- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Video Codec: AVC/MPEG-4
- Audio Codec: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Resolution: 1080p/24 (23.976Hz)
- Subtitles: N/A
- Region: B (Region-Locked)
- Certification: 18
- Discs: 1 (1 x Blu-ray)
- Studio: Bounty Films
- Run Time: 88 Mins.
- Blu-ray Release Date: November 21, 2011
- RRP: £20.42
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Overall
[Rating:2.5/5]
The Film
[Rating:1.5/5]
Video Quality
[Rating:3/5]
Audio Quality
[Rating:3.5/5]
Supplemental Materials
[Rating:2/5]
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(Screen captures are lightly compressed with lossy JPEG thus are meant as a general representation of the content and do not fully reveal the capabilities of the Blu-ray format)
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The Film
[Rating:1.5/5]
Vile, disgusting, and without hardly any redeeming value – is this really what “horror” has fallen to? Films that are made solely to shock and disgust, with no humor or campiness, no real drama or tension? Director Tom Six has taken his cult hit The Human Centipede and given us this even more violent and dour sequel. The Human Centipede 2 is a film in a film that follows the mentally ill night watchman of a parking garage, Martin (Laurence R. Harvey), who lives at home with his overbearing mother and uses the film The Human Centipede as an escape from his problems and release for his pent up prurient desires. But Martin’s fantasy world will leak into reality as he attempts to recreate the film’s 12-person human centipede with shocking and disgusting consequences.
Video Quality
[Rating:3/5]
Human Centipede 2 was done in high definition black and white and it mostly looks good in this AVC/MPEG-4 1080p/24 encodement on Blu-ray as far as overall contrast, depth of field, detail and deepness of black levels. The issues that really plague this image are constant stairstepping around edges and some problems with black crush.
Audio Quality
[Rating:3.5/5]
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is quite straightforward, although it does effectively evoke some atmosphere. There is clean dialogue and good dynamic range here, with a nice bit of low frequencies.
Supplemental Materials
[Rating:2/5]
There are only a few brief production featurettes and an interview with the director, all in standard definition, provided on this release. Nothing here is particularly compelling or necessary to sit through.
The supplements provided with this release:
- Behind the Scenes (1.78:1; 00:09:16)
- Deleted Scene (1.78:1; 00:00:22)
- Foley Session (1.78:1; 00:03:06)
- Director Interview (1.78:1; 00:12:36)
The Definitive Word
Overall:
[Rating:2.5/5]
If you really enjoy shock horror, then perhaps this will be right up your alley, particularly the ending that takes “shock” to a whole new level. Otherwise, I say avoid this like it’s riddled with plague.
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Overall
[Rating:2.5/5]
The Film
[Rating:1.5/5]
Video Quality
[Rating:3/5]
Audio Quality
[Rating:3.5/5]
Supplemental Materials
[Rating:2/5]
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