Killer Tongue (La lengua asesina) is a 1996 British/Spanish science fiction comedy horror film directed by Alberto Sciamma and starring Melinda Clarke, Jason Durr, and Robert Englund.
| Killer Tongue | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Alberto Sciamma |
| Produced by | Christopher Figg Andrés Vicente Gómez |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Denis Crossan |
| Edited by | Jeremy Gibbs |
Production companies | Lolafilms Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel) Spice Factory The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company |
| Distributed by | A-Pix Entertainment Ardustry Home Entertainment Buena Vista International |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Spain |
| Languages | English Spanish |
In the film, a female bank robber is infected with material from a meteor and transforms into a bloodthirsty killer. Her pet dogs are also infected, and transform into drag queens.
Plot
editIn a region heavily implied to be the Southern Western U.S. with license plates from Texas and New Mexico seen, taking place after a successful bank heist, Candy and Johnny go on the run, abandoning the rest of their crew. Johnny is soon arrested and Candy is forced to hide out in a convent. An alien infested meteor lands in Candy's soup which infects her and her pet poodles. The infection causes dramatic changes in everyone who has consumed it, causing her poodles to transform into drag queens.[1]
Soon Candy also starts changing, her hair and skin change colour, spikes protrude from her spine, and her tongue extends and soon becomes murderous. This causes Candy to kill multiple people in various ways, by using her now bloodthirsty tongue.[2]
Cast
edit- Melinda Clarke as Candy
- Jason Durr as Johnny
- Mapi Galán as Rita
- Robert Englund as Prison Director
- Alicia Borrachero as Reporter
- Doug Bradley as Wig
- Terry Forrestal as Postman
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Rudolph[3]
- Stephen Marcus as Ralph
- Edward Tudor-Pole as Flash
- Nigel Whitmey as Chip
Reception
editCritical response
editCritic review were overwhelmingly negative, criticizing the script, acting and comedy with reviews such as; "An aggressively over-the-top and incoherent spectacle that almost never makes sense" by Rob Gonsalves of Rob's Film Vault and "Sometimes you can know a stinker from its title, and, indeed, something by the name of Killer Tongue has 'crap' written all over it" by Michael Dequina of TheMovieReport.com.[4]
Awards
editMelinda Clarke won the 1996 Sitges Film Festival Best Actress Award for her role in Killer Tongue.[5]
References
edit- ^ Ferguson, Michael (2004). Idol worship : a shameless celebration of male beauty in the movies (Second ed.). Sarasota, Fla.: STARbooks Press. p. 312. ISBN 9781891855481.
- ^ Conrich, Ian (2017). Gothic dissections in film and literature : the body in parts. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 98–100. ISBN 9781137303585.
- ^ Cotter, Padraig (17 November 2019). "Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Where Else You Recognise The Tudors Star". ScreenRant. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ Lee, Joseph (June 30, 2016). "411MANIA". A Bloody Good Time: 10 Worst Horror Films Of 1996. Retrieved 28 April 2021.[dead link]
- ^ "FESTIVAL ARCHIVES - Sitges Film Festival - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
External links
edit- Killer Tongue at IMDb
- Killer Tongue at the TCM Movie Database
- Killer Tongue at the British Film Institute
