---
title: 'The Human Centipede (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tom Six'
released: '2009-08-30'
runtime_minutes: 92
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-human-centipede-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1467304/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Human Centipede (2009)

2009 · R · 92 min · Horror · Netherlands

Original title: The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

## Synopsis

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2009 Dutch body horror film written, directed and co-produced by Tom Six. The independent film concerns a deranged German surgeon who kidnaps three tourists and conjoins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming the eponymous "human centipede". It stars Dieter Laser as Josef Heiter, the creator of the centipede, and Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, and Akihiro Kitamura as Heiter's victims.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tom Six](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-six)
- **Screenplay:** [Tom Six](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-six)
- **Producer:** [Tom Six](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-six)
- **Editor:** [Tom Six](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-six), [Nigel de Hond](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-hond)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Holeg Spies](https://cinepixo.com/people/holeg-spies), [Patrick Savage](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-savage)
- **Director of Photography:** [Goof de Koning](https://cinepixo.com/people/goof-de-koning)

## Cast

- [Dieter Laser](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-laser)
- [Peter Blankenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-blankenstein)
- [Ashlynn Yennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashlynn-yennie)
- [Winter Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/winter-williams)
- [Akihiro Kitamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiro-kitamura)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-human-centipede-2009
Film facts: Wikidata (Q854419); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.
