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Comparable to Human Centipede

posted 13 years ago by alopecoid25
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The only thing this film has going for it is its shock factor and attempt to trigger the viewer's gag reflex, but it even fails at that because it tries way too hard. Acting by the entire cast was some of the worst of seen in a while and the awful script didn't help their poor delivery. There were absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Screenplay, cinematography lighting, etc. were completely overlooked for the sake of forcing gore and discomfort onto the audience. All of my negative comments could easily be attributed to "Human Centipede". The "filmmakers" behind this piece of sh!t had pretty much the same intention. It's just a wannabe gross-out flick that aims to make viewers cringe. It succeeded at this but not the way it intended. The make-up was alright though.

[–] jloflab 13 years ago

You need to lighten up. I kept thinking Human Centipede when I was watching it too. Glad somebody compared it, these two are about the lowest of the low so what were you expecting?
You were expecting to see a couple of teenage dirt-bags throw a *beep* or two into a dead girl tied up in the basement of a nut house... that's why you watched it. The movies called Deadgirl and though that wouldn't bring you to assume what happens I'm sure when you read what the movie was about before you watched it you had a pretty good idea, same goes for Human Centipede. It's sick *beep* It's as sick as mainstream gets, if you want to call it mainstream... and for me, any movie you can watch on a Blu Ray and more than a few people know about it, is mainstream. Why check out this kinda thing? Acting? You were looking for Phillip Seymour Hoffman? Its horror! What the hell are you thinking? Even the best of horror movies is going to fall short of even decent acting. Its the minor league for actors. Who the hell needs to film take after take to make a horror movie perfect? Its not Citizen Kane or the Godfather or whatever blown-out-of-proportion *beep* you're use to watching. Ebert doesn't even review this kinda *beep* because he'd say the same obvious *beep* as you said. If safe movies are what you want, then have at it, there's thousands of boy-meets-girl movies out there. Leave this *beep* to the freaks who can defy reality and watch some sick *beep* doing some sick *beep*

[–] unknown_soul278 12 years ago

Even the best of horror movies is going to fall short of even decent acting.

I disagree. The old horror movies had some excellent actors (Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, Anthony Perkins, etc.). They didn't have the blood and gore effects available now so they had to actually be scary and they excelled. I believe anything requiring a lot more imagination is infinitely more terrifying. Psychological fear and suspense are very effective, but they are also a near-extinct art.

There are a few 'modern' horror movies with excellent actors, but too many times the ridiculously high number of sequels kills it. Tony Todd, Robert Englund, Tobin Bell... and after his version of Freddy, Jackie Earle Haley as well; he made Freddy his own and did not try to mirror Englund. He made Freddy scary again, where after the first couple of sequels he became comical.

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[–] slipknot_tour_girl 12 years ago

In my opinion, I don't think you can compare this movie with The Human Centipede. That movie had nothing going for it except the gross factor, whereas this one, it seems like they tried to make it more of a psychological thirller, rather than a horror. Granted it's disgusting and sick at times, but I think it's more about their mental state and how the two end up doing the things they do rather than about what they actually do. I mean, even the "good" guy has a complete change of hearts by the end of the film, change that's not really explained and is left for the viewer to decide wth happened.
And I thought Noah Segan's acting was pretty good. Anyways..just my 2 cents.

[–] HippieDrillSealOfApproval 12 years ago

I haven't seen Human Centipede but for me deadgirl had much more going for it than just "shock value". I thought it was funny and even a little thought provoking.

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[–] Naturezrevenge 12 years ago

Personally, I don't get why Human Centipede gets so much acclaim and attention.
Ok, Dieter Laser was basically born to play a mad scientist and yes, the premise is delightfully disgusting but to me, it took that premise/rode on the gimmick, offered me 0 horror and was just disappointingly silly.

Deadgirl on the other hand rocked me. It was creepy, sexual, dark, twisted and thought-provoking while being grisly and horrific.

I much preferred Deadgirl, myself.

[–] deepcovergecko 11 years ago

This film is more comparable to "the girl next door" (the one with the kids and mom torturing the girl downstairs) , than the human centipede.

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[–] Justincblount 11 years ago

LOL!! My friend made me watch that Girl Next Door movie. I didn't think one way or the other about it, just felt it all was pretty pointless. Then I made him watch this, and at the end he turned and said "Dude, WTF?"

[–] rageinblack 8 years ago

LOL!! My friend made me watch that Girl Next Door movie. I didn't think one way or the other about it, just felt it all was pretty pointless. Then I made him watch this, and at the end he turned and said "Dude, WTF?"

I can completely understand, this movie is a mess, is sick, it's not intelligent, it's not intetresting, it's just sick and pointless... so the Dude, WTF? is pefectly on point.

[–] rageinblack 8 years ago

LOL!! My friend made me watch that Girl Next Door movie. I didn't think one way or the other about it, just felt it all was pretty pointless. Then I made him watch this, and at the end he turned and said "Dude, WTF?"

I can completely understand, this movie is a mess, is sick, it's not intelligent, it's not interesting, it's just sick and pointless... so the Dude, WTF? response is pefectly on point.

[–] dragonspider 11 years ago

I actually thought the film has some interesting subtext. However I agree it was a lot like Human Centipede in that it was about how someone's fantasy is another persons nightmare.