Killer Tongue
Film poster
Directed byAlberto Sciamma
Produced byChristopher Figg
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring
CinematographyDenis Crossan
Edited byJeremy Gibbs
Production
companies
Lolafilms
Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel)
Spice Factory
The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company
Distributed byA-Pix Entertainment
Ardustry Home Entertainment
Buena Vista International
Release date
  • 7 September 1996 (1996-09-07)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Spain
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Killer Tongue (La lengua asesina) is a 1996 British/Spanish comedy horror and science fiction comedy 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

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

Reception

Reviews for the film where overwhelmingly negative, criticizing the script, acting and comedy.[4]

Awards

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

References

  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.
  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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