Crawling Along…New Zealand belatedly bans Human Centipede 2

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The New Zealand film censor at the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC). Has banned Tom Six’s Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). The film was banned as ‘objectionable’ on 4th April 2012. The OFLC summarised its reasons for the ban: The publication is a DVD containing a sequel to a well-known horror film and a number of extra components relating to its development and marketing. The availability of the publication is likely to he injurious to the public good. The feature is an unsubtle portrait of a sexually deranged man who tortures a group of largely anonymous victims in extreme, unflinching detail. Despite the occasional flashes of humour and a degree of sub-textural irony, these elements are overwhelmed by the feature’s sustained, gratuitous focus on victims’ torture, mutilation, forced defecation, rape and murder. These images are linked by a threadbare plot that provides limited narrative justification. While the feature does not promote or support this material, the likely injury to the public good is one of inuring people more generally to cruel, violent and degrading material through its presentation as entertaining, and of eroding the viewer’s ability to empathise with others. This material would disturb and shock most people. Consideration was given to offering excisions in order to remove the strongest images, however due to the pervasiveness of this material excisions were not deemed practical. While the classification is an absolute restriction on the freedom of expression as contained in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, it is a restriction consistent with Parliament’s intention that publications containing such a high extent and degree of torture, violence, cruelty, sexual violence and strongly degrading, dehumanising and demeaning material can be classified as objectionable to prevent the likelihood of injury to the public good.

Finally the Full Sequence…The uncut version of Human Centipede 2 has been released online by Bounty Films

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The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) is a 2011 Netherlands/UK horror by Tom Six. With Laurence R Harvey and Ashlynn Yennie. See IMDb The Uncut Version is now finally available online for: 2011 Bounty Rental Streaming at Bounty Films 2011 Bounty Download to Own at Bounty Films Cut Releases UK: Temporarily banned Banned by the BBFC in June 2011. Unbanned by the BBFC in October 2011 after 2:37s of BBFC cuts Australia: Temporarily banned Originally passed R18+ uncut by the Classification Board Banned on appeal by the Review Board in November 2011. The appeal was requested by NSW Attorney General, Greg Smith Unbanned by the Classification Board after 30s of cuts in December 2011 US: A pre-cut version is missing the barbed wire rape of the last girl in the chain. This is the version that has been available online for sometime now. Summary Review: Sick Fantasy Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy. This is the type of movie you will either like or hate, I doubt there will be much in between. The film is quite shocking, but not the most outrageous of the genre. Actor Laurence R Harvey is masterful as Martin yet doesn’t utter a single word of dialogue.

Distributors Chop a Few Legs Off and Try Again…Human Centipede 2 now passed by the Australian censor after 30s of cuts

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14th December 2011. See article from canberratimes.com.au Human Centipede 2 will be allowed back on screens this week after the distributors cut 30 seconds from it. The amended version will screen at the National Film and Sound Archive’s ARC Cinema on Friday night, as originally scheduled. The Australian distributor, Monster Pictures, had to submit a cut version for reclassification – to the same body that had originally allowed it. Monster Pictures manager Neil Foley said while he was delighted with the decision, it highlighted the problems of the film classification system in Australia. He said the distributors had been faced with an absurd situation whereby they were told they had to recut the film, but were not given specifics of the complaints made against it. He said the film had received its original classification in the spirit of what extreme horror movies are about and who they’re aimed at: The Australian Government Classification Board are doing this every day of the week and they’re very versed in film in general, as far as the time and place. They understand the context of the genre, they understand the genre and they see something like Human Centipede and they know where it fits in. They can see that there’s probably nothing in this film that makes it obscene.

Distributors Chop a Few Legs Off and Try Again…The Australian ban on Human Centipede 2 was inspired by the earlier BBFC ban. It has now been resubmitted after cuts

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See article from theage.com.au by David Marr President of Watch on Censorship.

