10 Films More Controversial Than Charlie Sheen's 9/11 Movie
7. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)
Whatever points director Tom Six wanted to make were delivered (with sledgehammer subtlety) in The Human Centipede: First Sequence, which the BBFC passed uncut only after a lawyer informed them that it wasn’t in contravention of the Obscene Publications Act. In this sequel, Six mocks the first film’s critics and tries to be as disgusting as possible, but the BBFC weren’t prepared to tolerate his excesses a second time.
Aroused by “the total degradation, humiliation, mutilation, torture and murder of his naked victims”, the main character uses sandpaper to masturbate over a DVD of The Human Centipede, which the Board claimed established a link “between pain, perversity and sexual pleasure.” Such material would be “unacceptable to the public” and the film was refused a certificate.
It was only passed after the distributor was forced to make 32 cuts to “scenes of sexual and sexualized violence, sadistic violence and humiliation and a child presented in an abusive and violent context.” Which is all very well, but it still disguises the fact that it’s not a particularly good film.