Episode 16

The Human Centipede III (2015)

Published on: 13th May, 2022

A story about a state-run prison, an insane warden, his creepy assistant, and Tom Six jumping the shark.

Listen in as me and my resident Human Centipede specialist, Chris, try to figure out why this unnecessary sequel exists.

Written and directed by Tom Six (The Human Centipede 1 & 2, The Onania Club), the Los Angeles Times called the finale to the trilogy "frightless and boring," while Entertainment Weekly said "the Human Centipede 3 is crap." Talk about blunt.

It tells the story of unhinged prison warden Bill Boss (Dieter Laser, who played the villain in the first film) and his failing prison in the middle of a desert hell. Faced with unruly prisoners and a threat to his funding, Bill turns to his creepy little accountant, Dwight Butler (played by part 2's villain, Laurence R. Harvey), for ideas. The best one they come up with is to take inspiration from the first two films and stitch all the prisoners ass-to-mouth. Uber meta, right? Of course, the plan is green lit by Bill and what could possibly go wrong..?

The film is currently available on AMC+, IFC Films Unlimited, Prime Video, and of course Blu-ray and DVD.

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Subversive Cinema
The show about the weird, whacky, and downright wrong entries in cinema history.
There are a lot of films out there, so it's only natural that a decent amount of strange content exists. These are the films we examine.

Each week, I sit down with a guest and we take a look a one of these weird, whacky, or downright wrong cinematic entries. Each of them has something about it that makes it special — I call it the "Subversive Sauce" — and that is recipe we try to break down.

Is it scientific? Absolutely not. Will you learn things you didn't know? Maybe. Might you hear about films worth checking out? Most definitely.

Tune in and see what the subversion is all about!
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Art Hall

Art started in the podcasting ecosphere back in 2007 with the outrageous, yet short lived, scripted variety show "WBKR: Buckwilde Radio," which claimed listeners from over 20 different countries. After hanging up his headphones and heading west to move to Los Angeles, he kept podcasting in his heart but only made appearances rather than producing or hosting. It only took a global pandemic, boredom, and the pleading from his buddy, Joe, to get back into the mic booth.