The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)
- Directed by
- Tom Six
- Written by
- Tom Six
- Produced by
- Tom Six, Ilona Six
Why it’s HorroRated
The Human Centipede 2 is a meta-sequel with a smart premise buried underneath everything designed to make you look away, following a viewer so consumed by the first film that recreating it becomes his entire personality. Tom Six shot in black and white and stripped Martin of nearly all dialogue, which gives Laurence R. Harvey's performance an unsettling, animalistic quality that carries the whole film on physical presence alone. The decision to make Martin medically untrained rather than a clinical surgeon like the original's Dr. Heiter changes the tone completely, trading precision for something far more chaotic and difficult to watch. Where the first film had a controlled, almost antiseptic horror, this one is deliberately grimy and amateurish in a way that makes the violence feel more senseless. It's a rough, punishing sit that earns points for formal ambition even as it tests exactly how much an audience is willing to sit through.
Synopsis
Martin Lomax, a mentally disturbed parking garage attendant obsessed with The Human Centipede, watches the first film on repeat while living under his abusive mother's roof. After a violent breakdown pushes him toward acting on his fixation, Martin abducts a dozen victims, including actress Ashlynn Yennie playing a version of herself, and attempts to surgically recreate the centipede he's seen on screen using nothing but household tools and no medical training. Tom Six directs the sequel entirely in black and white with minimal dialogue, framing the story as a disturbing commentary on obsessive fandom and the appetite for extreme horror content itself.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- October 7, 2011
- Runtime
- 1 hour 31 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie




