Makes Part One Look Like "My Little Pony"

June 7, 2011 2:51 AM

The Human Centipede sequel just too horrible to show, says BBFC. In the sequel, a man becomes erotically obsessed with a DVD copy of the original film – in which the victims are surgically stitched together mouth to anus – and decides to recreate the idea. Director Tom Six responds to news of the ban. Teaser preview. [Descriptions of events in film are NSFW; teaser preview is just silly.]
posted by chavenet (437 comments total)

Mind the spoilers, people! Some of us haven't gotten around to seeing the original, for some reason.
posted by ryanrs at 2:55 AM on June 7, 2011 [10 favorites]

SPOILER: Movie reels of The Human Centipede were stitched together, end to end, before projection.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:07 AM on June 7, 2011 [35 favorites]

Are you sure they didn't get a copy of the porn parody by mistake?
posted by londonmark at 3:10 AM on June 7, 2011

I learned about the existence of this movie this morning from Roger Ebert, and THEN saw it on Metafilter. We're slacking off, people!
posted by jbickers at 3:11 AM on June 7, 2011

There are days that I care about the fact that humanity is destroying itself and then there are days that I don't.
posted by Avenger at 3:15 AM on June 7, 2011 [29 favorites]

The sequel sounds disappointing, more like one of the tedious Saws films than the perfect little horror gem that was the first Human Centipede, which I'd rank as this generation's Re-Animator. Here's hoping that Full Sequence doesn't turn out to be Tom Six's Matrix Reloaded.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 3:16 AM on June 7, 2011

Oh also, death to all censors.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 3:19 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

Censor Centipede
posted by parmanparman at 3:22 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

I didn't think much of the first movie. It wasn't scary, just obvious. It wasn't gory, just gross.

The whole experience was like being at some shitty promotional party for the "artists". You end up watching fake porn for some fetish that only the german guy (master) and the japanese guy at the centipede head (submissive) were into.

Not horrifying, just amateur and pointless.
posted by lkc at 3:22 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

I'm actually really disappointed by this: not the ban, but the revelation of what the sequel is actually about. It's just fucking dull - it's the first movie again, but hey, with rape this time! After a million and one sexual-violence-packed 'horror' movies over the last decade or so, that is just disheartening. Especially since the original Human Centipede is sort of unique in its hilarious-yet-nightmarish, oddly-circumspect-about-gore, almost-refreshingly-nonsexual endlessly-quotably-Mantrid-starring way. It's not a good movie as such, but it's a memorable one.

I thought the sequel was pretty much a dead cert to feature a load more stupid, wacky, grotesque surgical horror (especially given the size of the hook it had - who does Heiter phone near the beginning of the first one?), and new ridiculous mad doctors. But no. To quote the Warden of Superjail (a man far more versed in creative horribleness than Tom Six), he managed to make this boring.

They write themselves: Human Centipedes, the Aliens to the first film's Alien (they're coming outta the goddamn walls!). The Human Centipede Goes To Summer Camp, A Very Human Centipede Christmas, Green Eggs and Human Centipede...
posted by emmtee at 3:28 AM on June 7, 2011 [10 favorites]

I was really holding out for Human Millipede.
posted by running order squabble fest at 3:33 AM on June 7, 2011 [46 favorites]

culminating in sight of the man wrapping barbed wire around his penis and raping the woman at the rear of the ‘centipede’

Yeah I think the UK will manage without that just fine
posted by marmaduke_yaverland at 3:33 AM on June 7, 2011 [8 favorites]

It's the Human Centipede, Charlie Brown
posted by ryanrs at 3:34 AM on June 7, 2011 [29 favorites]

Masterpiece Theatre is running Human Centipede Revisited again this month. Ooo, that Jeremy Irons still gets around!
posted by pracowity at 3:35 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Millipede!

I concur completely emmtee, Six could have pushed the franchise into truly hilari-creepy Junji Ito territory; just adding sexualised violence is the cheapest and most boring way possible to up the "shock" value. Quite a let-down.

As for the first film, I knew I'd love it as soon as I watched the opening scene of the Doctor sadly stroking the polaroid of his first experiment. "My sweet three-dog..."
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 3:38 AM on June 7, 2011

Perhaps I'm getting old but I have difficulty getting outraged at The Man for 'banning' this sort of thing (possibly because the're only a few clicks away or so I'm told..) I still count myself a horror fan but after reading their descriptions I'm really not that interesting in seeing this, the original film, A Serbian Film or that Japanese one that got banned the other year. It's not just the gore etc - I thought Inside was a brilliant film and whilst Martyrs didn't really click with me I can see the point, Centipede et al just sound like outrage for outrage sake.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:40 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

My Big Fat Greek Human Centipede

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and The Human Centipede

The Human Centipedes of Madison County
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 3:40 AM on June 7, 2011 [20 favorites]

Eternal Sunshine of the Human Centipede.
posted by emmtee at 3:41 AM on June 7, 2011 [7 favorites]

If he glued big fuzzy wigs on them, he could start a Human Woolly Bear Caterpillar series.
posted by pracowity at 3:43 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Are You There, God? It's Me, The Human Centipede.
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 3:43 AM on June 7, 2011 [105 favorites]

James Bond, 007, in:

On Her Majesty's Human Centipede
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 3:45 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

The director also promised then that part one would be "My Little Pony compared with part two.

Which would make this... Human Centipede: Friendship is Magic?

On a slightly more film studies level, is there a tradition of films in which the first film is a fictional object in the world of the second film? Offhand, I can think of Return of the Living Dead (the status of which as a sequel is of course complex) - although in that case Night of the Living Dead was a deliberate cover-up, which fictionalized real events in the film's world. And I think Book of Shadows - but in that case the original Blair Witch Project film existed in the world as a factual record of events rather than a cleverly marketed fiction.

Of course, the other meta level here is that the protagonist is kind of standing in for the viewer of the original film. Or at least the kind of viewer that critics of quote-unquote torture porn imagine - an unstable person who is sexually excited by the damage done to human bodies and inspired to want to recreate it. Somewhat like the home invaders in Hanneke's Funny Games - creations and creators of the cinematic voyeurism of cruelty - but, unsurprisingly, a lot more on the nose.
posted by running order squabble fest at 3:45 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

The 5000 Fingers Of The Human Centipede

(memo to self: check workings)
posted by Prince Lazy I at 3:47 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Kramer vs. Kramer vs. The Human Centipede.
posted by emmtee at 3:48 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Requiem For A Human Centipede
Good Human Centipede Hunting
There's Something About The Human Centipede

Could do this all night.
posted by chmmr at 3:50 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

The Passion of the Human Centipede
posted by ryanrs at 3:52 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

I think Six lucked out when he cast the magnificent Dieter Laser for his mad scientist. I'm not sure what the point of a sequel is without him, and while I sort of admire the meta aspect of a movie about a guy inspired by the in-movie fictional events of the first movie, and while I certainly do not think it should be censored, the movie itself doesn't sound like sound something I wanna see; going in a more absurd direction would, I think, have been a better idea than upping the gruesomeness.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 3:52 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

To quote the thread on the first one, this (still) looks like it's going to suck ass.
posted by Mocata at 3:52 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

My Dinner With The Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 3:53 AM on June 7, 2011 [11 favorites]

Predator vs The Human Centipede
posted by greenish at 3:56 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Twelve Angry Human Centipedes

God, I just can't stop.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 3:57 AM on June 7, 2011 [9 favorites]

Censorship is a difficult point and one we are going to increasingly be required to confront with the dissemination of consumer-created content. Then again, I suppose Human Centipede exists at the locus of consumer-created content if not in production quality then in storyline. Literally, each 'consumer' on the chain is forced to consume the 'content' of their fellow consumer, resulting in general infection, malnourishment, and eventual death, but I digress.

There is a fascinating aspect to the internet -- one we can see right here on AskMeFi -- in which people are bringing dark aspects to light. Thoughts or behaviours that are an indelible part of their own context yet which violate existing social mores. If we ask what happened before the internet, there was a binary existence -- often these people suffered in silence (white) or became consumed by their 'darkness' (black).

Now, from every corner, we are seeing eruptions of experience. "I feel like this... I know it's wrong but I feel it so distinctly..." Thus the opportunity for 'me too' validation to let people know that far from being malignant emotions or behaviours, that many other people feel these things too.

"I really want to dress up as a furry tiger and make love to a fuzzy bear"
"Me too!"

Thus, the Furries subculture.

"My wife and I are a bit bored with our marriage and think we'd like to have an open relationship"
"Us too!"

Thus, the swingers convention.

"I am really tired of the kid at school who bullies me and pushes me around"
"Me too!"

Thus, the anti-bullying movement.

"I am really tired of our unelected authoritarian government that never seems to be able to keep the electricity on but always has a new Rolls Royce"
"Me too!"

Thus, North Africa, 2011.

Now, if we take this connectedness and voice to the extreme, we get Human Centipede, which makes Steven King's darkest look like the bread basket of a dark dinner. It's filth, raw, unadulterated filth and has little value other than being shocking.

Personally, I am quite pleased for it not to be seen however to be censored? It's a slippery slope for whilst I find it offensive, I imagine there are some who would find some of the music that I listen to offensive.

Thus, we live in a society where things either are censored or they're not. I think China actually has the right idea for this with the special economic zones. Unbridled economic freedom would be very dangerous to a society that does not have the wherewithal to understand the full picture. However, denying that economic freedom is a step too far and would equally damage the society.

Thus the pragmatic approach of providing a space for contentious and potentially dangerous ideas. A space with boundaries and checks and balances.

I think we will need this in the world of content. I do not want to deny Human Centipede it's right to exist, just as I want not want someone to deny content I enjoy its right to exist. However, I do think Human Centipede is a step too far for general release.

