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Human Centipede director sues his star

Discord in the house of Centipede! The Human Centipede director Tom Six is suing actor Dieter Laser for breaking his contract and refusing to star in the series’ third instalment. Tom’s producing partner  – and sister – Ilona Six released the following statement on the matter (courtesy of Best Movie News Ever): “Because of the success of […]

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Snowtown, Salo were the most complained about films of 2011

There are always some fun nuggets in the Australian Classification Board’s annual report, and the latest one is no different. Released at the end of last year, it lists the films that generated the most complaints in the past 12 months. And here they are, in all their offensive glory! Justin Kurzel‘s AACTA-scooping serial killer […]

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She wears a mask – The Skin I Live In review

The Skin I Live In – Stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya and Marisa Paredes. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The Skin I Live In certainly puts the ! in ALMODOVAR! The Spanish auteur’s latest film is particularly melodramatic, bizarre, and visually sumptuous, even by his already heightened standards. It establishes one […]

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Life’s a gas – The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence review

The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence – Starring Laurence R. Harvey and Ashlynn Yennie. Directed by Tom Six. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence has just completed a tour of exclusive late-night screenings across the country. It arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia February 23, 2012 (pending a review […]

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Top 10 movies that should become musicals

Top 10 movies that should become musicals. By Simon Miraudo. Sylvester Stallone announced this week his plans to turn iconic boxing flick Rocky into a stage musical. At first we had trouble imagining what songs might be featured in such a production, but once we got into the right head space (aided by a few […]

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First footage from The Human Centipede Part 2 debuts

We’ve resigned ourselves to the fact that this week we’ll be covering – almost exclusively – Tom Six’s latest monstrosity The Human Centipede Part 2 – Full Sequence. We’ve already seen the Australian teaser for the film, which stressed Aussie audiences would be amongst the only viewers in the world treated to the uncut feature (it […]

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The Human Centipede 2 banned in the UK

Well! It’s been nine months since the teaser trailer for Tom Six‘s The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) debuted online, and almost 10 months since the first film burned the image of a three-person food-processing plant into our corneas. We were wondering how long it would take for Six’s latest horrifying creation to hit our […]

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Head to Head – The Human Centipede

Tom Six‘s controversial picture The Human Centipede can be read much like its horrifying titular creation. Is it a damning social experiment? A monstrous failure? A middle finger to human decency? All three? In this week’s instalment of Head to Head, Josh Nelson of Philmology and Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo debate the merits of this […]

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Happy together – The Human Centipede review

The Human Centipede – Starring Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams and Ashlynn Yennie. Directed by Tom Six. Rated R. Originally published September 8, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Was it Voltaire who said “I disapprove of your human centipede, but I will defend to the death your right to create it”? Yes, this is the movie […]

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Trailer Debut: The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

The first teaser trailer for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) has debuted online. And believe it or not, it’s safe for work! Of course, when the actual trailer featuring footage of the 12 links of the new Human Centipede debuts, it’ll be surely marked NSFW. For those of you who don’t believe that a […]

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Interview: Tom Six; director of The Human Centipede

Interview: Tom Six; director of The Human Centipede. By Simon Miraudo. *Warning: The following interview features a graphic description of the events in The Human Centipede. Although the ending of the film is not spoiled, this content is recommended for those of you with the strongest stomachs. Seriously, no complaining afterwards. You were warned.* I […]

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Happy together – The Human Centipede review

The Human Centipede – Starring Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams and Ashlynn Yennie. Directed by Tom Six. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. Was it Voltaire who said “I disapprove of your human centipede, but I will defend to the death your right to create it”? Yes, this is the movie in which three poor souls […]

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The Human Centipede "heads" to Australia!

You demanded it, and now we’ve got it! Controversial horror flick The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is heading to Australia! It will debut on DVD and Blu-ray October 6 courtesy of Beyond Home Entertainment. The Human Centipede is directed by Tom Six and stars the awesomely named Dieter Laser as Dr. Joseph Heiter, a German […]

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