While Eggers delivers stunning cinematography—a hallmark of his work—the storytelling falters, particularly in adapting the source material. Perhaps the film’s biggest downfall is its inability to match Ellen’s onscreen torment to the emotional depth of the letters that Thomas sends her over many months in the original text, as he himself is fed on by the Count. Through those letters, readers are transported to the Count’s mansion, transfixed and drained by fear just as Thomas was. In Eggers’ reimagining, however,…
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The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) 2015
If I could give this a negative rating I definitely would.
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