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The Human Centipede

For Matthew Fromm's Bad Movie Review Challenge thing

By Paul StewartPublished about a year ago 1 min read
The Human Centipede
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Let's stick together

for art? for the metaphor?

No—for pointless gore

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Author's Notes: Have. Not. Watched. But know sufficient amount to know the type of film it is and why it should be avoided. I adore well-made horror...even the weirder body-horror stuff. If there is a purpose or a goal of it. With this...they say different versions of what its goal is, when really, it's just gory and disgusting for the sake of shocking you. Lecture, speech, treatise completed.

Oh, it's for Matthew Fromm's Bad Movie Review Challenge:

Bad punniness aside, I hope this musical offering will appease any grossness associated with the Senryū.

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  • Angie the Archivist 📚🪶about a year ago

    Given my strong aversion to horror, I will heed your warning!😳

  • D.K. Shepardabout a year ago

    Not familiar with it and based on your warning I will happily remain that way!

  • Ah Sir Paul, how wrong you are. I'll just let you be, with your wrong opinions 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hahahaha just messing ya! To each their own. The first movie had mo proper purpose. The third movie was just pointless gore. But the second movie, that was a masterpiece!

  • John Coxabout a year ago

    Please tell me you did not watch that movie!

  • Silver Dauxabout a year ago

    It's not worth watching, I promise. I watched it as a very young teenager and that was such a bad call on my part lol The feeling of watching that still sits in my chest like a bad cold. Eugh. Great poem though!

  • Cathy holmesabout a year ago

    Never heard of it. No interest either.

  • L.C. Schäferabout a year ago

    I have never watched, and I believe I never will!

  • Kendall Defoe about a year ago

    The most romantic movie ever made. 🚻

  • Rachel Deemingabout a year ago

    I don't know it. Is it anything like "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"?

  • Dana Crandellabout a year ago

    Have watched, unfortunately and had completely forgotten about it. "Gory" doesn't even begin to describe it. You certainly picked a bad one - maybe the actual worst.

  • Mark Grahamabout a year ago

    Good one but isn't that the reason some people watch that kind of movie just for the blood and guts.

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