Killer Tongue

Killer Tongue
Killer Tongue
	Film poster
Directed by	Alberto Sciamma
Produced by	Christopher Figg; Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring	Melinda Clarke; Jason Durr; Robert Englund;
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	7 September 1996;
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Spain
Languages	English; Spanish

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.

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

In 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

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
Gareth Marks as Tongue (voice)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Rudolph^[3]
Stephen Marcus as Ralph
Edward Tudor-Pole as Flash
Nigel Whitmey as Chip

Reception

Critical response

Critic 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

Melinda Clarke won the 1996 Sitges Film Festival Best Actress Award for her role in Killer Tongue.^[5]

References

^ 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

Killer Tongue at IMDb
Killer Tongue at the TCM Movie Database
Killer Tongue at the British Film Institute

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[1] Ferguson, Michael (2004). Idol worship : a shameless celebration of male beauty in the movies (Second ed.). Sarasota, Fla.: STARbooks Press. p. 312. ISBN 9781891855481.

[2] Conrich, Ian (2017). Gothic dissections in film and literature : the body in parts. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 98–100. ISBN 9781137303585.

[3] Cotter, Padraig (17 November 2019). "Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Where Else You Recognise The Tudors Star". ScreenRant. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[4] Lee, Joseph (June 30, 2016). "411MANIA". A Bloody Good Time: 10 Worst Horror Films Of 1996. Retrieved 28 April 2021.^{[dead link‍]}

[5] "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.

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