The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2010 Dutch horror film written, directed, and co-produced by Tom Six. The film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming a "human centipede." It stars Dieter Laser as the antagonist villian, Dr. Heiter, with Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, and Akihiro Kitamura as his victims. According to Six, the concept of the film arose from a joke he made with friends about punishing a child molester by stitching his mouth to the anus of a "fat truck driver." Six also stated that inspiration for the film came from Nazi medical experiments carried out during World War II, such as the crimes of Josef Mengele at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
When approaching investors prior to filming, Six did not mention the mouth-to-anus aspect of the plot, fearing it would put off potential backers. The financiers of The Human Centipede did not discover the full nature of the film until it was complete. The film received mixed reviews from mainstream film critics, but it won several accolades at international film festivals. The film was released in the United States on a limited release theatrically on April 30 2010. A sequel, The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), also written and directed by Six, was released in 2011.

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Directed by	Tom Six
Produced by	Tom Six Ilona Six
Written by	Tom Six
Starring	Dieter Laser Ashley C. Williams Ashlynn Yennie Akihiro Kitamura
Music by	Patrick Savage Holeg Spies
Cinematography	Goof de Koning
Editing by	Nigel de Hound
Studio	Six Entertainment
Distributed by	Bounty Films (International) IFC Films (United States)
Release date(s)	30 April 2010
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	English German Japanese
Box office	$252,207 (approx. €187,000)