# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**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, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/61 "2010-05-21T05:22:06Z")
Good point. I guess anything could happen. Hooray for Hollywood! Here’s Ebert’s review: [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100505/REVIEWS/100509982](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100505/REVIEWS/100509982) ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/62 "2010-05-21T05:56:18Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > How long does it take before a diet of feces gives you E coli? A German woman called Veronica Moser is pretty knowledgeable on that topic. But it is not advised to Google her at work. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/63 "2010-05-21T17:05:37Z")
Just for laughs, I had to check out this review. [The Parents’ Viewing Guide to ‘The Human Centipede’](http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/a-parents-viewing-guide-to-the-human-centipede/18359) Wow,… just wow. A movie reviewer that has categories for “GAYS” and “FOREIGNERS” is more disturbing to me than this movie’s subject matter. ---
**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 21, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/64 "2010-05-21T17:10:01Z")
You cannot convince me that that review site is at all serious about this. Not when they say: > [@](#): > > The real scene to watch out for is the death of the first third of the Human Centipede, which may sadden some children—like when Bambi’s mother is killed or Old Yeller has to be taken out to the fields and put out of his misery. Explain to your child that the first third of the Human Centipede is with Jesus now. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/65 "2010-05-21T17:32:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You cannot convince me that that review site is at all serious about this. You’re _probably_ correct about that. In my defense though, I do believe it’s getting more difficult to distinguish between the sincerely devout extremist pundits and their satirists. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/66 "2010-05-21T17:38:23Z")
That, and the fact that it got 5 smilies for GAY and only 2 smilies for violence/gore. Because torture porn isn’t violent or gory at all, it’s all about teh GAY. And this, too: > [@](#): > > And like most medical procedures, this one is totally unnecessary. Damn those completely unnecessary lumpectomy and bypass surgeries. ---
**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 21, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/67 "2010-05-21T18:11:28Z")
> [@](#): > > There is definitely profanity in The Human Centipede but it is all spoken in non-American languages. Make sure you have subtitles turned off (a wise move for any foreign movie) and your child will not experience any strong language problems. You can even make a game of it with your child, creating your own story about the lonely old doctor and his new friends. Why are they shouting? They must be excited for snacks and Bible camp! Yeah, that’s gotta be satire. ---
**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 21, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/68 "2010-05-21T21:17:05Z")
> [@](#): > > The potential to see uncovered buttocks is thankfully removed due to the characters’ faces being surgically attached to those buttocks, thus obscuring them. > [@](#): > > But these acts take place in a laboratory setting and can be explained to children as primarily educational, as long as any discussion of evolution or natural selection is conscientiously avoided. > [@](#): > > Your child may have many questions about why people do science, and why science might be involved in sewing someone’s mouth to another person’s anus. This is a natural part of growing up. > [@](#): > > As one would expect with a non-American movie, there are no visible Americans in this movie at all. LOL! That review is awesome (and come on, \*clearly \*satire.) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/69 "2010-05-24T00:02:10Z")
This movie must add a whole new meaning to the term “gag reel.” ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/70 "2010-05-24T02:19:14Z")
I have seen the Human Centipede. It is incredibly stupid, even for the torture porn genre. The concept itself is stomach churning, and when I saw the trailer my thoughts were “boy, I don’t want to see this movie.” But alas, the gf, the gf’s little brother, and his gf, are all big horror movie fanatics so watch it I did. Honestly, the effects were pretty cheesy, which made the whole thing less revolting. Oh and the diagram in Ebert’s review was taken from the movie. ---
**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 24, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090/71 "2010-05-24T02:25:56Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > I have seen the Human Centipede. It is incredibly stupid, even for the torture porn genre. The concept itself is stomach churning, and when I saw the trailer my thoughts were “boy, I don’t want to see this movie.” But alas, the gf, the gf’s little brother, and his gf, are all big horror movie fanatics so watch it I did. Honestly, the effects were pretty cheesy, which made the whole thing less revolting. Oh and the diagram in Ebert’s review was taken from the movie. So uh, the movie’s just about people swallowing each other’s poo? That’s all I can take from the descriptions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-film-the-human-centipede/538090.md?page=3)