We analyze the 2015 horror film Human Centipede III: Final Sequence (HC3), written and directed by Dutch filmmaker Tom Six. Engaging with literature on torture porn and body horror, we argue that this film reflects and refracts ideas about crime and punishment including a critical view on mass incarceration in America while critiquing a culture of institutional violence in Western society. By critiquing the institutional violence of the prison in a satirical and visceral manner, we argue Tom Six evades dominant tropes (liberalism, reform, rehabilitation, and escape) prevalent in other prison films and avoids the cinematic tendency to naturalize and reproduce the legitimacy of the prison. We also contend that the film operates at a meta-level to address criticism about the dangers of graphic violence in horror films. HC3 thus offers insight on the disingenuous nature of censorship in a society that condones mass suffering behind bars, systemic racism, and institutionalized punishment of the body for millions.

我们分析了2015年的恐怖片《人类C III：最终序列》（HC3），由荷兰电影制片人汤姆·西姆（Tom Six）导演。我们与有关酷刑色情和身体恐怖的文献相结合，我们认为这部电影反映并折射了关于犯罪和惩罚的观点，包括对美国大规模监禁的批判观点，同时批评了西方社会的制度暴力文化。通过以讽刺和内脏的方式批评监狱的机构暴力，我们认为汤姆·六（Tom Six）规避了其他监狱电影中普遍存在的主流倾向（自由主义，改革，康复和逃逸），并避免了电影化倾向来自然化和再现监狱的合法性。监狱。我们还认为，这部电影是在元级别上运作的，旨在解决有关恐怖电影中图形暴力危险的批评。