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'Human Centipede' Sequel Is Banned in Britain

If the decision of a British film board is allowed to stand, “The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence),” the sequel to Tom Six’s freak-out horror anti-classic “ The Human Centipede (First Sequence) ,” can never be seen by British audiences, in theaters, on home video or by download. Although based on the board’s description of the film, it’s not clear how many cinephiles will be in a hurry to check it out.

The Guardian reported that the British Board of Film Classification would not give even its strictest rating to the “Human Centipede” sequel, saying that the film poses a “real risk” to audiences and that no amount of editing would make it acceptable.

In the original “Human Centipede” a mad scientist surgically fuses three hostages from mouth to anus so that their bodies form one continuous digestive tract. Reviewing the film for The New York Times , Jeannette Catsoulis described it as a “must-see for coprophiliacs and spanking enthusiasts,” noting that Mr. Six has promised a sequel that will make his original film “look like ‘My Little Pony.’ ”

The British Board of Film Classification did not invoke “My Little Pony” in refusing certification for “Human Centipede II,” but it said the film makes “little attempt to portray any of the victims in the film as anything other than objects to be brutalised, degraded and mutilated for the amusement and arousal of the central character, as well as for the pleasure of the audience.”

The Guardian said the new film centers on a man who tries to duplicate the cruel experiment depicted in the original movie, and includes a scene in which the character tries to rape a woman while he has barbed wire wrapped around his penis.

In an e-mail to the British movie magazine Empire , Mr. Six offered his sarcastic gratitude to the film classification board, writing: “Thank you BBFC for putting spoilers of my movie on your website and thank you for banning my film in this exceptional way. Apparently I made an horrific horror-film, but shouldn’t a good horror film be horrific?” He added: “It is all fictional. Not real. It is all make-belief. It is art. Give people their own choice to watch it or not. If people can’t handle or like my movies they just don’t watch them. If people like my movies they have to be able to see it any time, anywhere also in the UK.

Horror movie 'Human Centipede 2′ is banned in the UK « Entertainment

The sequel to 2009’s grotesque German horror fest, “The Human Centipede” is so loathsome and foul that the British equivalent to the MPAA has refused to rate it, calling it “sexually violent and potentially obscene.”

The original film’s plot revolved around a mad scientist who sewed three kidnap victims together, mouth to anus, to form a sort of “Human Centipede.”

The sequel, directed by Tom Six, involves a man who becomes “sexually obsessed” after repeated viewings of the original film on DVD, and sets out to recreate the “Human Centipede” to satisfy his own perverted needs.

The director promised that the sequel would make original look like “My Little Pony.”

The Daily Mail reports that the British Board of Film Classification has ruled that “no amount of cuts would allow them to give the new film a certificate” and that the film may be guilty of violating Britain’s Obscene Publications Act.

The rejection by the BBFC means that “The Human Centipede Part 2: Full Sequence” will not legally be available in the UK.

Furious with the film board’s refusal to rate the sequel, Six fired of an angry email to the UK’s Empire magazine’s web site, “Thank you BBFC for putting spoilers of my movie on your website and thank you for banning my film in this exceptional way.”

“Apparently I made a horrific horror-film, but shouldn’t a good horror film be horrific?” the Dutch director asked rhetorically. “It is all fictional. Not real. It is all make-belief. It is art. Give people their own choice to watch it or not. If people can’t handle or like my movies they just don’t watch them. If people like my movies they have to be able to see it any time, anywhere also in the UK.”

Billed as “the sickest movie of all time,” the BBFC concluded that the brutalization, degradation and mutilation shown in the film posed a “real, as opposed to a fanciful, risk that harm is likely to be caused to potential viewers.”

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