The brief life of Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) began in Australia at a midnight screening at the Brisbane Film Festival in early November and ended three weeks later. The film’s distributor, Neil Foley of Monster Films, says: We played to a couple of hundred people in Brisbane over a couple of screenings; 500 or so people in Perth; something similar in Melbourne; and then in Sydney another 150 or 200. He puts the total audience in those weeks at less than 1500. A story on Fairfax websites alerted the film’s adversaries to its existence in late August. Monster Films was doing itself no good by reminding everyone of the scathing commentary of the BBFC and stamping its trailer with the slogan Banned in Britain. Unleashed in Australia. Christian lobbyists following the usual game plan sought an attorney-general willing to demand the film’s review. The NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith was the ideal choice. Smith is well connected with nutter causes. For instance he assured the Herald newspaper that his chief of staff, Damien Tudehope, played no role in the banning of the horror film. Tudehope just happens to sit on the advisory board of arch nutters. FamilyVoice Australia. Smith told the Herald he decided to seek its review in October: because of the decision taken by the British Board of Film Classification to refuse classification of the movie. In addition, the synopsis of the movie depicted scenes of extreme sexual violence. Human Centipede 2 distributor Foley argues gamely: What these people are responding to is not the film. They are responding to our hype around the film. It is us telling the world this is the most disgusting film ever made. In actual fact it’s just another movie. The banning of Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) exposes a strange rift among censors. Twice this year a horror movie has been passed by the Classification Board and then banned on appeal by the Review Board. We can no longer trust in the framework and the guidelines, says Peter Campbell of Accent Films who submitted A Serbian Film. He says cuts were made to the film in collaboration with the Classification Board so it could be screened in Australia. Even so, it was banned. Campbell says: It’s getting out of hand. A fresh cut of Human Centipede 2 has now been examined by the Classification Board. Gone, we are told, are the penis wrapped in barbed wire, close-ups of the rape and the newborn baby squashed to death under the accelerator pedal. Foley will learn the board’s verdict next week. …Read the full article

Australia Crawls Under a Stone…Human Centipede II banned after government appeals against the previous uncut R18+ certificate

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Thanks to Bob See article from blogs.crikey.com.au

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has been been banned by the Australian Classification Review Board (ACRB). The review was the result of an appeal against the previously uncut R18+ certificate awarded by the Classification Board. The appeal was requested by Australia’s Justice Minister Brendan O’Connor, reportedly on the advice of the New South Wales Attorney General Greg Smith. The film has already opened at select cinemas a fortnight ago, including Melbourne’s Cinema Nova, which advertised the film with a prophetic see it before it’s banned motto. From the ACRB’s official press statement: A three member panel of the Classification Review Board has by unanimous decision determined that the film The Human Centipede II (full sequence) is classified RC (Refused Classification). In the Review Board’s opinion, The Human Centipede II (full sequence) could not be accommodated within the R 18+ classification as the level of depictions of violence in the film has an impact which is very high. In addition, the film must be refused classification because it contains gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of violence with a very high degree of impact and cruelty which has a high impact. Films classified RC cannot be sold, hired, or advertised in Australia.

Crawling into the Shops…Cut UK DVD/Blu-ray of Tom Six’s The Human Centipede 2 released today

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UK 2011 Bounty Blu-ray at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011 UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011 See trailer from youtube.com

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) is a 2011 Netherlands/UK horror by Tom Six with Laurence R Harvey and Ashlynn Yennie. See IMDb The film was unbanned by the BBFC and passed 18 for very strong bloody violence and gore, and sexual violence after 2:37s of BBFC cuts for: UK 2011 Bounty Blu-ray at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011 UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011 UK 2011 cinema release The film found fame where it was earlier banned by the BBFC for: UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD BBFC Comments: Very Distressing Based on article from bbfc.co.uk THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE) is a horror sequel, this time about an asthmatic London car park attendant called Martin who has become obsessed with the film THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE). Martin decides to kidnap a number of people and construct his own human centipede by stapling them together. The film was classified 18 for very strong bloody violence and gore, and sexual violence. Prior to classification, the BBFC required cuts to remove several elements of sexual and sexualised violence, sadistic violence and humiliation, and a child presented in an abusive and violent context. Although the BBFC was clear that the original version of the film was potentially harmful in its portrayal of violent acts and sexual and sexualised violence, the classified version of the film, which omits the most explicit moments of sadistic violence, sexual and sexualised violence, and the killing of a newborn baby, does not pose a credible harm risk, although some viewers may find it very distressing.