Thus, perhaps we can section of South Kensington as the place where filth is shown and only show things like this in South Kensington. As one of the self-proclaimed seats of enlightened society in the UK, South Kensington is perfectly placed to be the UK's Macao of sexual violence and faecal deviance.
posted by nickrussell at 3:57 AM on June 7, 2011 [9 favorites]

I also think the valuable work the first movie did in associating nightmarish surgical horror with PowerPoint is often understated.
posted by emmtee at 3:59 AM on June 7, 2011 [18 favorites]

I apologise for the low production values.
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 4:01 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

A Few Good Human Centipedes
posted by greenish at 4:02 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

I don't want this movie to be censored. Truth be told, I don't want to even see this movie. However, if it is shown in a theater, I feel almost obligated to go see this next iteration of The Human Centipede. I know it will be revolting, horrifying, and nauseating. I also know some jackass behind me will be talking to his buddy during the entire movie. For once and only once in my entire theater-going life, I will look forward to this jackass. The Alamo will have nothing on me as I tell this man off.

"If you don't shut up right now, I am going to sew your mouth to your buddy's ass."
posted by Saydur at 4:03 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Willy Wonka And The Human Centipede
Clear And Present Human Centipede
Four Human Centipedes And A Funeral
posted by chmmr at 4:05 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede and Sensibility
Stop Making Human Centipede
posted by thomas j wise at 4:05 AM on June 7, 2011 [9 favorites]

Dr Heiter, Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Human Centipede
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 4:07 AM on June 7, 2011 [9 favorites]

You people find this crap entertaining? Really?
posted by Thorzdad at 4:08 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

I feel like Facebook should add a "in a human centipede with..." relationship status. "It's complicated" is too vague for something like this.
posted by autoclavicle at 4:09 AM on June 7, 2011 [56 favorites]

autoclavicle: "I feel like Facebook should add a "in a human centipede with..." relationship status."

"Do I hear the pitter-patter of several pairs of tiny feet? And some muffled screams?"
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 4:11 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Human Centipede
posted by emmtee at 4:11 AM on June 7, 2011 [8 favorites]

Human Centipede Club

'The first rule of Human Centipede Club is, you do not talk about Human Centipede Club. The second rule is, stick to a low-fibre diet.'
posted by permafrost at 4:12 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

I think this thread needs some censoring of all the all the "insert human centipede into the title of other movies" comments.
posted by onya at 4:14 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

That's rather begging the question, Thorzdad. The first Human Centipede is a very well-executed example of a certain kind of horror film: loony, surreal, and probably not half as viscerally gross as you're imagining. The single location used for the majority of the film actually makes it seem as much an incredibly strange bedroom farce as a body horror film.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 4:15 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Leave it to a Human Centipede thread for a shitty joke to be passed through one user to the next.
posted by Anything at 4:16 AM on June 7, 2011 [27 favorites]

Sunrise: A Song of Three Humans
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:19 AM on June 7, 2011

Human Centipede versus Gamera
posted by klarck at 4:20 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede Spinal Tap

Now Featuring:

Shit Sandwich
posted by dbiedny at 4:22 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

I'm waging war on actual centipedes that enter my bedroom (and will even sneak into my bed) while my cat watches as though it were a movie. I'd prefer a human centipede at this point because they're less scary.
posted by autoclavicle at 4:22 AM on June 7, 2011

So, somehow, I've come up with an a quite detailed idea for a Human Centipede In Space movie... thanks for that, brain.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 4:23 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

A fistful of human centipede

The good, the bad, and the human centipede

The Outlaw Josie Human Centipede

And, of course,

Blazing Saddles
posted by jenkinsEar at 4:26 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Is this where South Park got the idea for a human centipede in their Steve Jobs/Apple EULA takeoff?
posted by Benny Andajetz at 4:28 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The first film was fairly tongue-in-cheek (if you'll pardon the expression)

No. I will fucking not.
posted by Splunge at 4:28 AM on June 7, 2011 [22 favorites]

From Justin to Human Centipede: With Love
posted by AzraelBrown at 4:29 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

Human Centipedes On A Plane

A Muppet Human Centipede

Harry Potter and the Human Centipede
posted by londonmark at 4:30 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

In the sequel, a man becomes erotically obsessed with a DVD copy of the original film

ie, a Human Centipedophile.
posted by liquidindian at 4:30 AM on June 7, 2011 [19 favorites]

The Human Centipede Goes To Washington

Citizen Centipede

A Human Centipede Named Desirée

Anatomy of a Human Centipede

I would watch all of these. Human Centipede 2 just sounds dull.
posted by Chichibio at 4:34 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

In the sequel, a man becomes erotically obsessed with a DVD copy of the original film – in which the victims are surgically stitched together mouth to anus – and decides to recreate the idea.

So, it's sort of an autobiography?
posted by lucidium at 4:34 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

A medically-inclined buddy and I watched the first film and were somewhat disappointed with the doctor's choices. We flipped open a copy of Gray's Anatomy and made improvements on the centipede design because it was lacking. Then we realized what we were doing.

We wanted to call our sequel Human Centipede: New Moon.
posted by adipocere at 4:36 AM on June 7, 2011 [14 favorites]

We wanted to call our sequel Human Centipede: New Moon.

Why, did you make it sparkle?
posted by londonmark at 4:41 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

Snow White & the Seven Human Centipedes
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:43 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

Bridge Over the River of Human Centipedes.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:45 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Surely it's Snow White & the One Dwarf Centipede
posted by ryanrs at 4:46 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

Oh also, death to all censors.

The BBFC very, very rarely censor films outright. They've rejected 12 films in the past five years, most of which were hardcore pornography (you can't show, I think, graphic rape or torture scenes and they make a distinction between this and hardcore BDSM) - I'd link but it's tricky to get a link to the search results on their site. A Serbian Film was only cut by four minutes, to remove the most notorious scene, not banned. Given the video nasty controversy that was still being invoked less than twenty years ago after two boys killed the three year old James Bulger, it's quite progressive that more films are having restrictions lifted and so few are being banned outright.
posted by mippy at 4:49 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

Human Centipede: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
posted by item at 4:50 AM on June 7, 2011 [8 favorites]

adipocere, expand a little? I remember being disappointed at the flimsiness of the cheek to cheek connection, but I suppose something sturdier would require extensive maxillofacial alterations.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 4:51 AM on June 7, 2011

No Country For The Human Centipede.
posted by Dumsnill at 4:52 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

The Human Centipede Strikes Back was the best of the lot, y'all. I just couldn't deal with how they tried to kiddiefy the series with those damn Ewoks in Return of the Human Centipede.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:53 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Fire Walk With Human Centipede
posted by ericost at 4:56 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

I'm disappointed, though not surprised, that Tom Six's statement reads like an eighth-grader's composition assignment, hastily written on the back of an envelope during the bus ride to school.

We're not big fans of censorship here at Total Film, we believe that people should be able to make up their own minds about what they see.

Ah, the comma splice. The English language's clumsy mouth-to-anus surgery.
posted by Metroid Baby at 4:56 AM on June 7, 2011 [34 favorites]

For the kids:

Beauty and the Human Centipede

The Little Human Centipede

Toy Human Centipede
posted by greenish at 5:01 AM on June 7, 2011

Gone with the Human Centipede
I Was a Teenage Human Centipede
Scent of a Human Centipede
Human Centipede at the OK Corral

Too, too easy. Also, amusing in a demented sort of way.
posted by kinnakeet at 5:04 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Of Mice and Human Centipedes
posted by Philby at 5:06 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

I can't believe this hasn't appeared yet:

Human Centipede 2: Electric Boogaloo
posted by tommasz at 5:07 AM on June 7, 2011 [15 favorites]

nicolas léonard sadi carnot, that was our starting issue. That and the pesky getting away.

The arms were our key. Attach them with the palms on the chest of the person ahead. Not only does this give greater surface area for attachment and make it that much more difficult for your centipede to get away, you have brachial arteries and whatnot available for the blood supply problem, which was your real long-term problem with the whole project, nutrient starvation.

Well, that and getting Phase I past the IRB.
posted by adipocere at 5:13 AM on June 7, 2011 [8 favorites]

The Human Centipede Stain

That probably wasn't strictly necessary.
posted by Nabubrush at 5:14 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

From TFA: The BBFC refusal means it cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK – even on DVD or download.

Dear Great Britain:

It appears that nobody has explained to you yet how the Internets work. To clarify the situation, we suggest you acquire a computer, start the "web browser" program, tell it to "google," and then look up Barbra Streisand.
posted by localroger at 5:15 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Oh the things Kubrick could have done:

Full Metal Human Centipede
A Clockwork Human Centipede
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Human Centipede

posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 5:22 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Home Alone with a Human Centipede
Harold & Maude and a Human Centipede
Lilo & Stitched Together Mouth to Anus

I'm sorry.
posted by emelenjr at 5:24 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

Human Centipeter Pan
Honey I Shrunk The Human Centipede
Dirty Dancing Human Centipede
posted by p3t3 at 5:34 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

> Snow White & the Seven Human Centipedes

I believe you meant Snow White & the Seven-Human Centipede
posted by ardgedee at 5:56 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

The Sixth Centipede
posted by hal9k at 5:59 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Strange, no one saw the obvious exercise in recursion: The Human Centipede Centipede.
posted by Drastic at 6:01 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Percy Jackson and the Human Centipede
posted by h00py at 6:01 AM on June 7, 2011

In the sequel, a man becomes erotically obsessed with a DVD copy of the original film – in which the victims are surgically stitched together mouth to anus – and decides to recreate the idea.

