What would you do if your 15 year old came home from a friends and said he'd watched The Human Caterpiller film?

[AnnieMaybe]

As far as I know this film is some sort of horrible horror torture film

Ds2 is 16 in June and thinks he was old enough to watch it.

I'm annoyed but am I overreacting? Teenage years are hard

I had heard horrible things about it so watched it out of curiosity more than anything. It was so utterly ridiculous it was funny in places.

I have never been able to watch horror films. I was petrified of Freddy Kruger when I was young. I have heard of this film and would never watch it. Are people saying that in the 2nd one that one of the characters in it is pregnant, goes into labour and things happen to her newborn baby????? Just the thought of this is very upsetting and I don't know how anybody could watch it.

I have a feeling my eldest DD is going to be the same as me as she goes into hysterics if she sees someone with a mask on!

If I was you I would just let your son know that he shouldn't feel pressured into watching or doing anything he doesn't want to and that your there for him if he ever wants to discuss anything.

OP has said that the other boy's dad gave the teenagers the dvd. Personally I wouldn't give a shiny shite about them watching it, but the fact that an adult decided to share this with other people's children is more of an issue.

I've just watched a horror film called Feed. It was about men who feed women and make them obese - it happens all over the world - but in this film he feeds them to death.

Horrible

My ds aged 12 came home from a friends house and said that he watched a clip from the Human Centipede on the computer. I had no idea what this was so I googled it and watched the trailer on YouTube.

Even the trailer, which did not show any graphic detail, really disturbed me and I could not get it out of my mind for days. I was so upset that my young ds had seen it! I did not make a big deal about it with the friends mum as I wanted my ds to be able to tell me about other things he may see in the future and not be put off from telling me. But I never let him go to this friends house again.

The human centipede might not actually be a scary movie to watch ,I haven't seen it as frankly the concept of someone doing that to people is disturbing enough for me.
I boaked at the trailer when it first came out on t.v.

I disagree with those saying that at 15 he is old enough to decide what is suitable for him to watch. If this was the case, why have 18 rated films? I think we assume that teenagers are sometimes more able to cope with disturbing things like this than they really are. The 'it never did me any harm' defence doesn't wash with me, I'm afraid!

The fact that he mentioned it to his DM suggests that it has affected him in some way. Talking through the film might help. I've never seen it as I don't enjoy that genre of film but I remember reading about it on Wikipedia and even that stayed with me for a few days. I do think it's inappropriate for an adult to allow other people's children to watch something like that without permission but agree, calling the parent might make it worse.

We have an 18 certificate because we have a culture that doesn't really know what to do with teenagers or at what age to consider them adults.

OP: did you think your DS was upset by the film, or told you he'd seen it in an attempt to wind you up?

cakewatch I enjoy a good gorefest/horror or anything else people would like to call them because I enjoy watching. There is no rhyme or reason to it. I prefer films like devils rejects etc to the hostel full of blood ones though.

HC2 though I have to add in response to a PP. it is disturbing and triggering though but it told it's story so well considering the guy doesn't speak a word all the way through it, it was impressive just for that. Left a mark on my soul and that's pretty hard to do.

Anybody who says the second one didn't bother them is either lying about watching it or has no soul at all.. I would be wary about watching a third one tbh but I see that as a good thing as I would be worried if it didn't affect me.

It's so hard to find decent horror films these days.

Could be worse.

christ.. that isn't real is it?

SolidGold absolutely correct re 18 certificates and teenagers. 16 year olds in Scotland can leave school and get married and start a family without parents' consent but can't watch this film.

Someone else said just ask him what he thought of it- don't be heavy about it but just gauge how if at all it affected him.

Every one is different. I know anything involving cruelty to animals upset my son when he was little and I think still does. I suspect gross out movies like this wouldn't have bothered him at that age.

gamer I watched Devil's Rejects and the other one to it, pretty intense film!

I wasn't keen on house of 1000 corpses much but I love the devils rejects.. yes pretty intense

Non parents have no right to give minors R rated films, I would call them and tell them to ask me first in future. They have an entire lifetime to watch things once they reach 18.