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Want To Ask Tom Six Why He Made ‘Human Centipede 2’? Here’s Your Chance!
IFC Films highly controversial The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (three reviews) gets its physical medium release when it hits Blu-Ray and DVD on February 14th, 2012.
If you’ve already seen the film – or want to see it on Facebook – and have any issues you’d like to take up with the man, here’s your chance!
Hit the jump for the details! From the Press Release:
“IFC Midnight announced today that Tom Six, the writer and director of The Human Centipede films will be participating in a live chat on Friday, January 27th at 7pm EST while the un-cut version of the controversial horror film The Human Centipede Part 2 (Full Sequence), is available on Facebook’s new Social Cinema. Viewers are now able to see some of the most gruesome and graphic scenes known in cinematic history! Users can pre-order a ticket to the event to ensure that they are guaranteed a “seat” to watch the film with Tom Six live. He will answer questions and provide commentary and insight into the making of the controversial film. The Human Centipede Part 2 (Full Sequence), along with its predecessor The Human Centipede (First Sequence), is available on Facebook for one-month before it hits its DVD release on February 14th.
The Human Centipede Part 2 (Full Sequence) was originally released by IFC Films on October 7th, 2011 followed by its Video on Demand premiere on October 12th. The film, a sequel to Six’s original film, focuses on a new villain named Martin (Lawrence R. Harvey) who is a mentally disturbed loner who lives with his mother in a bleak housing project. Martin works the night shift as a security guard in an equally grim and foreboding underground parking complex. To escape his dreary existence, Martin loses himself in the fantasy world of the cult horror film The Human Centipede (First Sequence), fetishizing the meticulous surgical skills of the gifted Dr. Heiter, whose knowledge of the human gastrointestinal system inspires Martin to attempt the unthinkable.”
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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts
In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.
The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.
But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).
Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.
That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.
Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.
Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.
In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”
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