Human Centipede 2: The Shit Hits The Fan
posted by hal9k at 6:02 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Same old shit, over and over again.
posted by dephlogisticated at 6:05 AM on June 7, 2011

ArmyOfKittens and I have just been walking across North London UNABLE TO THINK OF ANYTHING BUT THESE.

Carry On Up The Human Centipede
The BFHC: The Big, Friendly Human Centipede
James and The Human Centipede
The Human Centipede's Mandolin
Master and Commander and Human Centipede
...Heiter's Eleven.

Also, what I actually honestly would have done if I was in charge of a sequel, is Revenge of the Human Centipede. Lindsay survived the first film and works her way through the clandestine ring of mad experimental surgeons Heiter was only a part of, each of whom has their own 'chapter' of the film, their own grotesque (and different) creation, and each of whom - we discover much later - Lindsay isn't killing, but adding to her own centipede in her basement. It's Kill Bill meets The Human Centipede. What studio could turn down that pitch?
posted by emmtee at 6:06 AM on June 7, 2011 [14 favorites]

Kramer vs. Kramer vs. The Human Centipede.

Surely you would just call that one Kramer vs. Kramer vs. Kramer, no?

Speaking as someone who loves movies like Salo, I found the Centipede movie boring and not at all shocking. It was so obvious in its efforts, like when a four year old says "ok, now I'm going to be really scary, RARRR!" and you pretend to be scared. I'll probably see the sequel on the off chance that it is interesting, but my expectations are very, very low.
posted by Forktine at 6:07 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

A Human Centipede For All Seasons
Of Mice and Human Centipedes
The Human Centipede of La Mancha
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 6:11 AM on June 7, 2011

In Bruges with the Human Centipede
No Country for Old Human Centipedes
Kung Fu Human Centipede
Seven Human Centipede Samurai
All The President's Human Centipedes
Before the Devil Knows You're A Human Centipede

and

The Aristocrats
posted by 40 Watt at 6:14 AM on June 7, 2011 [12 favorites]

What's Eating Human Centipede?
posted by odinsdream at 6:15 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Strange, no one saw the obvious exercise in recursion: The Human Centipede Centipede.

I did.

It's like you're reading my mind, like we're stitched together mouth to anus.
posted by flotson at 6:15 AM on June 7, 2011

Pixar's A Human Centipede's Life
posted by empath at 6:16 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Faster, Human Centipede, Kill! Kill!
posted by greenish at 6:20 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

It appears that nobody has explained to you yet how the Internets work.

The point is that you won't be able to obtain it legally. It won't be in shops, it won't be in cinemas, it won't be on LoveFilm (Netflix-alike), it won't be on the TV. For the majority of people, it's inaccessible. Lots of people might well now know about it because of the publicity it's now been given, but only a tiny fraction will have the ability to see it by trawling the right parts of the net.
posted by liquidindian at 6:25 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Raiders of the Lost Human Centipede
Punch-Drunk Human Centipede
Human Centipedes of the Caribbean
I Am Trying To Break Your Human Centipede
The Manchurian Human Centipede
The Human Centipede Limited

posted by Maaik at 6:25 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

2 Human, 2 Centipede
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:29 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

Kids Books:

The Very Hungry Human Centipede
Everybody Poops (into the Person Behind Them)
posted by drezdn at 6:31 AM on June 7, 2011 [12 favorites]

No cups needed.
posted by ryanrs at 6:32 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipedes Can't Jump
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 6:32 AM on June 7, 2011 [9 favorites]

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! - The Human Centipede
posted by WinnipegDragon at 6:34 AM on June 7, 2011 [10 favorites]

I came here expecting a robust debate about censorship.

What I got was a bunch of human centipede puns.

I am extremely happy about this result.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:35 AM on June 7, 2011 [21 favorites]

And why has no one suggested: The Human Centipede: Reloaded?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:37 AM on June 7, 2011

This makes me embarrassed to be human.
posted by theora55 at 6:37 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Michael Crichton's Human Centipede Park
Fried Green Human Centipedes
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Human Centipede
The Human Centipedes Must be Crazy
posted by etc. at 6:39 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

It appears that nobody has explained to you yet how the Internets work.

I think you're mixing up the Streisand effect, which is a PR matter and similar to the superinjunction issue, with film censorship. They're quite different. And this is why in my job - advertising regulation for UK TV - we don't allow films/games etc. to claim things like 'the things they wouldn't let us show you' if this isn't actually the case.
posted by mippy at 6:40 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Also: Human Centipede, Actually
posted by mippy at 6:40 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

I have no desire to see a movie until it is censored, and then I want to see what all the fuss is about. So congratulations, BBFC, for doing the marketing for the film.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:41 AM on June 7, 2011

You guys are all going about this the wrong way. Obviously the Human Centipede would branch out into comedy.

Human Centipede and the Holy Grail
Human Centipede's Flying Circus
Human Centipede's The Meaning of Life
Human Centipede's The Life of Human Centipede
posted by phunniemee at 6:41 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

I love horror movies. The thing about the Human Centipede is that the special effects were terrible and thus the whole movie collapsed. The titular human centipede didn't look convincing. I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure that the anus is not that close to the lower back. The whole movie rested on one effect and the creators didn't get the angles right.
posted by fuq at 6:42 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Throw The Human Centipede From The Train
Killer Human Centipedes From Outer Space
I Spit On Your Human Centipede!
The Human Centipede Got Fingered

This is going downhill faster than a human centipede.
posted by Chichibio at 6:43 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede
Human Centipede 2: The Road Warrior
Human Centipede Beyond Thunderdome

posted by phunniemee at 6:48 AM on June 7, 2011

I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure that the anus is not that close to the lower back.

ATTENTION EVERYONE: THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE MOVIE WAS NOT MEDICALLY ACCURATE.
posted by odinsdream at 6:48 AM on June 7, 2011 [7 favorites]

Don't forget the ultra-classy merchandising. Anybody for a bumper sticker?

My other car is a vagina full of human centipedes
posted by kaseijin at 6:49 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Human Centipede
Fellowship of the Human Centipede
Human Centipede and the Sorcerer's Stone
Gone With the Human Centipede
posted by kaseijin at 6:52 AM on June 7, 2011

I figured it would spawn in the sequel and we'd end up with The Human Lactipede.
posted by hermitosis at 6:53 AM on June 7, 2011

Regarding censorship of this particular film, I feel the same way I do about 2 Live Crew and their censorship issues: On one hand, fuck censorship, raise your kids better.

On the other hand... jeez guys, don't make me have to defend this garbage
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 6:58 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

This makes me embarrassed to be a human centipede.
posted by DaDaDaDave at 6:58 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

I wonder if in centipede culture, there's a really sick film called 'The Human Centipede' about a guy who mutilates centipedes so they have just four limbs -- yes, a HUMAN centipede. And maybe give them an iPhone too.
posted by TheAlarminglySwollenFinger at 6:59 AM on June 7, 2011 [10 favorites]

I Was a Teenage Human Centipede
posted by Naberius at 6:59 AM on June 7, 2011

I Was a Human Centipede for the FBI.
posted by Naberius at 7:00 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Police Academy 4: Human Centipedes on Patrol
posted by drezdn at 7:08 AM on June 7, 2011

Planes, Trains and Human Centipedes
Singin' in the Human Centipede
The Human Centipede Who Shot Liberty Vallance
The Third Man In The Human Centipede
Poop By Mouth
Crouching Tiger, Human Centipede
The Sweet Smell of The Human Centipede
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:10 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

You've Got Human Centipedes!
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 7:14 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that the first one was actually made. The trailer was bad enough.

I have to say I am enjoying the human centipede movie ideas, though. A few of the ones that came to my mind have already been suggested, therefore you guys must be brilliant! :)
posted by Xoebe at 7:15 AM on June 7, 2011

High Plains Human Centipede
Two Human Centipedes For Sister Sara
Treasure of the Human Centipede
The Good, the Bad and the Human Centipede
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:17 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Some Like It Anthropically Centipedal
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:17 AM on June 7, 2011

I Can't Believe It's Not A Human Centipede!
posted by Gator at 7:18 AM on June 7, 2011

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Rectum
posted by Prince Lazy I at 7:18 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Wait, wait...

A Human Centipede goes into a bar. The bartender says, "Why the long alimentary canal?"
posted by Xoebe at 7:21 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

This seems like a lot of trouble for a result that could have been more easily obtained by releasing "Little Girl Rolls Around Naked in My Shit".
posted by Legomancer at 7:22 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

I sort of figured the sequel to Human Centipede would involve closing the loop. Human Centipede II: Ouroboros (featuring the song "Circle of Life").

If you are going to riff on movie titles I think it's more fun to leave the titles unchanged.

Twelve Angry Men
Tangled
The Social Network (no, I do not want to friend you)
Julie & Julia (you can almost taste the food)
Nil By Mouth
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 7:23 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

The Human Centipede
posted by Philby at 7:25 AM on June 7, 2011

- The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Human Centipedes
- The Human Centipede in the Invisible Bikini
- It's A Mouth-To-Anus-To-Mouth-To-Anus-To-Mouth-To-Anus World
posted by Chichibio at 7:26 AM on June 7, 2011

The Fellowship of the Human Centipede
posted by gaspode at 7:27 AM on June 7, 2011

Henry: Portrait of a Human Centipede
posted by Elmore at 7:27 AM on June 7, 2011

culminating in sight of the man wrapping barbed wire around his penis and raping the woman at the rear of the ‘centipede’

Zack and the Human Centipede Make a Porno

Fixed.
posted by Zippity Goombah at 7:27 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Steel Magnolias!

Wait, what are we doing?
posted by Jofus at 7:28 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Think of the Musicals!!!

