Why it is not a crime to make movies like "Human Centipede"?

Submitted by Birchtree16 t3_z2a4ut in movies

Like who in their right mind thinks of this stuff, are they OK? Like really? What possesses you to make this s**t are you sick or what? I just don't get it why these types of movies haven't been banned from being made I mean people got arrested on the set of cannibal holocaust cause they were actually killing animals

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teeohdeedee123 t1_ixfb8x6 wrote

Why would it be a crime?

Edit: OP why won't you discuss things you wanted to discuss?

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Key9yne t1_ixfbf0o wrote

Shark-nato..

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testingtor t1_ixfbgkk wrote

What would the crime be? What illegal act did anyone commit?

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FunnyGum0_0 t1_ixfbm3d wrote

Haven't seen it. Does anyone mind explaining what's criminal about the movie?

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TrickNatural t1_ixfbnrq wrote

Why would it be a crime tho, whats illegal about it. What you are suggesting is literally censorship. If its a bad movie with a gross subject matter, then its a bad movie with a gross subject matter, and thats it.

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Murpydoo t1_ixfbp8l wrote

I mean they didn't show it in some countries, and some you wouldn't think of. Was not showed in the UK because they could find no redeeming social value

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ElroyCrabs t1_ixfbpnj wrote

They’re dumb movies, but they’re just movies. You’re over there watching a World Cup built on indentured servitude. Get some fucking perspective.

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Birchtree16 OP t1_ixfbr7i wrote

Replying to FunnyGum0_0 (#624,189)

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2009 Dutch body horror film written, directed and co-produced by Tom Six. The film tells the story of a deranged German surgeon who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming a "human centipede".

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sonsoflarson t1_ixfbvur wrote

There's way more fucked up films then Human Centipede like Terrified 2 or Martyers or anything by Gaspar Noe... How those films get greenlit is beyond me.

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AlignedMonkey t1_ixfbwru wrote

Replying to FunnyGum0_0 (#624,189)

Nothing is criminal about the movie, op is just having a hissy fit and comparing a movie that showed a lot of special effects gore to a notorious movie that actually killed animals and injured people.

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itjustgotcold t1_ixfc5mk wrote

Why is it not a crime to ask stupid ass questions in r/movies?

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Mrslyguy66 t1_ixfc8w1 wrote

I love this movie, it's so messed up. And the mad scientist has a real cool house. 🐛

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LIVrules t1_ixfcubf wrote

I would find that constitutionally offensive. You have absolutely no right to dictate what kind of movies people can make. If you like censorship and no rights move to China.

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ZRX1200R t1_ixfdfc5 wrote

If you're going after a movie, let's include books as well. I read a popular book that has 2 daughters get their dad drunk so they can have sex with him to continue the family line. How sick is that?!? Should be criminal to allow people to read it.

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mediarch t1_ixfdifl wrote

Because it's a movie

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cronedog t1_ixfdscz wrote

Because of freedom of speech

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my__name__is t1_ixfe553 wrote

Because nothing illegal was done during the production of the movie. If you don't like it, don't watch it. There are restrictions on this type of content being aired, so it is difficult for people to watch it by accident. Finally, unlike oppressive religious regimes, we do not have a morality police.

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mattcoady t1_ixfe5gj wrote

People got arrested on Cannibal Holocaust because the Italian government thought they were killing people not animals. They were cleared of all charges when they proved it was just movie effects. Ultimately this wasn't a crime either.

Animal safety laws were a lot more lax prior to the 90s. Apocalypse Now has a real cow killed and Heavens Gate killed something like 5 horses. It was in the late 80s when the American Humane society stepped in and started enforcing this.

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Tarik_Torgaddon_ t1_ixfede9 wrote

What happend with Cannibal Holocaust was actually a crime (animal cruelty) so arrests were made. Human Centipede was just an over the top, gross horror movie (I thought the whole thing, from premise to execution, was hilarious in how bad and unserious it was) where no humans or animals were actually harmed in the process. So what exactly do you want banned? Bad writing? Gross effects? Ideas you personally find detestable?

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zachgodwin t1_ixfegej wrote

Welcome to exploitation cinema

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nate6259 t1_ixfetw2 wrote

Replying to testingtor (#624,169)

I'm trying to think of what common factors would make a movie illegal/break the law. Some that come to mind would be:

  • animal cruelty
  • child actors working over legal hours
  • unsafe/unsanitary conditions, maybe?
  • invoking violence, possibly? Would be curious what others come up with.

But yeah, even if it seems sick to some people, if all the legal work is done and the actors fully consent then there is nothing wrong with a movie being depraved.

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lisabea19 t1_ixffd43 wrote

Replying to nate6259 (#624,594)

I guess copyright law. So if a movie was blatantly plagiarizing another movie. Or perhaps there would be a case for some sort of misrepresentation if they made an authorized biopic of someone’s true story without paying them/crediting them, or if they told lies about rhay person that could be seen as slander.

Either way, making a gross movie isn’t illegal. What should be illegal is how the whole movie didn’t make any sense.

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paranoidhustler t1_ixffmmr wrote

This is probably the dumbest post I’ve ever read on this subreddit and i’ve seen someone write three paragraphs on the filmmaking qualities of Transformers 5.

