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Wish we could watch it together. :grouphug:
The Children and Repo: The Genetic Opera are both available on Fearnet.com to watch instantly for free.
Dolan's Cadillac is on Netflix watch instantly, but the sound goes hinky after the opening credits. I've reported it (and added the entry to our King Film & TV Catalog).
ETA: Wow! The Children was really tiring. I need to watch it again to see what I missed the first time. Thanks guys! Your recommendations never fail. :thumbsup:
Glad you enjoyed it Woofer :)
Jean! I just saw Who Can Kill a Child? Excellent film. I think what worked so well is that all the children didn't come off as kid actors, nor did they look crazy. They just looked like your regular everyday children. The wife was quite annoying at times though. I know she didn't speak spanish so she didn't hear the story of the kids going crazy, but how could she not realize something was amiss in the town. And why did it take them so long to finally try to leave?
But that scene at the end whereSpoiler: 05-01-2010 03:34 PMRicky 05-01-2010 04:39 PMWooferI'm going to watch it soon, too. :) 05-03-2010 02:03 AMSickroseHey, I was wathcing You Have Been Watching last night and there was a trailer for The Human Centipede. You should be able to catch the show on Channel 4OD I now sure if everyone can watgch it but thought I would mention.... 05-03-2010 02:05 AMSickrose 05-03-2010 06:07 AMBriceMasters of Horror=Mick Garris's cable series which was actually done so each episode was a standalone (approximate) 1hr. movie by various horror directors. It was VERY good. 05-03-2010 09:18 AMSickrose 05-03-2010 09:41 AMBriceThere are only two seasons actually. There was also a third season (titled Fear Itself) although it was never completely aired that I know of. I really liked both of the first seasons. I haven't seen Fear Itself. 05-04-2010 08:22 AMpathoftheturtleFor TV, "Fear Itself" was truly excellent. 05-06-2010 11:57 AMfernanditoThe Human Centipede
BY ROGER EBERT / May 5, 2010
It's not death itself that's so bad. It's what you might have to go through to get there. No horror film I've seen inflicts more terrible things on its victims than “The Human Centipede.” You would have to be very brave to choose this ordeal over simply being murdered. Maybe you'd need to also be insane.
I'm about to describe what happens to the film's victims. This will be a spoiler. I don't care, because (1) the details are common knowledge in horror film circles, and (2) if you don't know, you may be grateful to be warned. This is a movie I don't think I should be coy about.
OK. Dr. Heiter is a mad scientist. He was once a respected surgeon, but has now retreated to his luxurious home in the German forest, which contains an operating room in the basement. His skin has a sickly pallor, his hair is dyed black, his speech reminds us of a standard Nazi, and he gnashes his teeth. He is filled with hatred and vile perversion.
He drugs his victims and dumps them into his Mercedes. When they regain consciousness, they find themselves tied to hospital beds. He provides them with a little slide show to brief them on his plans. He will demonstrate his skills as a surgeon by — hey, listen, now you'd really better stop reading. What's coming next isn't so much a review as a public service announcement.
Heiter plans to surgically join his victims by sewing together their mouths and anuses, all in a row, so the food goes in at the front and comes out at the rear. They will move on their hands and knees like an insect. You don't want to be part of the Human Centipede at all, but you most certainly don't want to be in the middle. Why does he want to commit this atrocity? He is insane, as I've already explained.
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He also wants to do it because he is in a movie by Tom Six, a Dutch director whose previous two films average 4 out of 10 on the IMDb.com scale, which is a score so low very few directors attain it. Six has now made a film deliberately intended to inspire incredulity, nausea and hopefully outrage. It's being booked as a midnight movie, and is it ever. Boozy fanboys will treat it like a thrill ride.
And yet within Six, there stirs the soul of a dark artist. He treats his material with utter seriousness; there's none of the jokey undertone of a classic Hammer horror film like “Scream … and Scream Again” (1970), in which every time the victim awoke, another limb had been amputated. That one starred the all-star trio of Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and you could see they were having fun. Dieter Laser, who plays Dr. Heiter, takes the role with relentless sincerity. This is his 63rd acting role, but, poor guy, is seemingly the one he was born to play.
Tom Six is apparently the director's real name. I learn his favorite actor is Klaus Kinski, he is an AK-47 enthusiast, and wears RAF sunglasses and Panama hats. Not the kind of guy you want to share your seat on a Ferris wheel. He has said, “I get a rash from too much political correctness.” I promise you that after this movie, his skin was smooth as a Gerber baby's.
I have long attempted to take a generic approach. In other words, is a film true to its genre and does it deliver what its audiences presumably expect? “The Human Centipede” scores high on this scale. It is depraved and disgusting enough to satisfy the most demanding midnight movie fan. And it's not simply an exploitation film.
The director makes, for example, effective use of the antiseptic interior of Heiter's labyrinthine home. Doors and corridors lead nowhere and anywhere. In a scene where the police come calling, Six wisely has Heiter almost encourage their suspicions. And there is a scene toward the end, as the Human Centipede attempts escape, that's so piteous, it transcends horror and approaches tragedy.
The members of the Centipede are Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie and Akihiro Kitamura. The Japanese actor screams in subtitled Japanese, perhaps because he will broaden the film's appeal among Asian horror fans. In the film's last half, the two actresses don't scream at all, if you follow me.
I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. 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 occupies a world where the stars don't shine. 05-07-2010 10:29 AMWooferEbert, I am surprised at you. Kudos for coming through on an honest review, unlike some of the reviews he's done for far tamer movies. Man, I have been trying to find a pay copy online. My cable subscriber offers it, but we don't have premium service. They ought to offer it for PPV online, too.
I'm being deprived. {Insert picture of angry Calvin, arms crossed and brow furrowed.} 05-07-2010 11:14 AMBriceIsn't this the first time he's refused to give a movie stars? :lol: 05-07-2010 11:50 AMWooferI'm not sure. I think you may be right. I could think of a place or two to put those stars, movie-wise. 05-07-2010 12:29 PMJRMMy two absolute favorites are The Mist and 28 Days Later. They'll forever hold place in my heart. :grouphug: 05-10-2010 11:22 PMYakshaLet the right one in. I just saw it and was literally speechless. just a simply magnificently done movie. 05-11-2010 01:34 AMMelike 05-11-2010 03:55 AMSickrose 05-11-2010 08:31 PMfernanditoOh man, you guys are going to love this :
http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/05/c...we-are-som.php
:) 05-12-2010 02:18 AMHeather19Oh that looks really good Feev! :) 05-12-2010 03:21 AMJeanyes, bears are interested...