Sister Act Three
Three For Tea
A (Longer) Chorus Line
Hello! Dolly's Bum
The King and I and Another Person
Porgy and Bess and Mame
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:32 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

The Human Centipede, the Human Centipede, and the Wardrobe
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 7:33 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Human Centipede with the Dragon Tattoo
Captain America: First Human Centipede
(ducks...)
posted by trueger at 7:33 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Torture porn is just boring and pathetic, and so are the people who like it. Censorship, on the other hand, is sinister and scary.
posted by Decani at 7:34 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Let the Right Human Centipede In
posted by Green With You at 7:36 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

On A Clear Day You Can See Four Human Centipedes
posted by londonmark at 7:37 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Think of the Musicals!!!

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred people,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand people in fear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred people,
All sewn together, mouth to rear.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 7:37 AM on June 7, 2011 [10 favorites]

The Best Little Whore Centipede House In Texas

I can't stop. Help me.
posted by londonmark at 7:39 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Attack of the 50-foot Human Centipede
They Shoot Human Centipedes, Don't They?

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
posted by Zippity Goombah at 7:39 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Rita, Sue and Bob's Poo
posted by londonmark at 7:42 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

The reality TV show? Human Centipede'd?

The new GRRM series? A Song of Human and Centipede?

Human Centipede Shrugged?

I just can't wait for the game. It's not like gaming companies haven't been feeding us shit for a long time. Let's just make it the point of the exercise.
posted by Samizdata at 7:44 AM on June 7, 2011

Holiday Trilogy:

Human Centipede on 34th Street
It's a Wonderful Human Centipede
How the Human Centipede Stole Christmas
posted by Wolfdog at 7:46 AM on June 7, 2011

The Young Human Centipede's Guidebook
posted by Philby at 7:47 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred people

Seventy-six nude folks in the centipede
Seventy-six nude folks end-to-end
And you can watch their food
As it slithers down the tubes
It's a whole new way to make a friend

I agree that the only reason the first film worked at all as horror is because of Dieter Laser, and without him any sequel is bound to collapse into farce. emmtee's suggestion, I think, is pretty much the only way to do it right. Lindsay has to survive to become the next villain.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:47 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Witness for the Human Centipede
The Human Centipede Wears Prada
posted by nickmark at 7:47 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

I Was a Human Centipede War Bride.
posted by Naberius at 7:47 AM on June 7, 2011

The Human Yentlpede.
posted by Naberius at 7:48 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

In the sequel, a man becomes erotically obsessed with a DVD copy of the original film –

Obviously, based on the description, the sequel should be The Human Centipede Ring. Writes itself, really.

I have no intention of seeing this movie. Never saw the original. However, after I told my teens about this ridiculous movie I heard about on Metafilter and how I couldn't believe it was ever actually made (I mean, who would want to see this stuff?!), my teens put The Human Centipede on our instant queue on Netflix and scheduled a sleepover around watching it.

I blame you people.

I have no doubt that now that the sequel has been banned in the UK, it will become wildly popular here.
posted by misha at 7:49 AM on June 7, 2011

Peggy Sue Got Added to a Human Centipede
posted by Zippity Goombah at 7:49 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Human Centipedes

How Stella Got Her Human Centipede Back

Humancentipedefellas
posted by Casimir at 7:51 AM on June 7, 2011

Hannah and Her Centipede
posted by nickmark at 7:51 AM on June 7, 2011

Brokeback Centipede
posted by nickmark at 7:51 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Synechdopede, New York
posted by Turkey Glue at 7:52 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

The Human Centipede Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
posted by Naberius at 7:52 AM on June 7, 2011

Human Centipede Time Machine
posted by Naberius at 7:52 AM on June 7, 2011

Snakes on a Human Centipede

Humancentipedepussy

The Neverending Human Centipede III
posted by Casimir at 7:56 AM on June 7, 2011

TV adaptations

Little Human Centipede on the Prairie
I Love Human Centipede
Everybody Loves the Human Centipede
Centipede Street
Grey's Human Centipede
Buffy the Human Centipede Slayer
The Human Centipedes of Hazzard
CeNTIPEDEs
Knight Human Centipede
Human Centipede in the 25th Century
Star Trek: The Human Centipede Generation

Three's Company
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:56 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

The Human Centipede Who Knew Too Much
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 7:57 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Naberius: "Human Centipede Time Machine"

I'm thinking I will stick with this timeline, thank you very much.

Unhumancentipedal? Avatar The Last Human Centipede? The Human Centipede in the Water?

Sorry, since we're talking eating feces, I had to bust out the M. Night Shamalamadingdong refs.
posted by Samizdata at 7:58 AM on June 7, 2011

An Officer and a Human Centipede
posted by VicNebulous at 7:59 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Human Centipede 3: Season of the Stitch (which has nothing to do with the first two)
posted by brundlefly at 7:59 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

So I Married A Human Centipede
posted by zeoslap at 8:05 AM on June 7, 2011

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Human Centipede
posted by cazoo at 8:08 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Serial Moms
posted by londonmark at 8:10 AM on June 7, 2011 [8 favorites]

Human Centipede: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire
posted by cazoo at 8:13 AM on June 7, 2011 [11 favorites]

In the Line of Fire
posted by ryanrs at 8:16 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Human Centipedeless in Seattle. I *knew* I lived here for a reason!
posted by spinifex23 at 8:16 AM on June 7, 2011

Head Over Heels
posted by ryanrs at 8:16 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Nick and Nora's Endless Human Centipede
posted by Zippity Goombah at 8:17 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

crap. Infinite Human Centipede
posted by Zippity Goombah at 8:19 AM on June 7, 2011

Entourage
posted by ryanrs at 8:19 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

Human Centipede On A Plane.

It goes downhill from there... hits rock bottom, and starts to dig.
posted by drstein at 8:19 AM on June 7, 2011

Come Back To The Five and Dime, Human Centipede
Citizen Human Centipede
Saving Private Human Centipede
12 Angry Human Centipedes
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Human Centipede
posted by annekenstein at 8:19 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

If It's a Human Centipede, This Must Be Belgium
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 8:20 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Mars Needs Human Centipedes
posted by VicNebulous at 8:20 AM on June 7, 2011

The Maltese Human Centipede
Big Trouble in Human Centipede
Where the Human Centipedes Are
Harold & Kumar & the Guy In Front Go To White Castle
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, Sewn Mouth to Anus
posted by rifflesby at 8:21 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Seven Humans for Seven Centipedes

Human Centipede on the Roof

Sweet Sweetback's Baaadass Human Centipede
posted by elizardbits at 8:22 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Spoiler Alert!

Chiming in that the "medically accurate" claim is bullshit. Even if it worked as stated, there's nothing preventing someone from vomiting and ending up choking to death.
posted by Crash at 8:23 AM on June 7, 2011

^Not really a spoiler, unless you know nothing about the film.
posted by Crash at 8:23 AM on June 7, 2011

Jaws 3
posted by brundlefly at 8:24 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Who Framed Roger Human Centipede?
Ace Ventura, Human Centipede
Human Centipede Day Afternoon
The Conversation with a Human Centipede
Dirty Rotten Human Centipedes
posted by emelenjr at 8:24 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

On a slightly more film studies level, is there a tradition of films in which the first film is a fictional object in the world of the second film?

One of the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels concerned the cast of the original movie, playing themselves, being haunted by Freddy Kruger. Robert Englund appeared as himself AND Freddie.
posted by Billiken at 8:26 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Must Love Human Centipedes
posted by brundlefly at 8:27 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

He's Just Not That Into Your Human Centipede
posted by elizardbits at 8:28 AM on June 7, 2011

Billiken: "One of the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels concerned the cast of the original movie, playing themselves, being haunted by Freddy Kruger. Robert Englund appeared as himself AND Freddie."

Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the only sequel that Craven returned to direct and (in my opinion) the best sequel. It really is pretty neat.
posted by brundlefly at 8:28 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Having Your Mouth Sewn to Someone Else's Anus
posted by brundlefly at 8:30 AM on June 7, 2011 [14 favorites]

Deuce Bigalow, Human Centipede

Wait, I might actually want to see that...
posted by Naberius at 8:31 AM on June 7, 2011

Okay, not see it as such. Might want to know that they actually made it, and made Rob Schneider do it.
posted by Naberius at 8:32 AM on June 7, 2011

Thomas the Tank Engine and the Human Centipede in Misty Assland Rescue
posted by drezdn at 8:43 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Three's Company
posted by odinsdream at 8:48 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Die Hard with a Human Centipede

My Best Friend's Human Centipede

Fantastic Four

Eat Drink Man Woman Woman
posted by emmtee at 8:55 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

When the first HC came out, I made the mistake of reading Roger Ebert's review (prompted by a friend's Facebook post). Kind of like passing a car wreck and just having to look even though you know you're going to see something awful. I was made physically ill--just by reading the description of the film--and was unable to shake thoughts of the damn thing for the next week or so (and I am so ashamed to admit this but whenever I saw ANY movie or TV star for the next week, all I could think was what they would look like as a link in a human centipede).

I wanted to scrub out my brain with steel wool.

This thread has redeemed me, and has rendered all formerly hideous thoughts of the human centipede into pure comedy gold. I guess if you repeat something often enough in the most absurd contexts possible, it just loses all power.

