The most disturbing movie ever made?

CNN ^ | Breeanna Hare

[big black dog]

If the title alone isn't enough to make you squirm, a brief rundown of the premise for the indie horror movie, "The Human Centipede," certainly will. Any film involving three humans sharing a single digestive tract obviously isn't aiming to be easy on the eyes.

Yet director/writer Tom Six's portrayal of a crazed surgeon who takes his skills at separating conjoined twins and uses them to create his own living human insect has left some critics appalled that it was even created; venerated critic Roger Ebert didn't think his star rating system was even applicable.

"No horror film I've seen inflicts more terrible things on its victims than 'The Human Centipede,'" Ebert wrote in his review. "The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and it occupies a world where the stars don't shine."

[a fool in paradise]

If the title alone isn't enough to make you squirm, a brief rundown of the premise for the indie horror movie, "The Human Centipede," certainly will. Any film involving three humans sharing a single digestive tract obviously isn't aiming to be easy on the eyes.

Eh, there was a movie from Hong Kong in the 1990s called "Centipede Horror" that had to do with demons, possession, etc, and a woman barfing up real live centipedes.

[dfwgator]

That would be any Barbra Streisand movie.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Cannibal Holocaust

[43north]

Hmmm. Three entities sharing a common digestive tract. That would be the legislative, judicial, and executive branches wouldn’t it?

[a fool in paradise]

"No horror film I've seen inflicts more terrible things on its victims than 'The Human Centipede,'" Ebert wrote in his review. "The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and it occupies a world where the stars don't shine."

Roger Ebert also gave a zero star review to a fictional film about the death penalty in Texas where the character on death row was guilty of the crime. He said that film couldn't be made and certainly not set in Texas.

[AppyPappy]

The Many Faces of Death series was pretty cool until you figured out it wasn’t real.

[carton253]

For me... it was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Child Catcher starred in many nightmares when I was little. If it’s on... I turn it off immediately.

[dead]

Eraserhead was as creepy as it gets.

[Wolfie]

“Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer”.

[Red Badger]

One of my faves from back in the days...............

[dfwgator]

Barton Fink was just plain weird.

[TSgt]

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Ishtar, Pearl Harbor, Gigli...anything with Pauly Shore.

[TSgt]

CORRECTION

[roses of sharon]

Disturbing.

[ssaftler]

Any movie directed or starring the following:

• Woody Allen (self-loathing is not funny)
• Bill Murray (since 2000)
• Michael Moore (unless he wants to re-create the Mr. Creosote role as a self-documentary)
• Jason Schwarzman (proving talent doesn't run in families)
• Will Ferrell (how many times can you play the same character?)

[dfwgator]

Now I remember, my wife a few years ago rented a movie called “Perfume.”

We could only stand to watch about 15 minutes of it before ripping the DVD out of the player.

[fieldmarshaldj]

You’re still mad your folks didn’t get you a “Yentl” lunchbox for your birthday.

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