The Human Centipede: Part 3 (Final Sequence)

[BritishHobo]

Finally. After sitting unreleased for what seems like two years, this long-awaited threequel has finally been given a release date.

Thoughts?

[Hangthebuggers]

Having nothing to lose, Bill and Dwight create a jaw-dropping 500-person prison centipede.

crikey.

[thraxx]

I wonder if it will be as just almost shit as either of the first two, or much much worse?

[BritishHobo]

See, I really liked the first one. It worked well as a very, very black comedy, and Dieter Laser's performance was absolutely fantastic, genuinely intense and terrifying.

The second one, I don't think anyone could deny is a shit fucking film. But I really liked it as a reaction to the hysteria around the first film. And I thought some of the stuff in the last half hour was impressively striking - the shot where the 'centipede' rears up, for example.

[Default to the negative]

I enjoyed some of the meta-jokes in the second film, like when the centipede had explosive diarrhea, and it splattered across the camera lens. Tom Six was literally throwing shit on our screens.

I'll admit that I'm curious to see the 500-man centipede in the third film. I suppose they'll have to use CG to depict it. With that many people, it ought to be a circular centipede, a closed loop. I hope the director had the creative vision to make this happen.

[Puce Moment]

I have a fondness for both films, but particularly the second film, despite it having some of the worst acting in modern film outside of The Room.

I will no doubt go and see it.

[BritishHobo]

I do remember being a bit gobsmacked by some of the shite acting/dialogue in Part 2, especially between that doctor and Martin. At the time I tweeted that 'even porn stars and Hollyoaks actors would consider that script demeaning'. In retrospect, that's pretty harsh - you shouldn't be ashamed to be in porn.

[madhair60]

I wonder how wilfully appalling it will be.

[Cerys]

I haven't seen the second one yet, but I'll get around to it.  The first one was hilarious.

Hah -

I still don't get what stops the person at the front from just crawling off.... sure you may lose half your ass but better than the alternative?

[Natnar]

The person at the front doesn't really have things that bad do they?
At least they're not forced to eat shit and have more control of where the centipede goes.

[thraxx]

The person at the front doesn't really have things that bad do they?
At least they're not forced to eat shit and have more control of where the centipede goes.

You almost make it sound worthwhile.

[Rev]

The first one's just a nice mad scientist flick, nothing at all troubling, which is why the reaction to it completely baffled me.  The second one is a decent enough idea, but it isn't really committed to it beyond it serving as a defence against criticism.  The acting is atrocious to the point that some of it must have been intentional, as it provides most of the entertainment value - the angry neighbour in particular is an absolute hoot.

This jobber though - I remember they were trying to get a bit of hype going a couple of years ago with an obviously fake bust-up between your man Laser and the director, but for it to quietly be announced six weeks before release?  Doesn't really bode well.

[BritishHobo]

Aw, was I taken in by an obvious publicity stunt? When I typed it out earlier in the thread, years after the event, I did wonder if there wasn't something a little fake about it, but at the time I remember being properly gutted, and even quite annoyed that Laser wasn't going to come back.

[Rev]

It could have been genuine, but as I recall Laser supposedly pulled out because he didn't like the way his character was written, and Six responded by publicly announcing that he was going to sue him, but would also put back filming for a year so it could all be worked out.  It would be a unique approach to a problem like that, to put it mildly, and smacked more of 'we won't be making this film for quite a while, so let's stir something up so we're not forgotten in the meantime'.

[BritishHobo]

I do remember thinking it rang a bit false that Laser suddenly had qualms about the integrity of his character after signing on for Human Centipede 3; can't imagine anyone, especially somebody who already appeared in the first, agreeing to do it under the impression that there'll be any kind of value in the writing.

[Obel]

Is Dieter Laser going to be doing an American accent?
I wish he was called Tom Boss and played by Julian Rhind-Tutt instead.

[Nobody Soup]

The person at the front doesn't really have things that bad do they?
At least they're not forced to eat shit and have more control of where the centipede goes.

but they have all the guilt and associated insecurity, lets be honest, no one on CaB is at all suited for being at the front.

[Cerys]

I am.  With my experience of bionic arses I'd be a natural.

[Blumf]

Surely you'd need the bionic arse on the end, to manage the pressure build up.

Anyway, once you get to ~12 people, surely the right thing to do is form a loop. Then use magnets to drive the poop around the human-centi-loop like the Large Hadron Collider. It'd be the ultimate big (jobbie) science project!

[Cerys]

No, you need the pressure control at the beginning.  With five hundred arses, by the time it gets to the end nothing's going to stop it.  Controlled release from arse number one is what you need.

[Big Jack McBastard]

Doesn't a loop defeat the 'point'? (as if there's a point)

1. Mad Disgusting Science.
2. Mad Subnormal Punisher.

There's not much left in the way of ways to go is there? How is another justified? Why bother with another and... how is one to coerce 500 prisoners into this state for more than a second without them all being at least massively drugged and then ruthlessly beaten the shit out of by another 500 people as soon as they woke up?

If that was an actual idea it sounds fucking ludicrously stupid and utterly untenable...

What's the incentive for them to remain in that state? 'Feed the guy at the front a little toy car and when the 500th guy shits it into a bowl everyone gets their sentence commuted and goes free?'

The shoplifter with 2 months left is like 'No ta mate' and then the 20-to-Lifers knock the living fuck out of him until he goes in 375th place so they can get out early?...

[Puce Moment]

Imagine what the last shit would taste like being digested through all those bodies.

Ugh, it would taste like shit.

[Phoenix Lazarus]

The person at the front doesn't really have things that bad do they?
At least they're not forced to eat shit

An actor who is desperate enough, or eager, to take part even as the front end has done just that, so-to-speak.

[Replies From View]

If I'd auditioned to take part in one of these films I think I would feel short-changed if I was either mouthed-up to a man's arse, or positioned at the front of the centipede.

[Beep Cleep Chimney]

Trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr2K8gQ4JPI

[Cerys]

Due to the presence of a small child and a squeamish SNG in the room I just watched that with the sound muted.  If my imagination is wrong, and the incidental music isn't Yakety Sax, I will be forced to find Tom Six's letterbox and soak his hallway carpet.

[Noodle Lizard]

This actually looks quite fun.

I do have a sort of admiration for Tom Six.  Nice to see a new horror filmmaker with a bit of personality.

[BritishHobo]

See, I'm not sure with Tom Six himself. He's always banging on about political correctness in a way that makes me think he'd be a really fucking boring person.

[Jerzy Bondov]

They need to go back to basics with the next Tom, look to the original or even Tom Two for inspiration

[amnesiac]

there's a comment from one of the centipedes in that article, seems legit

Chad  Gross GrossGrosssss • 2 days ago
I am not proud to admit this but I was one of those extras. It was two atrociously hot days of shooting in Lancaster, CA. There were actually only about 150 of us, but that means that they had to shoot us in four different positions so they could composite it in post to reach the desired 500 person centipede.

On the bright side we weren't naked. we were all in prison jumpsuits and we had a contraptions that we wore over our heads that kept us attached to the guy in front of us but there was fabric covering our mouth and nose. However, it was still sucky and we didn't get paid nearly enough for what we were doing.

Another bright spot was Bree Olson, she was one of the sweetest actresses I've worked with. She took the time out of to give high-fives and thank each one of us extras. Very nice and very rare.