Thank you.
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:55 AM on June 7, 2011 [9 favorites]

I am definitely adding this to my catalog of road trip games.
posted by ryanrs at 9:03 AM on June 7, 2011

Who Is The Human Centipede And Why Is It Saying Such Terrible Things About Me?
posted by stinkycheese at 9:08 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Bring Me the Head of the Human Centipede
posted by Zippity Goombah at 9:11 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Un mille-pattes de l'homme Andalou.
posted by Naberius at 9:14 AM on June 7, 2011 [5 favorites]

Centipede Part 6
posted by ChuqD at 9:15 AM on June 7, 2011

My Dinner with Andre and Phil
The Frog, Pig and Bear Muppetpede
The First, Second and Last Samurai
Roger and Me and a Japanese Guy
101 Dalmations
posted by PlusDistance at 9:16 AM on June 7, 2011

The Dirty Dozen
posted by nickmark at 9:17 AM on June 7, 2011

I felt exactly the same, dlugoczaj.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:17 AM on June 7, 2011

They Call Me Trinity
posted by Prince Lazy I at 9:24 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Honey, I Shrunk the Human Centipede! and Honey, I Blew Up the Human Centipede! both sound like good family entertainment to me. And I love Rick Moranis as a mad but lovable scientist, and this franchise really needs the lovable mad scientist.

Who's Afraid of the Human Centipede?

The Big Human Centipede

Au Revoir, Human Centipede
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:26 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

(yes, I know it's grammatically broken French, but if I wrote human centipede in French, non-francophones wouldn't get it)
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:27 AM on June 7, 2011

Also, Tom Six has just implicitly commanded the brony community to ponify the Human Centipede.

I hope he's happy.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:29 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

It's a Wonderful Life

Miracle on Rule 34th Street: Hentai Centipede
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:30 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

(yes, I know it's grammatically broken French, but if I wrote human centipede in French, non-francophones wouldn't get it)

Mille-pattes? How come French centipedes get a thousand feet? Are they unionized?
posted by running order squabble fest at 9:36 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Human Centipede's Excellent Adventure

The Human Centipede's Bogus Journey

Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Human Centipedes
posted by the other side at 9:37 AM on June 7, 2011

human centipede ⇄ punned, emit ache
posted by ryanrs at 9:39 AM on June 7, 2011

The Human Centipede Shrugged.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 9:40 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Man wishes to be shocking, succeeds in goal. Horrible film at 11.
posted by molecicco at 9:41 AM on June 7, 2011

>Human Centipede 2: Electric Boogaloo

Human Centipede 2: Erotic Buttglue

Pride and Prejudice and Zombie Human Centipedes
Earth Girls Are Human Centipedes
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Human Centipedes
The Night of the Living Human Centipedes
Human Centipedes in the City
The Pirates of Centipede Park
Clan of the Cave Centipedes
Gutbusters 2
posted by notashroom at 9:41 AM on June 7, 2011

If you are going to riff on movie titles I think it's more fun to leave the titles unchanged.

Twelve Angry Men
Tangled
The Social Network (no, I do not want to friend you)
Julie & Julia (you can almost taste the food)
Nil By Mouth

Think of the TV spinoffs:

All My Children
Two and a Half Men
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:42 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Of course, this film is only the latest expression of the influence the human centipede concept has long had on western culture:

Jefferson: “When in the course of human centipede events. . .”
Malroux: The Human Centipede Condition
Nietzsche: All Too Human Centipede
Pope: “To err is human centipede, to forgive divine.”
Roth: The Human Centipede Stain
Shakespeare: “Thy nature is too full o' th' milk of human centipede kindness. . . “
Spinoza: Of Human Centipede Bondage
Letterman: Stupid Human Centipede Tricks
Comix: The Human Centipede Torch
Pop Music: The Human Centipede League
Liturgical Music: Vox humana myriapoda (organ stop)
Forensics: human centipede error
Ergonomics: Human centipede factors
Manufacturing: Untouched by human centipede hands
Journalism: Human centipede interest stories
Business: Human centipede resources
Religion: Human centipede sacrifice
Politics: Human Centipede Rights Commission
Ethics in War: Human centipede shields
Overpopulation: The Human Centipede Bomb
Immigration: Human centipede trafficking
. . .
posted by Herodios at 9:43 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Walk Hard: The Human Centipede Story
posted by Zippity Goombah at 9:45 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Human Centipede 2: Hyperpede
Human Centipede and the Angry Inch
What About the Human Centipede?
Wet Human Centipede Summer
posted by giraffe at 9:51 AM on June 7, 2011

Britain's list of banned films (only 11 in the BBFC's history) includes a lot of classics. Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist and The Wild One among others. I doubt that Human Centipede 2 is good enough to fit in with that crowd.

Incidentally, Ebert's review of Human Centipede is a case study in generic criticism, a surprisingly interesting test of his standards for what counts as a good movie.

Is a film true to its genre and does it deliver what its audiences presumably expect? “The Human Centipede” scores high on this scale... And it's not simply an exploitation film.

Leave it to Ebert to watch that film and come up with a humane response.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 9:55 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede 3: The Vicar of Dupa
posted by drezdn at 9:58 AM on June 7, 2011

Enter the Human Centipede
posted by Casimir at 10:04 AM on June 7, 2011

Bless the Beasts and the Human Centipede
Sex, Lies and the Human Centipede
posted by drezdn at 10:08 AM on June 7, 2011

Diary of a Wimpy Human Centipede
posted by owtytrof at 10:12 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Wild Bunch of Human Centipedes

Field of Dreams and also Human Centipedes
posted by mcmile at 10:15 AM on June 7, 2011

Three Men and a Little Lady
posted by empatterson at 10:21 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Oh, come *on* you guys --

"Is it Human Centipede 2?"
posted by tzikeh at 10:22 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

May I just say that the best observation EVAR on the about the appeal of The Human Centipede was made in a thread about an entirely different movie?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:23 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede's Day Off
Le fabuleux destin d'Human Centipede

posted by Mister Fabulous at 10:24 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Some of these titles have really made me chuckle this morning, but I'd like to go on record stating that I really don't want the "humor" of the topic to make it some sort of Internet viral sensation, a la Snakes on a Plane....

However, as soon as I say that, I imagine Samuel L. Jackson saying, "I'm tired of these motherfucking centipedes sewn to my motherfucking face," and then I'm chuckling again.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:25 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

The Incredibly Strange Human Centipedes Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
posted by dr_dank at 10:26 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

My Stepmother is a Human Centipede
posted by Naberius at 10:26 AM on June 7, 2011

It's a Human Human Human Human Centipede
posted by calculon at 10:28 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Human Centipedes
posted by Naberius at 10:30 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

The Adventures of Baron Munchassen
posted by Prince Lazy I at 10:36 AM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

Not Without My Human Centipede
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 10:37 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Phew, I made it all the way down here without having to see any related ASCII art!
posted by StickyCarpet at 10:38 AM on June 7, 2011

Heads I win, tails I lose.
posted by pianomover at 10:38 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Pet centipede!
posted by Sailormom at 10:38 AM on June 7, 2011

The Human Centipedehood of the Travelling Pants
Weekend at Human Centipede
posted by Mister Fabulous at 10:39 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The City of Lost Human Centipedes.
posted by mccarty.tim at 10:41 AM on June 7, 2011

Ass Times at Human Centipede High
posted by mccarty.tim at 10:43 AM on June 7, 2011

Two Moon Junction
posted by Prince Lazy I at 10:45 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Footloose.
posted by Rumple at 10:48 AM on June 7, 2011

also something something MLP? More liek SECRET BUTT FUN.
posted by mccarty.tim at 10:48 AM on June 7, 2011

Something, something, Human League joke.
posted by Naberius at 10:50 AM on June 7, 2011

I Accuse My Human Centipede
posted by drezdn at 10:52 AM on June 7, 2011

Is the answer "Ghostbusters 2"?
posted by Legomancer at 10:55 AM on June 7, 2011

I just can't wait for the game.

Super Human Centipede
Parappa the Human Centipede
Human Centipede Channel 5
Mortal Centipede
Battle Arena Human Centipede
Legend of Human Centipede: Heiter's Awakening
Human Centipede Forever
Grand Theft Human Centipede
WiiSew Mouths to Asses
Human Centipede Hero
Call of Duty: Human Centipede
Final Human Centipede VII
Human Centipede: Up Your Arsenal
Human Centipede: Origins
Shin Mukade Ningen
Human Centipede Heart Gold
Human Centicraft

LAWD HELP ME I CAN'T STOP
posted by NEW Eccentric Girl at 11:01 AM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

The Human Centipede's Guide to the Galaxy.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Human Centipede.
posted by Saxon Kane at 11:03 AM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

So the plot is about a "fan" of the original that finds it sexually gratifying? I have a funny feeling the first one was made with the explicit attempt at tweaking Tom Six's niche fetishes.

And that whole "fan of the movie takes things too far in the sequel" didn't work well for the Blair Witch Project.
posted by Theta States at 11:03 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Annie Get Your Bum on My Lips
Brother Sun, Sister Moon, and Cousin Vinny
Benny & Joon & Henry & June
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 11:03 AM on June 7, 2011

James Burke's Connections
posted by Naberius at 11:06 AM on June 7, 2011 [9 favorites]

When I was exposed to the basic concept I immediately decided that "The Human Centipede" wasn't worth 5 seconds of my time, and now that it's apparently going to be a franchise, oops, gotta go.
posted by nanojath at 11:09 AM on June 7, 2011

How to Train Your Human Centipede
posted by owtytrof at 11:12 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipedes of 1933
posted by Naberius at 11:13 AM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Gah. Despite MeFi's previous efforts, until just now I'd managed to remain unclear as to the premise of the Human Centipede. I liked it better that way.

