "2010-05-20T17:43:44Z")
Okay…that makes sense. So they’re basically stitched in. But as others point out–how do they breathe? And is it really medically accurate–I mean, how would we ever know? Also, why do the kneecap thing? It’s not like they’re going to be standing up anyway with all that going on. I’m not even sure why I care enough to ask. This seems to raise so many questions but if it, once it’s there, it’s there. There’s not a lot else to think about. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/45 "2010-05-20T17:44:23Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I didn’t do that on purpose. I’m not even sure how it compares…like…someone’s butt is wrapped around your head when you’re a centipede? Or if you’re worried about going to **Melon** ’s links - yes, it’s face-to-butt, GI tracts stitched together via grafting (and unhealthy doses of movie [del]magic[/del]BS). Edit: Too late. I’m assuming the noses are free and that the insane doc has - hopefully - installed some kind of bypass that separates the respiratory bits in the throat from the digestive ones. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/46 "2010-05-20T17:49:44Z")
As **Ferret** said, the idea is that they breathe through their noses. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/47 "2010-05-20T17:57:06Z")
Okay. I wonder if he cleaned them off before he stitched them. You know…dingleberry. OK, moot point, considering he’s going to MAKE them poop. How long does it take before a diet of feces gives you E coli? Oh, ew, now I’m thinking of vomiting and choking on it, and… I have to stop clicking on this thread. (I know, I’m not going to.) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/48 "2010-05-20T17:57:54Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ah, looks like _The Human Centipede II: The Full Sequence_ is slated for 2011, and is rumored to include a human centipede consisting of 12 individuals. If ever there was a need to add the subtitle Electric Boogaloo I’m pretty sure this qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/49 "2010-05-20T17:59:32Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > How long does it take before a diet of feces gives you E coli? Depends on the amount of peanut butter in their diets. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/50 "2010-05-20T18:09:19Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > According to the wiki article, they (and the people who funded this) weren’t told those details until everyone had already agreed to do it. Well, _this_ is a compelling reason to join the union. Never, never sign anything without reading it (and the script!) first! :eek: I can’t express how much I hate shady, dishonest filmmakers. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/51 "2010-05-20T18:10:45Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Roger Ebert reviewed it and is not rating it at all. He said the star rating system (as in 1 star bad, 4 stars good) is just not compatible to this particular movie type. Actually I think the tone of his review overall was “it is what it is.” I find the idea of this movie absolutely appalling, but Ebert’s dispassionate review of it made me laugh. He even included a little diagram. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/52 "2010-05-20T18:11:46Z")
> [@](#): > > How long does it take before a diet of feces gives you E coli? Oh, ew, now I’m thinking of vomiting and choking on it, and… A point I first raised 'way back in post #11. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/53 "2010-05-20T18:16:47Z")
Oh yeah, **Cal** , I saw. I didn’t mean to say that I was the first to intro the idea of vomiting–just that I can’t stop thinking of it and it’s skeeving me out. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/54 "2010-05-20T18:19:40Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I find the idea of this movie absolutely appalling, but Ebert’s dispassionate review of it made me laugh. He even included a little diagram. Just in case you’ve ever envied the life of a film critic “Oh, you just watch movies all day!” remember…they have to also watch movies like this one. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/55 "2010-05-20T23:08:06Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Also, why do the kneecap thing? It’s not like they’re going to be standing up anyway with all that going on. Presumably so they can’t just stand up and run away. Otherwise they’d be out the door the second the doctor’s back is turned. And, a sequel? Really? I wouldn’t have thought so with the doctor being killed and everyone dying and all, but maybe there’s a whole underground group of people who want to centipedify unwilling victims. :rolleyes: (Am I the only one here who has actually seen this film?) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/56 "2010-05-20T23:18:07Z")
How would they stand up, though? Like, would person A stand and persons B and C just kind of crawl behind him? ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/57 "2010-05-20T23:59:28Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Just in case you’ve ever envied the life of a film critic “Oh, you just watch movies all day!” remember…they have to also watch movies like this one. Ebert doesn’t have to though, he said something along those lines on his website. I watched the film, well, I had it on in the background while playing GTA on my DS. I’d agree more with the IGN review, boring rather than shocking. The dude Laser is made for these sort of films and the shooting location was well chose. It played out pretty much as a cheap mad scientist thriller would, complete with awkward, “they’re about to get away but don’t” chase scene. What bugged me most was the attitude of the creator to women, which seemed a tad misogynistic. I was surprised to see what I thought was the director’s wife appearing in the credits, but Google tells me it was his sister, Ilona. So there’s the biggest question raised by the film, is Tom a woman hater, or just eternally adolescent? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/58 "2010-05-21T00:21:47Z")
If this movie doesn’t sweep every major Oscar category then we will know for sure how corrupt that system really is. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/59 "2010-05-21T01:27:34Z")
Well, it’s certainly got the Best Picture Featuring Disgustingly Bizarre But Ultimately Implausible Group Surgery category locked up. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/60 "2010-05-21T03:12:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, it’s certainly got the Best Picture Featuring Disgustingly Bizarre But Ultimately Implausible Group Surgery category locked up. It is up against the new Shrek movie, isn’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090.md?page=4)