The Human Centipede II (2011) Reviews

I have to admit I didn't think much of the first, though I have to give it kudos for its original concept and some of its stylistic touches. Human Centipede II fared much worse. If there was anything I slightly preferred, it was marginally grittier than the first which I kind of liked. However, the concept is nowhere near as the original, and not only does it have the same mistakes as the original but it makes more along the way. It still has the stock characters, the bad, cheesy dialogue, the dull acting and the medical errors the original had. I had no problem that this film was perhaps more disturbing than the first, the problem was there is no subtlety to it and it is low on the suspense meter. The amplified flaws come from two primary things. I do have to agree that the ending is one of the most rushed endings recently in any film. The other is the villain, in the original the villain did have many moments where he was genuinely chilling, this villain is so cartoony and over-the-top it is hard to feel any pity or such for him. All in all, although I was not a fan of the first movie, the awfulness of this film actually made me appreciate it. 1/10 Bethany Cox

I can just say BAD, what a stupid movie, it doesn't scare or disturb me at all, I just don't understand why modern Horror movies cannot scare me anymore. Tons of Blood in those movies but no Scare Factor at all-BORING CRAP!

I had a very unpleasant experience with someone who claims to actually like this movie, it's god-awful and gross - there is NOTHING good about having your ass-stuck to someone else's mouth. It is not sexy, it is not creative, it is just gross. Roger Ebert was absolutely right.

Is it nuts to expect more from a movie like "The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence?" With a premise and set-up like this, what can you expect, except for a few good scares and a whole lotta gore? But with an intriguing killer like Martin, I was actually hopeful, and disappointed by the never-ending, and I suppose inevitable, stream of torture that followed.

I guess I would have liked to have seen more Martin, less of the centipede. More scathing black humor, less of the gore? Crazy? Maybe. But my love of all things fuck-upedly psychological led me to wish for an entirely different movie.

I'll be honest and straight-up and admit that I haven't seen Tom Six's controversial original (and at this point I don't think I'll bother.) But to those uninitiated few, I'll describe the original premise to the best of my abilities. Sensitive readers, stop right here. It only goes downhill from here.

In the original "Human Centipede," two pretty American tourists' car breaks down while traveling in Germany (of course, the car,) and they seek help at the home of an incredibly creepy German doctor, who proceeds to serve them a drugged drink and reveal his master plan (you've never seen that one before, right?)

The doctor intends to make a Siamese triplet out of the frightened girls and a third party. Okay, this is where it gets real messy. Using the magic of surgical precision, the the good doc will sew them together mouth to anus, therefore creating one entity. I guess you're starting to understand the controversy behind these films, eh?

So. "The Human Centipede II." Listen, now, because the premise is actually pretty creative. Martin, a short, creepy, obese security guard (Laurence R. Harvey) who lives with his abusive mother (Mommy issues- where have I heard that one before...? Okay I'll stop now) is INSPIRED by the original "Human Centipede" and sets out to make one of his own, but suffers from poor health and limited resources.

Martin, whose father sexually abused him, and whose mother blames Martin for sending hubby to jail (I call it "Precious" syndrome. but it definitely happens,) has led an agonizing life full of brutality and misery, and, as it so happens, has a sexual fetish for "The Human Centipede." On top of that he has a psychiatrist (Bill Hutchins) who wants to have sex with him (ew.)

SO what can Martin do except to make the people around him suffer? And so he does, in a spectacularly brutal manner. And may I just say, Laurence R. Harvey is a FABULOUS actor. Not only does he cope with the fact that Martin doesn't say a single word throughout the movie, he makes it an asset.

Harvey also makes you feel sorry for Martin at parts throughout the movie. And I think that's where he really excels, making you feel sympathy for such a beastly character. Unfortunately, Laurence R. Harvey (and Martin) are stuck in a movie that doesn't deserve them, and Vivian Bridsen (who plays Martin's mother) is as incompetent as Harvey is adept.

The first half of this film is pretty good- deliberately illogical at times (Martin hits his victims full-force with a crow bar and still manages to only knock them out,) but the film has a devilish, nightmarish feel, and makes good use of black & white photography. The dialogue is often bizarre and implausible, but only reinforces the fact that we are living in nightmare.


After the first half, though, we are thrown into forty minutes of torture which is not only gross, it's also boring. How do you make torture boring? For dragging it on forty minutes, that's how. I know, I know, I'm watching "The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence,)," not "My Dinner With Andre." Dialogue isn't the film's strong point. But is it too much to hope for a little... more of it?

If there's one thing I got out of this movie, it was Laurence R. Harvey's performance. I really, really hope this guy makes it. Otherwise, skip this weakly plotted torture fest. Next!

My opinion about this movie is that its AMAZING!
The main character Martin ( lourence R Harvey) did a great job represeting a sadist movie fan psicopat.

All the bad reputation the first Human centipede was left behind, this movie saved the franchise givin us a hope for the third movie, n' a good one if u enjoy this gender, Tom Six( the director) said that the third will make this onne look like a childish play yard , haha n its makin me curious n excited at the same time ( not so much like martin oh my GOD)

I gave this movie 5 stars becouse it has some shocking elements that are not seen ( car scene n the way Martin makes the centipede, martin and his mother "love" relationship) everything is so gross and agonizing but outstanding.