What is there to say at this point in the game? Tom Six really exists only to disgust his audience to the best of his abilities in bad taste. Does 'The Human Centipede III' live up to this lofty goal at reaching a new level of disgust and bad taste? Not really. 'Centipede II' was far more disgusting but this one may be much harder to sit through. It's far more successful at being loud and obnoxious than it is at making me want to throw up. I think Six' core audience of torture porn fans will probably be very bored with this one. It just doesn't do anything. His detractors though who see him as a cinematic Antichrist are going to have a blast with 'Centipede III'. It's disgusting, offensive, and really a waste of film except in the fact that it will tick off a lot of people. In an odd way I have to give Six credit for this...
I've seen the other films in this horror classic trilogy and so in a way I sort of wanted to see what horrible things Six could conjure up to end this trilogy. Six is much more a freak show host than he is a filmmaker, trying to get people to shed their decency to indulge in debauchery even with the realization that a lot of his audience are going to the film to advertise their disgust with it. I thought the first film actually had some merit to it. It was really well shot and Dieter Laser is outstandingly campy as the mad doctor. 'II' was gratuitous but in all honesty that was the point. 'III' tries to up the ante with the size and scope of everything. The fact is that freak shows aren't as interesting when they are big. It's a little more interesting when it's smaller and filthier. 'III' is a victim of trying to fill up a large canvas with the stupid centipede idea that can't really hold it. For the most part the movie is Laser on steroids.
Dieter Laser constantly looks like he is on the verge of convulsing into a stroke into this film as he shouts out the horrific racist dialogue. I'm torn between saying wow and wanting to turn the thing off. This is pretty much all the film is. I thought his performance in the first film was campy and over the top but it's incredibly subtle in comparison (dried clitorises anyone?)
Is 'III' disgusting enough though? Not really. The whole centipede subplot doesn't come until the end. There's a horrific rape dream sequence with Laser that really is so over the top that it doesn't elicit anything. It's just blah. Sticking a gun in a stoma hole is gross but with the over punctuation by Laser and Six it just becomes "We get it already"...
I think I would have found some level of enjoyment of the film if I had viewed it with an audience at a midnight show scenario. This movie is utterly worthless being streamed or watched on DVD. It's a movie that's entire appeal comes from reading the bad reviews and watching your fellow audience members squirm. I would trade the ninety minutes I spent watching 'Centipede III' for ninety minutes of watching others watching 'Centipede III'.
I've seen the other films in this horror classic trilogy and so in a way I sort of wanted to see what horrible things Six could conjure up to end this trilogy. Six is much more a freak show host than he is a filmmaker, trying to get people to shed their decency to indulge in debauchery even with the realization that a lot of his audience are going to the film to advertise their disgust with it. I thought the first film actually had some merit to it. It was really well shot and Dieter Laser is outstandingly campy as the mad doctor. 'II' was gratuitous but in all honesty that was the point. 'III' tries to up the ante with the size and scope of everything. The fact is that freak shows aren't as interesting when they are big. It's a little more interesting when it's smaller and filthier. 'III' is a victim of trying to fill up a large canvas with the stupid centipede idea that can't really hold it. For the most part the movie is Laser on steroids.
Dieter Laser constantly looks like he is on the verge of convulsing into a stroke into this film as he shouts out the horrific racist dialogue. I'm torn between saying wow and wanting to turn the thing off. This is pretty much all the film is. I thought his performance in the first film was campy and over the top but it's incredibly subtle in comparison (dried clitorises anyone?)
Is 'III' disgusting enough though? Not really. The whole centipede subplot doesn't come until the end. There's a horrific rape dream sequence with Laser that really is so over the top that it doesn't elicit anything. It's just blah. Sticking a gun in a stoma hole is gross but with the over punctuation by Laser and Six it just becomes "We get it already"...
I think I would have found some level of enjoyment of the film if I had viewed it with an audience at a midnight show scenario. This movie is utterly worthless being streamed or watched on DVD. It's a movie that's entire appeal comes from reading the bad reviews and watching your fellow audience members squirm. I would trade the ninety minutes I spent watching 'Centipede III' for ninety minutes of watching others watching 'Centipede III'.