Creeping Around the Internet…Human Centipede 2 Online

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Thanks to Nick

It seems that a video on demand version of The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is all over the internet via file sharers – so much for the BBFC cuts and previous ban. From the Melon Farmers: From reports I have read though, this seems to be US Unrated version that is missing the barbwire rape of the ‘centipede’. It is much more complete than the cut BBFC version though. Reviewers don’t seem to have been impressed by the need for BBFC cuts. For instance the sandpaper masturbation is off screen, the BBFC claimed sexual motivation is near non existent, and most of the violence is of a level that has been passed before. This seems to leave just the BBFC concern that arses, mouths and shit in near proximity could be deemed obscene by the authorities.

Creeping Up…Australia announce date to review the uncut R18+ certificate for Human Centipede 2

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Australia’s Classification Review Board have announced that the uncut R18+ certificate for The Human Centipede 2 will be reviewed on November 4th. It was previously reported that the New South Wales Attorney General, Greg Smith, had appealed against the R18+ rating.

Creeping Up…UK release date announced for Human Centipede 2

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The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) is 2011 Netherlands/UK horror by Tom Six. See IMDb Unbanned and passed 18 after 2:37s of BBFC cuts for: UK 2011 Bounty Blu-ray at UK Amazon for release on 21st November 2011 UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 21st November 2011 UK 2011 cinema release The BBFC commented on their cuts: Company was required to make 32 individual cuts to scenes of sexual and sexualised violence, sadistic violence and humiliation, and a child presented in an abusive and violent context. In this case, cuts included: a man masturbating with sandpaper around his penis graphic sight of a man’s teeth being removed with a hammer graphic sight of lips being stapled to naked buttocks graphic sight of forced defecation into and around other people’s mouths a man with barbed wire wrapped around his penis raping a woman a newborn baby being killed graphic sight of injury as staples are torn away from individuals’ mouth and buttocks. Publicity material for the film reads: A triumph in biological horror! Tom Six’s follow up to the cult horror smash hit of 2010 ups the ante with a brute force unparalleled in film today. The iconic Dr. Heiter has inspired a real-life protege, the sickly, disturbed car park attendant, Martin, who takes his gory inspiration from the original film to horrific new extremes! Martin, a mentally disturbed loner who lives with his nagging mother on a bleak London council estate, where loud neighbours and squalid living conditions threaten to plunge this victim of sexual and psychological abuse over the edge. Working the night shift as an attendant at an underground car park, he indulges his obsession with The Human Centipede (First Sequence) watching the film over and over on a laptop in his office and meticulously examining the scrapbook he has lovingly filled with memorabilia from the film, including the ass-to-mouth surgery instructions made famous by Dr. Heiter, the mad scientist from Martin s favourite movie. Pushed to the brink by his harridan mother and haunted by the teasing voices of his abusive and imprisoned father, Martin sets into motion his plan to emulate Heiter s centipede by creating his own version. In a rented warehouse, he begins to acquire victims, including his loud, violent neighbour, a prostitute and her lecherous client, and several more… including Martin s pie’ce de re’sistance, one of the actresses from The Human Centipede (First Sequence). Although lacking the medical skills of his hero, Martin soldiers on with grotesque DIY gusto, along with a healthy supply of duct tape, household tools and staple guns! What follows is one of the most harrowing and terrifying films ever conceived, featuring a central character that makes Dr. Heiter seem tame in comparison. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) is a triumph in biological horror by one of the new masters of the horror film.

Britain Stitched Up…Human Centipede 2 premieres in Texas

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The first poster for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) has been unveiled. And the banned in Britain movie has made its debut at the Fantastic Fest film festival in Texas. The poster depicts a centipede-like outline made up from 40 people apparently sewn together. The film will go on US cinema release from 7th October, but the MPAA Unrated version will limit the amount of cinema’s partaking in the release. And as for the first reactions from Fantastic Fest. It seems that the BBFC are doing a far better job of recommending the film than any of the early critics.