The article says they're refusing an "18 certificate." But looking at the BBFC website they've got an "R18" that seems restrictive enough for any purpose. Or is that meant just for porn?
posted by Zed at 11:30 AM on June 7, 2011

!@##@ My Human Centipede Says.
posted by stormpooper at 11:38 AM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Smokey and the Human Centipede
Cornbread, Earl, and Human Centipede
Dr. Strangelove, or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Human Centipede
posted by kaseijin at 12:07 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede Comes to Frogtown
posted by Naberius at 12:15 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Human Centipede
The Human Centipede
Human Centipede
The Human Centipede

(you know--instead of The Firm, The Package, Witness, and The Fly.)
posted by jeremy b at 12:20 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Bicentipedal Man
Seven Years In t' Butt
Poop Fiction
posted by cortex at 12:26 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Gah. Despite MeFi's previous efforts, until just now I'd managed to remain unclear as to the premise of the Human Centipede. I liked it better that way.

Here's a big nth. this FPP-- before the more-inside-- has put things in my mind that approximately never needed to be there in this or any life. kthnx
posted by herbplarfegan at 12:30 PM on June 7, 2011

Don't Be a Menace to Human Centipede While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Human Centipede History X
Human Centipede 2: Judgement Day (how did y'all miss that one?)
The Human Centipede's Speech
Lock, Stock and Two Human Centipedes
Slumdog Human Centipede
posted by Mister Fabulous at 12:40 PM on June 7, 2011

The Human Centipede
The Human Centipede
Human Centipede
The Human Centipede

(you know--instead of The Firm, The Package, Witness, and The Fly.)

I think what you're looking for here is:


Human Centipede
Human Centipedes
Human Centipede^3
Human Centipede: Resurrection

The first sequel is a mefite favourite:

-----


HUDSON
Hey...hey! Look, Crowe and
Dietrich aren't dead, man.

They turn to see Hudson at the MTOB monitors, pointing
at the bio-function screens.

HUDSON
They must be like Gorman. Their
signs are real low but they ain't
dead!

Hudson is pale, panicky, and his voice echoes around
the tiny metallic space and comes back to all of them
as the near hysteria they all feel, fluttering just
at the edges of their minds.

RIPLEY
You can't help them. Right now
they're being stitched together
just like the others.

-----
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:43 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

My nitpick about the "100% Medically Accurate" thing was that (warning: gross) people subjected to that procedure would probably cry, and crying people get snotty. Having a stuffed up nose is not so great when that's the only thing you can breathe out of.

Also, Malcolm in the Middle.
posted by Riki tiki at 12:43 PM on June 7, 2011 [6 favorites]

Mo' Better Human Centipedes
posted by Casimir at 12:45 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Silence of the Human Centipedes
Los Pies: The Feet of Human Centipedes
posted by Mister Fabulous at 12:52 PM on June 7, 2011

I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
posted by drezdn at 12:53 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Discreet Human Centipede of the Bourgeoisie
posted by Naberius at 12:54 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Fast and the Furious Human Centipede
posted by dubold at 1:04 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind of Human Centipede

A Place in the Human Centipede

Mutiny in the Human Centipede

Bringing Up Baby Human Centipede

Guess Who Can't Help Coming To Dinner
posted by dubold at 1:08 PM on June 7, 2011

Pride & Predigestion
posted by Auden at 1:15 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Being Human Centipede (The original BBC version, of course. Not the SyFy remake.
posted by Naberius at 1:18 PM on June 7, 2011

Don't Tell Mom The Human Centipede's Dead
posted by arianell at 1:28 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Human Centipede and the Chamber of Secrets
Kramer vs Kramer vs Human Centipede
They, Meaning the Human Centipedes, Live
posted by Mister_A at 1:30 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Three Amigos
posted by dubold at 1:31 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

What makes a funny Human Centipede pun is an interesting study in humor. The ones that make direct reference to the mechanics of the Human Centipede (anus, mouth, feces), aren't as funny as the ones that take advantage of the fact that the maker of this film has given us a high level phrase to invoke all of that at once.

I didn't see the first movie, but after seeing the trailer I kept thinking of the human centipede. I probably won't see the second movie. I'm afraid Human Centipede jokes won't be funny to me if I'm referencing a movie watching experience and not a silly concept that there's no way anyone would spend THAT much money on.


Oh, by the way...
I Am Number Four
posted by TheKM at 1:32 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

I think this idea could be run into the ground a little more.

...

Dammit, Sex and Lucia and Eduardo and Ronaldo.
posted by Sebmojo at 1:36 PM on June 7, 2011

Knock knock!
posted by Mister_A at 1:38 PM on June 7, 2011

I'M NOT ANSWERING YOU ARE PROBABLY A HUMAN CENTIPEDE
posted by Mister_A at 1:41 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

... candygram
posted by Naberius at 1:44 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Human Centipeded:

Rosencrantz: Did you ever think of yourself as actually dead, lying in a box with a lid on it?
Guildenstern: No.
Rosencrantz: Nor do I, really. It's silly to be depressed by it. I mean, one thinks of it like being alive in a box. One keeps forgetting to take into account the fact that one is dead, which should make all the difference, shouldn't it? I mean, you'd never know you were in a box, would you? It would be just like you were asleep in a box. Not that I'd like to sleep in a box, mind you. Not without any air. You'd wake up dead, for a start, and then where would you be? In a box. That's the bit I don't like, frankly. That's why I don't think of it. Because you'd be helpless, wouldn't you? Stuffed in a box like that. I mean, you'd be in there forever, even taking into account the fact that you're dead. It isn't a pleasant thought. Especially if you're dead, really. Ask yourself, if I asked you straight off, "I'm going to stuff you in this box. Now, would you rather be alive or dead?" Naturally, you'd prefer to be alive. Life in a box is better than no life at all, I expect. You'd have a chance, at least. You could lie there thinking, "Well. At least I'm not dead. In a minute somebody is going to bang on the lid, and tell me to come out." [bangs on lid] "Hey, you! What's your name? Come out of there!"
[long pause]
Guildenstern: I think I'm going to kill you. Probably by sewing your mouth onto my butt.
posted by jenkinsEar at 1:44 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
posted by George Clooney at 1:48 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Honey I Sewed Your Ass to Some Hiker's Mouth
posted by Mister_A at 1:54 PM on June 7, 2011

Human Mutant Ninja Centipedes
James Bond: Human Centipussy
A Human Centipede Day Afternoon
Why Has Human Centipede Left for the East
Fist of Human Centipede
posted by Hairy Lobster at 2:01 PM on June 7, 2011

The Lord Of The Rings: The Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 2:03 PM on June 7, 2011

My Human Centipede's Wedding
posted by empatterson at 2:04 PM on June 7, 2011

All Quiet On The Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 2:04 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Fear and Loathing in the Human Centipede
posted by COBRA! at 2:05 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Best Little Human Centipede in Texas
posted by COBRA! at 2:09 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Grumpy Old Human Centipedes
posted by COBRA! at 2:10 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

No Way Out of the Human Centipede
posted by COBRA! at 2:14 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

X-Men Origins: Human Centipede
The Green Human Centipede
The Green Human Centipede
Citizen Human Centipede
Casablanca II: Human Centipede
posted by Mister_A at 2:15 PM on June 7, 2011

Debbie Does The Human Centipede

Dead Human Centipede Society

Bend It Like The Human Centipede

Why Does The Human Centipede Run Amok?

Amores Ciempiés Humano

Cool Runnings 2: In Which Our Intrepid Jamaican Heroes Are Turned Into A Human Centipede Before They Go For Bobsledding Gold
posted by Chichibio at 2:20 PM on June 7, 2011

Dangerous Liaisons
posted by COBRA! at 2:23 PM on June 7, 2011

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle.
posted by Drastic at 2:24 PM on June 7, 2011

Dudes you can't just say the name of a movie! You have to centipedize it. Gosh!
posted by Mister_A at 2:28 PM on June 7, 2011

Ooh I also realize I did this joke wrong:
The Green Human Centipede
The Green Human Centipede

Shoulda been:
The Green Human Centipede
Green Human Centipede

posted by Mister_A at 2:30 PM on June 7, 2011

Patch Adams 2
posted by mccarty.tim at 2:42 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Harold and Kumar And Friend Go To White Castle. Slowly.
posted by emmtee at 2:46 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

The Human Centipede Whisperer
All The Pretty Human Centipedes
posted by e1c at 2:52 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Doctor Whoman Centipede?
posted by Pater Aletheias at 2:54 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

A Human Centipede in Paris
posted by Hairy Lobster at 3:09 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Or maybe

A Human Werecentipede in Paris

?
posted by Hairy Lobster at 3:09 PM on June 7, 2011

Human Centipede's Eleven
Human Centipede's Twelve
Human Centipede's Thirteen
posted by Hairy Lobster at 3:11 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

culminating in sight of the man wrapping barbed wire around his penis and raping the woman at the rear of the ‘centipede’

Zack and the Human Centipede Make a Porno

Fixed.

Zack and Miri Make a Human Centipede.

Double fixed.
posted by StrangerInAStrainedLand at 3:46 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Now, if they took the "Human Centipede" concept and combined it with the cast of "Clerks"... that would be funny... especially if Silent Bob were at the front of the centipede, and Jay was at the end.
posted by markkraft at 3:50 PM on June 7, 2011

I saw that this thread had 300+ comments, and thought it was going to be an epic battle over censorship and art.
But really it's just 200+ occurences of the same joke in a slightly different fashioin.
posted by shesaysgo at 3:51 PM on June 7, 2011

I think the first one had a few screenings in Australia, which just illustrates the bizarre pointlessness of our censorship system.
No way I'd watch it but it shouldn't be banned.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 3:51 PM on June 7, 2011

I saw that this thread had 300+ Human Centipedes, and thought it was going to be an epic battle over Humans and Centipedes.
But really it's just 200+ occurences of the same Human Centipede in a slightly different fashioin.
posted by EarBucket at 3:53 PM on June 7, 2011

I was really holding out for Human Millipede.

