Ban on ‘Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)’ Lifted in the UK

Horror movie fans in the UK shouldn’t despair that they’re deprived of seeing in theaters the sequel to the 2009 film that shocked even the most seasoned of them, “Human Centipede.” The ban on “Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” has just been lifted.

As we also informed you a while back, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) ruled that the film was too much to ever be played in theaters, not even with the highest and most limitative rating.

Moreover, the organization believed, there was nothing that director Tom Six could do to make the film more watchable, saying that no amount of editing could ever undo what had been done.

As it turns out, editing was the key, Slash Film reports. After 32 cuts that amount to a little over 2 and a half minutes of “Human Centipede 2,” the film will finally be released in British theaters.

“Six has made 32 cuts totaling two minutes and 37 seconds to his film, and the new version is apparently toned down enough that the BBFC has deemed it acceptable for viewers 18 and up,” the e-zine reports.

This begs the question, given the story presented in the film, just what type of scenes Six had to cut out to convince the BBFC to have his movies in local theaters, Slash Film notes.

As fans must already know, the “Human Centipede” is a film about a mad scientist who abducts victims and then performs surgery on them to create a human centipede, by stitching them mouth to anus.

The scenes cut included “‘sadistic violence and humiliation, and a child presented in an abusive and violent context’ – or, if you want to get more specific, the ‘graphic sight of a man’s teeth being removed with a hammer; graphic sight of lips being stapled to buttocks,’ etc.” Slash Film reports.

Nevertheless, given that Six was saying he was perfectly happy with not having his film run in theaters in the UK as long as fans still saw it, one must assume that he’s downright ecstatic right now.