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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'.

There's a German guy shouting gibberish all the time which gives you a headache and makes the movie really cringe-worthy and difficult to watch. Yes there's still the gore but it feels like an eternity before you actually see it. What's more it's set in a prison full of hardened criminals (who become the centipede) which makes it harder to sympathise with any victims. There's less suspense than the first movie because it focuses less on the victims. Also being in a prison means you automatically know no character will believably escape, meaning a good chunk of suspense is just thrown away. In summary I'd avoid at all cost, the original movie did the job much better. It feels like too much effort to watch.

I think the reason this movie has such a bad rating is that some people don't get that this is a comedy horror, if you try to watch it seriously or if you expect something like the first two movies then yeah you're probably not gonna enjoy yourself, but then again it's not how it is meant to be watched.

Comedy horrors are extremely hard to get right because it combines the most difficult genres to get right, not everybody laughs at the same things and not everybody is scared of the same things. This movie relies on shock humor and extremely exaggerated acting. I find Dieter Laser as Bill Boss hilarious and same goes for Laurence R Harvey as Dwight, they're a very funny duo and very memorable characters. But then again, if screaming profanities and saying the word "cock" every two seconds isn't your humor and ball cutting scenes aren't your type of horror then you're going to hate this movie.

I'm giving it a 10 while acknowledging that this movie isn't for everyone, but that doesn't make it a bad movie that just makes it a controversial movie. You might love it, you might hate it, there's no in between and I think Tom Six doesn't want an in between, he wants strong reactions and that's exactly what he gets with each of his movie. So bravo Tom Six.

In Tom Six's final sequence of the Human Centipede its hard to not get your hopes up. Especially when Six himself, said this:

"The first one (film) is like my little pony, the second one is like Disney compared to the third one."

So with that in mind, I was so prepared to freak out and possibly have to pause a few times walk away to desensitize and come back. And yet, no such luck. The final film was such a let down that I really feel the 2nd one should be the 3rd film as it is by far the hardest to watch.

The only 2 things that show that this is the 3rd one is the fact that we see clips from film 2 at the start and the centipede in film 3 is bigger. Otherwise we are 'treated' to this western-sheriff guy who is over-the-top dramatic and controlling and... wait for it... that's it.

Big big big let down Tom sorry to say :(

Alright, there's no denying how the concept of seeing spoiled, ditsy assholes, bullies, and violent criminals get tortured by being forced to eat each other's crap can be somewhat gratifying, but watching an adult lose touch with reality and rage like an infant for 90 minutes is hardly fun. I know some fans of the Will Ferrell comedy cult would disagree on that last point, and if this is you then I can only say: Just keep on smoking your dope, drink your Jaegermeister, and don't ever leave your mother's house!

Unlike the first sequel, which had superb acting talent, this one failed completely on that point with all characters excepting those who played the convicts (victims). Not even creepy Dieter Laser could follow up the mad-scientist acting skill which he displayed in the original to this series, he just isn't suited for the Texas Prison Warden role, and it was painful to watch him fall down on that.

As for reality, and the claims which Tom Six makes to how any of these turds reflect this, "The Final (Insult)" takes itself much too seriously on it's medical and political ideas, and anybody who thinks otherwise needs to be locked up before they try anything so stupid. I'm no physician, nor have I any sort of medical training, but then I don't have to be in order to disprove the accuracy of Tom Six's medical claims. Considering that the Millenials grew up with all of the world's information available to them at the click of a few buttons, to see that generation making and accepting such ideas as true is the true horror which this movie causes.

Well, kids, it's not actually true that human life ca be sustained by eating feces. I would have thought that everyone down to 10 years old would know through osmosis and even TV that urine is indeed sterile, while poop is heavily laden with bacteria which will kill you if ingested. The bacteria exist safely and usefully within your colon, but if your colon leaks or you eat poop, you will become infected and you will die! Which is something to consider if you ever find yourself tempted to join that ass-rimming cult of sexual stimulation (make sure there isn't any fecal matter present).

You may have seen your dog eating his own poop when he's hungry, but this is normal for dogs and some other animals with short intestinal tracts. On account of the shortness, their digestion is much less efficient for them than it is for humans and other primates. Therefore, there is enough food value remaining in their feces that it makes sense for them to re-digest it when they cannot get better food, or somebody forgets to feed them. A dog can do this safely because it is descended from wolf stock, which has been evolving antibodies against bacteria and other pathogens for millions of years longer than primates have, and in much harsher climates. Humans have such efficient digestive systems that even if it weren't for the deadly bacterial hazard there is less nutrition in our poop than is worth the energy to digest it. Therefore, if you were put in a human centipede and you were the second in line behind the one who gets fed any sort of edible food, there's no chance that you would survive, and the last few people in a line of 500 would not even taste any s***, they would begin starving immediately.

Don't ask me how I know the above, just go look it up for yourself. I'm not saying believe anything you see that's posted on the subject, far from it - make sure, before you believe anything, that it's agreed upon by multiple, and qualified sources who present their facts in a level-headed manner without any hype, ad-hoc nonsense arguments or other manipulative tactics.