Hey. Hi!
posted by millipede at 3:55 PM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Human Centipede and the Bikini Machine
The Bad News Human Centipedes
Wet Hot American Human Centipede
The Centilogue
The Human Centipede That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Support Your Local Human Centipede
The Land Before Human Centipedes
The Human Centipedes of N.I.M.H.
posted by jtron at 3:58 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

HUMAN CENTIPEDE: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED-SYN
posted by jtron at 4:01 PM on June 7, 2011

Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are The Human Centipede
posted by shii at 4:03 PM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Are you SHITTING me that nobody's linked this excellent video for Rebbie Jackson's hit single "Centipede" yet? (hopefully this version works for everybody, not just USians)

If this thread is turning into a schlock remake fantasy list, I'd like to see a Jackson comeback tour re-imagined in this shock-horror/B movie vein... especially if Robocop is Bleeding writes the script!
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 4:04 PM on June 7, 2011

Three's Company
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:17 PM on June 7, 2011

Also, Failure to Preview Centipede.
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:18 PM on June 7, 2011

Bram Stoker's The Human Centipede
C.H.C.U.D
posted by Elementary Penguin at 4:20 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

One of an inevitable million articles about the banning, courtesy of the Guardian. Apart from the actual censorship debate, it blows my mind that the original is placed alongside the Hostels and Serbian Films of the world by people who claim to have seen it.

It's like, in most of those movies I'm pretty sure there's never a sequence where the bad guy is kept up at night by the screams of his victims and visibly starts to regret ever getting into the whole thing. God only knows how seriously Tom Six meant it, or how much Dieter Laser's involvement changed it, but The Human Centipede - for better or worse - is not torture porn. It's ridiculousness porn.
posted by emmtee at 4:22 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

How to Stuff a Wild Centipede
Wild in the Centipedes
posted by PinkMoose at 4:23 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Also:

24 Hour Party Human Centipede

The Human Centipede of a Lesser God

How To Marry a Human Centipede

...Three Men and a Little Lady.
posted by emmtee at 4:34 PM on June 7, 2011

If you are going to riff on movie titles I think it's more fun to leave the titles unchanged.

Agreed.

The French Connection

Chariots of Fire

The Three Amigos

Hannah and Her Sisters

Bugsy

Howards End

Scent of a Woman

The Remains of the Day

Chocolat

The Blind Side
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 4:39 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Where The Human Centipedes Are
How The Human Centipede Stole Christmas
Sex And The Human Centipede
The Human Centipede vs. The World
A Boy And His Human Centipede
The Last Human Centipede On Earth
Planet Of The Human Centipedes

posted by TheKM at 4:42 PM on June 7, 2011

The first "installment" was the only movie that I have ever switched off because I was physically disgusted by watching it. I've watched some grim shit in my life but that thing was just fucking vile.
posted by tumid dahlia at 4:55 PM on June 7, 2011

The Princess Centipede
Even Human Centipedes get the Blues
Fear and Loathing in a Human Centipede
2001: A Human Centipede Odyssey
We All Live in a Human Centipede
posted by loquacious at 4:59 PM on June 7, 2011

Centipedes of Men
posted by Naberius at 5:02 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, Woman
posted by Naberius at 5:04 PM on June 7, 2011 [3 favorites]

Days Of Being Wild Human Centipedes
Even Human Centipedes Started Small
The Human Centipede Has A Brother In The Bronx

posted by jtron at 5:10 PM on June 7, 2011

Human Centipede inspired music?

Well I don't know how I got here tonight
I got the feeling that something's not right
Clown to the crack of me
That joker tongues me all night
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you

Well, I guess that requires a 4 person centipede.
--------

Or....a reimagining of Three's Company?

Come and knock on our door.....
We've been waiting for you......
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his,
Three's company too.

Come and dance on on our floor......
Take a step that is new.....
We've a loveable space that needs your face,
Three's company too.

You'll see that life is a frolic and laughter is calling for you......
Down at our rendez-vous,
Three's company, too!!!!!!

posted by ian1977 at 5:11 PM on June 7, 2011

How The Human Centipede Got Her Groove Back
posted by EarBucket at 5:16 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Rocky Human Centipede Show
posted by EarBucket at 5:19 PM on June 7, 2011

Sisterhood of the Travelling Human Centipede

Eat, Pray, Human Centipede
posted by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas at 5:23 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

A Human Centipede Called Wanda
Human Centipede Day - He's having the meal of his life...over and over again.
Dude, Where's My Human Centipede?
Swimming With Human Centipedes
posted by Hairy Lobster at 5:23 PM on June 7, 2011

The Three Musketeers
Three Men and a Little Lady (NEEDS TOM G AND TOM S!!)
Three Ninjas
Three Amigos
posted by ian1977 at 5:25 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

While You Were The Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 5:35 PM on June 7, 2011

Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know who's going to shit in your mouth.
posted by DisreputableDog at 5:38 PM on June 7, 2011

Glee.
posted by DisreputableDog at 5:39 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede! Human Centipede! Human Centipede!

Dial HC For Human Centipede

Human Centipede Race 2000

I hope you're happy with what you started, chavenet. I've been coming back to watch the progress of this stupid shit all day.
posted by Chichibio at 5:39 PM on June 7, 2011

Private Afternoons Of The Human Centipede
Deep Inside The Human Centipede
My Name Is The Human Centipede!
The Human Centipede Is Still My Name!
posted by stinkycheese at 5:39 PM on June 7, 2011

Deep Throat
posted by at by at 5:47 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

In The Heat Of The Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 5:47 PM on June 7, 2011

I think the J. Geils Band should do the theme song: "My angel is a centipede".
posted by raygirvan at 5:47 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

An Inconvenient Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 5:48 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

SE7ENTIPEDE
posted by cortex at 5:58 PM on June 7, 2011 [7 favorites]

Human Centipede, Interrupted
posted by Metroid Baby at 6:09 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

Female Prisoner 701: Human Centipede
The Human Centipede Behind The Sun
Tetsuo the Human Centipede
Beverly Hills Human Centipede
posted by jtron at 6:09 PM on June 7, 2011

The Seven Per Human Centipede Solution
posted by EarBucket at 6:10 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

>>: I just can't wait for the game.

Portal 3
posted by at by at 6:13 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Triple White Female
posted by cortex at 6:17 PM on June 7, 2011 [7 favorites]

Heaven
I'm in heaven
And my mouth gags
So that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find
The happiness I seek
When we're put together
Writhing cheek to cheek

Heaven
I'm in heaven
And the cares
That hung around me
Through the week
Seem to vanish
Like my underwear
(What a freak!)
When we're put together
Fastened cheek to cheek

Oh
I love to eat a cheesesteak
And to squeeze out the firmest feces
But it doesn't thrill me
Half as much
As feeding cheek to cheek
posted by loquacious at 6:26 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Think of the Musicals!!!

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Human Centipede
Jesus Christ Human Centipede
posted by naoko at 6:58 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Human Centipede Get Your Gun
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Human Centipede
The 25th Annual Putnam County Human Centipede
The Best Little Human Centipede in Texas
Beauty and the Human Centipede
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Human Centipede
Little Human Centipede of Horrors
Human Centipede Upon a Mattress
Meet Human Centipede in St. Louis
The Human Centipede of the Opera

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (this one can stay as is)
posted by naoko at 7:04 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Spider-Human Centipede: Turn Off the Dark
The Unsinkable Human Centipede
You're a Good Human Centipede, Charlie Brown

(ok done with musicals, I swear)
posted by naoko at 7:09 PM on June 7, 2011

Teenage Mutant Human Centipedes
posted by Zippity Goombah at 7:12 PM on June 7, 2011

John Lithgow in...
The World According to the Human Centipede
Human Centipedes of Endearment
Harry and the Human Centipede
At Play in the Fields of the Human Centipede
The Pelican Human Centipede
Third Human Centipede from the Sun
posted by Sys Rq at 7:14 PM on June 7, 2011

Eyes Wide Human Centipede

All This, and Human Centipede Too

Human Centipede, Come Home
posted by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas at 7:22 PM on June 7, 2011

Tuesdays With The Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 7:25 PM on June 7, 2011

loquacious: "Heaven
I'm in heaven
And my mouth gags
So that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find
The happiness I seek
When we're put together
Writhing cheek to cheek

Heaven
I'm in heaven
And the cares
That hung around me
Through the week
Seem to vanish
Like my underwear
(What a freak!)
When we're put together
Fastened cheek to cheek

Oh
I love to eat a cheesesteak
And to squeeze out the firmest feces
But it doesn't thrill me
Half as much
As feeding cheek to cheek "

I don't have a killfile. But I just started a hit-list. I may never eat a Philly Cheesesteak again. And I won't be the only one to suffer. Oh no. Not just me, not just me.
posted by Splunge at 7:26 PM on June 7, 2011

Big Momma's Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 7:26 PM on June 7, 2011

The Importance Of Being The Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 7:28 PM on June 7, 2011

Sense And Human Centipede
posted by EarBucket at 7:28 PM on June 7, 2011

A Human Centipede to Remember

A Human Centipede Runs Through It

Big Human Centipede in Little China

Fat Man and Little Human Centipede

The Human Centipede in the Water

Operation: Human Centipede Drop

Pride and Prejudice and the Human Centipede

Rosemary's Human Centipede

To Human Centipede, With Love

Y Tu Human Centipede Tambien
posted by tristeza at 7:48 PM on June 7, 2011

Being John Centipedevich.
posted by Splunge at 7:51 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

So I finally watched the trailer. All I could think was that his hat looked like a white chocolate sculpture with a liquorice band. I guess that stuff on his shirt is raspberry coulee. What a tasty outfit.
posted by Splunge at 8:00 PM on June 7, 2011

Hot Tub Centipede
posted by Mister_A at 8:02 PM on June 7, 2011

O Brother Where Art Thou–Oh Crap You Are Part of a Human Centipede I'm Out This Dude's Trippin'
posted by Mister_A at 8:04 PM on June 7, 2011

A Call to Arms
Eight Legged Freaks
The French Connection
posted by ian1977 at 8:04 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Close Encounters of the Turd Kind
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:16 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

H.C. Poopnstuf
posted by Sys Rq at 8:59 PM on June 7, 2011

The Truman Centipede
Joe Versus the Human Centipede
Rattle and Human Centipede (concert film)
posted by emelenjr at 9:06 PM on June 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

*human centipedes not included
posted by Sys Rq at 9:12 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Humanchurian Centidate
posted by cortex at 9:19 PM on June 7, 2011 [4 favorites]

Mille-pattes? How come French centipedes get a thousand feet? Are they unionized?

