We’ve seen a few trailers for Not John Carpenter’s “The Thing” but we haven’t got much of a look at the creature effects until now. The red band trailer shows a mix of practical and CG effects that look sweet enough for me to officially move the needle over from “cautiously optimistic” to full-on “looking forward to it.”

The second biggest question most people had upon hearing the announcement that “Human Centipede” would have a sequel was “How?,” considering that by the end of the film just about everybody was dead. If you’ve been crossing your fingers and chanting “Not a prequel, not a prequel” for the last year, you’re in luck. During the recent UK banning of the film some plot details leaked out. It turns out that the film “tells the story of a man who becomes sexually obsessed with a DVD recording of the first film and who imagines putting the 'centipede' idea into practice.” Whew. So it’s not just me. Here’s some stills and junk.