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lucia-pacciola t1_ixffspk wrote

Because we generally enjoy neither the theory nor the practice of thought crimes, in our society.

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123KidHello t1_ixffy1x wrote

It's extremely weird movie , even though I would never watch it but I don't think there is anything illegal about it.

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Complete-Maximum-633 t1_ixfgbhk wrote

You must have missed the 90s where it was concluded that banning art is dumb even if you dont happen to like it. Its a slippery slope and the morality police would love to reopen it.

The answer is simple: no one is forcing you to watch it. If you dont like it then dont watch it.

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RyzenRaider t1_ixfgexf wrote

If we're gonna criminalize content because we don't like the content when no other law has been broken, then what's a fair sentence for your post? Ok that's a bit too sarcastic even for my taste, but it makes my point.

People probably ought to get arrested if they're actually killing animals on set (not familiar with that allegation, doesn't matter)... They didn't literally perform oral-anal surgery on the actors in Human Centipede.

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Admiral_Horndog t1_ixfh6r3 wrote

Probably is in N Korea. We're in the good ol US of A where artistic freedom exists.

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NorthernMan6969 t1_ixfliei wrote

It’s all for a little banter between the lads, you’ll be alright

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pdizzle7200 t1_ixfmhe4 wrote

Who would make 3 separate threads related to human centipede in one day? Why is that not a crime?

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Maxoh24 t1_ixfo9ax wrote

Newsflash bro, they didn‘t actually tie the people together.

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WatchMoreMovies t1_ixft0s8 wrote

Calm down, Kim Jong-UNfun. Not everything you don't like gets deemed criminal. You're not the center of the universe and not the president of taste and decency either.

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Waste-Replacement232 t1_ixfxvxt wrote

The first Human Centipede is a masterpiece of suspenseful horror without showing much gore.

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Particular-Ad-4772 t1_ixg36tm wrote

I thought this was just a South Park episode, apparently it’s actually real .

Lol

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Novel-Literature-233 t1_ixg41k8 wrote

You want to criminalize people making movies about things you don’t agree with?

You are a tyrannical piece of shit

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JasonKruegerCrowley t1_ixg4ubb wrote

The first one was disturbing. The second one (uncut) messed me up for life (barbed wire) but not enough so that I didn't watch the third and the third is so batsh*t crazy, I watched it twice!

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ptsowns t1_ixg6uba wrote

You definitely wouldn’t like the sequel then

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TheBigCatfish t1_ixg7q9u wrote

I am sorry, Kyle! I must eat the cuttlefish and asparagus!!

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Critical_Ferret_238 t1_ixgaoao wrote

this user posts a lot to "r/NoStupidQuestions". who's gonna tell him?

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Appropriate_Focus402 t1_ixgp8ab wrote

Just did a quick browsing of OPs post history. A true bitch ass nigga

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k_1181 t1_ixh0res wrote

I don't even like this movie but for fucks sake if you don't like it don't watch it. Don't be so offended by things you don't agree with that it gets you this worked up. We shouldn't censor what people can and cannot make.

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uncultured_swine2099 t1_ixh4n2b wrote

Just by hearing the synopsis, youll know immediately if its a movie for you or not. If not, then dont watch it, take a walk in the park, and smell some daisies.

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sudo_robyn t1_ixh5dgg wrote

Replying to paranoidhustler (#624,680)

The best/dumbest post I ever read on here was someone saying that the Star Wars prequels were generally considered the worst movies of all time.

I wish we lived in that guy’s universe. One where nothing was as bad as the Phantom Menace, you could go to a film and just assume there wasn’t going to be gratuitous sexual assault or terrible technical issues or it just be the director’s personal sexual fantasy. Because nothing was worse than the Star Wars prequels.

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a_flat_miner t1_ixh7v0c wrote

Don't get all of your moral lessons from media.

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lucia-pacciola t1_ixhp9i9 wrote

> I mean people got arrested on the set of cannibal holocaust cause they were actually killing animals

There's your answer. Nobody was actually killing animals, or centipeding humans, on the set of Human Centipede. What exactly is your problem? Do you think all horror movies should be illegal?

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FractalCurve t1_ixhzn1p wrote

Because, thankfully, media production isn't dictated by your delicate little sensibilities.

People got arrested after Cannibal Corpse (edit - sorry, Holocaust. Guess my music taste lol) because similar blithering idiots with similar constitutions suspected that it was actually real people they were killing.

Maybe stick to church groups and you might be happy.

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HEHEHO2022 t1_ixij9i6 wrote

movies shouldnt be used as a moral compass. Im sick to death of people who think filmmakers and storytellers must be weird because they think up crazy stories.

You know whats more worrying people who create bland boring uninspired stories those are the fucking weird people out there.

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Scary-Duck-5898 t1_iximlik wrote

It’s not real and art doesn’t have to be literal. You’re either incapable of critical thinking or a fascist or both. Just don’t watch it.

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towelieM22 t1_ixiz0dz wrote

I mean I understand... I'll never watch that shit. And of all the choices I really don't see how someone does..

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The_Dreadlord t1_ixjxbgg wrote

LAMO! Clearly you have never seen Zardoz!

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