At the Cinema

[flippyshark]

The Human Centipede looks revolting and silly, traits that were once catnip for me. I guess I'm mostly put off by the tone- too much metallic clanging on the soundtrack and a torture porn aesthetic. Makes me nostalgic for the days when such a concept would be treated with tongue in cheek humor, over the top visuals or a camp sensibility. (yes, it occurs to me that my choice of the phrase "tongue in cheek" was really unfortunate in this case.) I feel like I've seen enough would-be disturbing body mutilation horror in the Miike/Roth style to last me the rest of this lifetime, but I've got plenty of room left for more Cronenberg or Stuart Gordon. Heck, I want to see The Human Centipede as a musical by John Waters or a low budget fever dream by Stephen Sayadian. (thanks again for that one, mr. Pod!)