The Human Centipede is a 2009 body-horror film about a deranged retired surgeon who kidnaps tourists and surgically connects them mouth-to-anus to create a grotesque “human centipede.”

Quick Scoop

Two American tourists and a Japanese man end up trapped at the surgeon’s house, where he carries out the experiment as part of his twisted obsession with making a new kind of creature.

What to expect

  • It is a disturbing horror movie, not a thriller with a normal monster or ghost setup.
  • The premise is the shock factor: the surgeon forces his victims into one connected chain.
  • The film is known more for its outrageous concept than for a deep or subtle plot.

Bottom line

If you mean the first film, it is basically a nightmare scenario about kidnapping, medical abuse, and an extreme body-horror experiment.

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