The sickest film ever made?

Perhaps this is indeed the sickest film to have yet hit the screen. The moment when the leading constituent of the beast with three backs defecates into the mouth of the young woman sewn to his anus would surely take some beating. Yet, what self-respecting film-maker could be content with such a laurel? “Sickest” makes you a bit of a card. “Most horrific” turns you into a cinematic legend.

David Cox dissects what makes a horror film truly horrific in his Guardian film blog.  Does Tom Six’s surgical slaughter fest, The Human Centipede, compare with classics like Psycho, Halloween, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist or even last year’s offerings Antichrist and Paranormal Activity?