No horror movie to come along in recent years has been more talked about than Tom Six's 2009 film The Human Centipede (First Sequence). With a brilliantly bizarre concept, which sees human beings stitched together ass-to-mouth, The Human Centipede become a bonafide pop culture phenomenon, spoofed on South Park and watched even by those who normally wouldn't expose themselves to such grotesque cinematic imagery.
Six followed up the controversial film with a sequel in 2011, which upped the gross-out factor, and centered on a fan of the first film, who decides to build himself an even larger centipede than the sinister Dr. Heiter constructed.
As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Six is turning the sensation into a trilogy, and The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) is soon going to crawl its way into our lives. He's remaining fairly quiet about the plot, but the first image reveals that the stars of the first two films, Dieter Laser and Laurence R. Harvey, will be returning - though they'll both be playing far different roles than Dr. Heiter and Martin Lomax.
"Dieter Laser and Laurence R. Harvey play very different characters that will put Dr. Heiter and Martin in the shade,” says Six. “They are both brilliant actors with their own style. Laurence played a mute in Part 2; now he is a smart guy with a whole lot of dialog. Dieter played a cold, restrained doctor in Part 1; now he is a loud, racist, sadistic a–hole."
Tom Six himself and Eric Roberts will also star in the film, which Six describes as being quite unlike anything we've seen thus far. "THC Part 3 will be totally different from Parts 1 and 2 and certainly not as gross,” explains the director. “But it will be the most controversial one politically-wise. It will have a lot of self-mockery and will be the most darkly comical of the three."
All we know for now is that the second sequel takes place in a maximum security prison, and it will feature the construction of a larger centipede than we've ever seen before. No release date has been announced, but we'll be sure to keep you posted, as we learn more! Don't forget to check out our own spoof with our Human Centipede 30 Second Bunnies.