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[R.I.P.] ‘The Human Centipede’ Star Dieter Laser Has Passed Away
The highlight of Tom Six’s The Human Centipede is unquestionably the chilling performance from German actor Dieter Laser, who played the evil Dr. Heiter and subsequently returned to play new character Bill Boss in The Human Centipede III. Unfortunately, we’ve learned the sad news via the actor’s social channels that Laser passed away on February 29th, 2020.
Laser won Best Actor at the Austin Fantastic Fest back in 2009 for his performance in The Human Centipede, which elevated the absurd premise into a terrifying horror movie. He also won the Fright Meter Award for Best Actor in 2010. Many years prior, Laser won a German Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for 1975’s John Glückstadt.
The actor’s bio on IMDb details his career as an actor, “After 14 passionate years on stage and as a co-founder and member of the board of the meanwhile most famous German theatre, the Schaubuehne in Berlin, he decided to become a freelancer and got his first work for the cinema: the title role in John Glueckstadt. For this performance he won the German Film Award in Gold. Since then, and besides countless guest appearances on the most important stages of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg, with parts like Don Juan, Valmont, Peer Gynt, Macbeth, Captain Ahab etc. Dieter Laser played in about 65 films, at times co-starring with “Gods” like Burt Lancaster, Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Glenn Close, John Malkovich etc.”
Laser was most recently seen in the 2017 horror movie November, and his other film credits include I Am the Other Woman (2006), Baltic Storm (2003), Big Girls Don’t Cry (2002), The Ogre (1996), Conversation with the Beast (1996), The Man Inside (1990), Don Quixote’s Children (1981), The Elixirs of the Devil (1976) and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975).
Dieter Laser was 78 years old.
The Human Centipede director Tom Six wrote on Twitter today, “I’m totally shocked Dieter passed away. He was a force of nature, a unique human being and an iconic actor. I’m so damn proud we created pop culture together. Wished we could have made many more movies. RIP my friend, you will live forever on screen!”
Are you watching? Ishana Night Shyamalan has clearly been paying attention to her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Not only is she following in his footsteps as a filmmaker, but she’s also embracing a similar mystique surrounding her work.
The new trailer for her feature directorial debut, The Watchers, gives viewers a taste of what’s in store. AreYouWatching.com has launched with even more clues.
Visit the site to join the mysterious creatures that lurk in the Irish forest as you observe a shelter. From the time the sun sets at 7:30 PM until it rises at 5:55 AM, four strangers — played by Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouere — can be seen trapped inside.
You’ll find several interactive items. Click on the gramophone to set the mood with some spooky music. Tap on the birdcage to hear an ominous message from the parrot inside: “I’m going out, try not to die.” Press on the TV to watch clips from a fake reality show called Lair of Love. And if you tap on the window during the daytime … they’ll tap back.
There are also Easter eggs hidden at specific times. We’ve discovered three: a disorienting shot of Fanning’s character’s car at 5:52 PM, a closer view of the captives at 11:11 PM, and a glimpse of monitors at 12:46 AM. Let us know if you find any more in the comments…
The Watchers opens in theaters on June 14 via New Line Cinema. Ishana Night Shyamalan writes and directs, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. M. Night Shyamalan produces.
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