Blame Napoleon?
posted by desuetude at 9:23 PM on June 7, 2011

À bout de centipede
posted by desuetude at 9:27 PM on June 7, 2011

How to Eat Fried Human Centipedes
posted by Sys Rq at 9:35 PM on June 7, 2011

E.D: The Extra Digestible
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:54 PM on June 7, 2011

The Human Centipede Strikes Back was the best of the lot, y'all. I just couldn't deal with how they tried to kiddiefy the series with those damn Ewoks

HAN SHAT FIRST
posted by hattifattener at 9:58 PM on June 7, 2011 [7 favorites]

What's with the DOOM scream at the end of the trailer? That certainly is scary!
posted by Snyder at 10:09 PM on June 7, 2011

And so in matters dental and intestinal you must concede
I am the very model of a modern human centipede
posted by erniepan at 11:01 PM on June 7, 2011 [11 favorites]

<>Do Android Centipedes Dream of Electric Haggis?
posted by Horselover Phattie at 11:41 PM on June 7, 2011

The Human Centipede Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Can't Stop The Human Centipede (you've never seen the Village People like this before!)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Human Centipede

Mr. Blandings Builds His Human Centipede
posted by Lazlo at 12:17 AM on June 8, 2011 [2 favorites]

Y tu ciempiés humano también
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 12:21 AM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Magnificent Seven

Men In Back

posted by dubold at 1:28 AM on June 8, 2011 [2 favorites]

My Human Centipede Skip
posted by EarBucket at 5:31 AM on June 8, 2011

Inside The Human Centipede With James Lipton
posted by EarBucket at 5:33 AM on June 8, 2011

I don't understand why anyone would make the movie.
I don't understand why anyone would even have the idea for the movie.
I don't understand why anyone would watch the movie, let alone pay to do so.

In lieu of censorship, could we invest billions into finding out why, and then inoculating everyone against whatever psychopathology causes the phenomenon of torture porn?

Please?

Oh, and to keep with the derailment theme - Hangover 3.
posted by unigolyn at 6:36 AM on June 8, 2011

Meet the Parents
posted by Naberius at 7:26 AM on June 8, 2011

Life Stinks
posted by Zippity Goombah at 10:05 AM on June 8, 2011

Mr. Holland's Human Centipede
posted by Sys Rq at 10:11 AM on June 8, 2011

My Mouth is Sewn into an Anus³
posted by Horselover Phattie at 10:19 AM on June 8, 2011

A Human Centipede Less Ordinary
Human Centipedez N The Hood
28 Human Centipedes Later
Zack And Miri Make A Human Centipede
In The Loop
posted by chmmr at 10:23 AM on June 8, 2011

Inceptipede
posted by cortex at 10:25 AM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

Breakin' 2: Electric Human Centipede
posted by Sys Rq at 10:25 AM on June 8, 2011

Bitter Moon
posted by Zippity Goombah at 10:58 AM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

Casablanca II: Human Centipede
posted by Mister_A

Final scene:

RICK: "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!"

CAPTAIN RENAULT: "Mmmurrghhhpphh!"
posted by George Clooney at 11:42 AM on June 8, 2011 [8 favorites]

Hasn't it been about a decade now that people have been referring to "torture porn"? We've had giallos, slice'n'dice, gore movies, slasher flicks, body horror, extreme horror... Especially considering the increased acceptance for pretty heinous torture scenes in mainstream movies, I'm thinking it's time for a new catchphrase.
posted by stinkycheese at 12:02 PM on June 8, 2011

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Human Centipede.
posted by hermitosis at 12:26 PM on June 8, 2011

How Green Was My Human Centipede?
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 12:51 PM on June 8, 2011

Birth of a Nation of Human Centipedes
posted by COBRA! at 1:04 PM on June 8, 2011

The Age of Innocence about the Existence of Human Centipedes
posted by COBRA! at 1:06 PM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

To Wong Foo the front of the Human Centipede, Thanks For Everything, the rear of the Human Centipede.

FTFY.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 1:40 PM on June 8, 2011 [2 favorites]

Did Tom Six actually pay the Beeb for this PR? Or was it a tax-free state promotion of the international film industry? Either way, golf clap, Mr. Six.
posted by IAmBroom at 5:02 PM on June 8, 2011

The Human Donut would be my sequel. Feed one of them through a nasal gastrostomy tube. Just an idea.
posted by mjh at 5:02 PM on June 8, 2011

> Did Tom Six actually pay the Beeb for this PR? Or was it a tax-free state promotion of the international film industry?

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding your comment, but the BBC ≠ the BBFC. The BBFC is a non-governmental organisation.
posted by hot soup girl at 5:58 PM on June 8, 2011

Three men and a larva

Pixar's Even further Up

Star Trek: Twice-filtered Generations
posted by zippy at 6:16 PM on June 8, 2011 [2 favorites]

Poop Screams
posted by Sys Rq at 11:00 PM on June 8, 2011

Torus! Torus! Torus!
posted by Rumple at 11:11 PM on June 8, 2011 [4 favorites]

Magnum, G.I.
posted by zippy at 12:12 AM on June 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

Around the world for 80 days

Patched Adams

Das Bootie
posted by zippy at 12:37 AM on June 9, 2011

A Human Centipede Runs Through It

I'd gone with A River Runs Through a Human Centipede.
posted by hydrophonic at 9:12 AM on June 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

Guess What's Coming for Dinner
posted by hydrophonic at 9:22 AM on June 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

Dammit, I told myself I wasn't going to jump into this, but can't help it:

Stop! Or My Human Centipede Will Shoot!
posted by jbickers at 9:23 AM on June 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

X-Men United

also, 3 cheers for Rumple for solving the Tora Tora! Tora! approach I've been struggling with for days now...
posted by COBRA! at 9:24 AM on June 9, 2011 [2 favorites]

We would also have accepted an answer of Nora! Dora! Moira!, but I agree Rumple's solution is the better one.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 1:37 PM on June 9, 2011 [3 favorites]

Canine Centipede
posted by COBRA! at 2:26 PM on June 9, 2011

Also, there's the Harlan Ellison teleplay "I have no mouth and I must sneeze."
posted by zippy at 2:32 PM on June 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

2001: A Human Space Centipede
posted by Splunge at 3:47 PM on June 9, 2011

Into Thin Air II: The Human Centipede Ascends Everest. An IMAX Special.

Big Trouble in Little China II: Hunan Centipede
posted by zippy at 5:03 PM on June 9, 2011

"Big Trouble in Small Intestine", surely?

Oh. Just threw up a bit. In my mouth.
posted by running order squabble fest at 5:06 PM on June 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

Lavatar
posted by cortex at 6:03 PM on June 9, 2011 [2 favorites]

Me and You and Everyone We Know

(:))<>):))<>):))<>):))<>

Forever.
posted by Sys Rq at 6:32 PM on June 9, 2011 [6 favorites]

Incontinental Divide
posted by zippy at 7:55 PM on June 9, 2011

John and Joan and Ann Cusack – together in Sew Anything
posted by zippy at 11:28 PM on June 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

(:))<>):))<>):))<>):))<>

Win. Thread is over!
posted by Theta States at 6:04 AM on June 10, 2011

Centipedes feel the same way we do.
posted by Naberius at 10:11 AM on June 11, 2011

Oh crap. All the URLs are the same. Damn it. That was supposed to link to PAGE 5.
posted by Naberius at 10:12 AM on June 11, 2011

Ferris Bueller's Human Centipede

The Human Centipede's New Groove

My Neighbor the Human Centipede

Humancentipede Millionaire

I Love You, Human Centipede

An American Werewolf in a Human Centipede
posted by Rhaomi at 2:05 AM on June 16, 2011

An American Werewolf in a Human Centipede

That needs an appropriate deviantArt link...
posted by Theta States at 5:49 AM on June 16, 2011

Let me take you to a place where movie trailers are the way they should be

Sometimes... we all need a day off.

Heiter walks into the basement to check on his creation - three mannequins under a blanket are rigged to turn over when the door is opened, and a tape recorder plays a constant loop of agonised screaming

Heiter: Vat is zo dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives zer ozher two bad ideas.

Ferris: ...she won't respect him, 'cause you can't respect somebody who kisses your ass. It just doesn't work.

Heiter: Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Ferris: Don't you know who I am? I'm Abe Frohman, the Sausage King of Chicago! (muffled) Me too! (even more muffled) Me too!

The Human Centipede's Day Off.
posted by emmtee at 12:50 AM on June 17, 2011 [2 favorites]

Two human centipedes, one cup
posted by idiomatika at 1:27 PM on June 22, 2011