MUMBAI: The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has refrained from granting certification to Dutch director Tom Six’s horror sequel The Human Centipede 2. The film is a Netherlands-UK co-production.

On account of the BBFC’s rejection, the film will not be allowed to be legally supplied in any form in the UK, (theatrical, home video or download). with a Doctorate of Fine Arts by AFI trustee Tom Pollock.

The first film, The Human Centipede, released last year had a scientist stitching together kidnap victims while the sequel has a protagonist who replicates the horror.

“Unlike the first film, the sequel presents graphic images of sexual violence, forced defecation, and mutilation, and the viewer is invited to witness events from the perspective of the protagonist,” the BBFC commented of the film.

The BBFC has been in existence for 99 years and so far only 11 films have suffered an outright ban of which eight were later passed uncut.