As for how this warden's lunatic idea won even a Texas governor's approval...I know there are some who would smile at that idea, but they could not expect that their voters, so many who have imprisoned family members, would not destroy their political careers.

Ill start off by saying I never feel the need to write a review for a film, unless its REALLY bad. This movie honestly takes the cake.

I felt the first in the series had some really twisted ideas, it wasn't brilliant but it was OK. And then I felt the second film was a really well made horror film, it was stylish, twisted and most importantly truly sickening. One of my favorite parts was the only part in color - the brown sh-t. I was eagerly awaiting the third film in the series. How let down was I!

I am so glad the copy I watched had English subtitles as the German lead, Dieter Lasar, (playing a Texan) was truly awful. If there were no subtitles I would have had no idea what he was saying. Most of the movie is this absolutely awful actor ranting and raving at the top of his lungs in what can only be described as the worst dialogue I've ever heard. The rest of the cast is actually pretty good (Laurence Harvey and Bree Olsen particularly, even Eric Roberts is likable). Unfortunately Lasar completely sinks the ship.

Now if you think I'm lying about his ranting and raving going on for what seems like forever, you don't actually see the "centipede" until 86 minutes into the movie, that's right, 86 minutes in! And then its only for a brief few minutes!

The "film" (?) lacks any real gore, other than an early castration scene that's fun. Other than that its pretty tame... And boring. And to top it off we have the director, Tom Six, making an unwanted appearance as himself (Tom your not that famous) with characters asking for his signature!

I really am shocked at how much of a dud this one was. I gave this film a 2 out of 10 and honestly, that's generous.

This film has no connection with the first or the second films, except for two things: one of the characters is kind of a fan of them and some actors from those films have roles on this instalment.

Like the previous film, the human centipede only appears in the very end. Before that, several unconnected gory scenes are presented, just to show how sadistic the protagonist is.

Unlike the first two films, this one has a comedic touch added, like the appearance of its director, Tom Six, as a character of himself. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in either direction: it's not thrilling, suspenseful or creepy, neither is it funny or entertaining.

The film drags so much that, at a certain point (around 59min of running), after the prisoners are forced to watch "The Human Centipede" films, the character of Akihiro Kitamura (Inmate 333) stands and says, "this trash occupies a world where the stars don't shine." It comes out of nowhere that I laughed aloud! I was really not expecting that. Unfortunately, the joke only works because what comes before is too boring (if you fast forward to the joke, it won't have the same impact, I'm pretty sure). Almost one hour of build-up for a single joke is just too much.

After that, the film goes back to dragging, until it ends, finally showing the human centipede (plus, a human caterpillar, made of prisoners whose limbs had been removed). All main characters, except the protagonist, die (well, the secretary is joined by accident to the centipede, so, well...)

Is it worth watching? Definitely not. Downloading for free and watching fast forwarding is not a good option, as much of the impact of the film is lost (and the only joke). This really belongs to a place without stars...

Tom Six's Human Centipede 3, though being the weakest film in the trilogy, is by no means a disappointment. Tonally it is a mess; the film can't decide whether it wants to be a comment on the justice system in America or a B movie shlock fest or a twisted 80's sitcom. Where the first two films were stylistically consistent; the first a cliche 2000's horror movie and the second a black and white shock fest, this film never seems to find its feet. The comedy rarely lands, the lighting choicing creates a strange cheesy tone and the dialogue see saws from entertainingly bad to just bad. The performances vary in quality also. Dieter Laser as Warden Bill Boss, screams and yells his way through the film to the point where it becomes annoying; starting somewhat entertaining and eventually he just becomes a headache. Not only chewing his way through dried clitoruses, but every scene he is in. These movies arent about subtilty and nuance but the character work here is simply poor. He lacks the intensity and sinister demeanor of which he so brilliantly portrayed in the first film. Laurence R. Harvey on the other hand is a scene stealing charm as Bill's accountant Dwight Butler. Though the accent comes and goes, the characters twisted mindset is so subtly undermined by Harvey's fantastic portrayal of a man struggling to balance keeping his job whilst pleasing his sadistic boss. The less said about Bree Olson's Daisy, the better. As for the infamous human centipede itself, the concept falls horrifically flat, the idea itself is brilliant however the execution, less so. The titular "creature" does not show up until very late in the film and is rather underwhelming when it eventually rears its ugly head. The human Caterpillar on the other hand was chillingly cruel. What saves this film is its sheer vulgarity and reliance on shock factor. A brutally graphic castration, a scolding water boarding session, a kidney rape and the amount of blood shed are sadistically entertaining. Never holding back, the gore and shock comes from all angles and, although somewhat corny, always made me squirm and laugh all at the same time. In short, if you go into this film knowing it is going to be a poorly written, poorly acted, blood orgy and you are just along for the ride, you will enjoy this 100 minute mess of a movie.