Killer tongue
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Killer tongue |
| Original title | La lengua asesina |
| Country of production | United Kingdom , Spain |
| original language | English , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alberto Sciamma |
| script | Alberto Sciamma |
| production |
Christopher Figg , Andrés Vicente Gómez |
| camera | Denis Crossan |
| cut | Jeremy Gibbs |
| occupation | |
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Killer Tongue (original title: La lengua asesina ) is a Spanish - British trash film by the director Alberto Sciamma , released in 1996 . Besides Melinda Clarke play Jason Durr and Mapi Galán the leading roles. The film is Sciamma's first directorial work and he also wrote the script.
action
After Johnny was arrested after a failed bank robbery, his girlfriend Candy escaped into the desert and hid in a monastery, disguised as a nun . A few years later, Candy receives a letter from Johnny informing her that he will be released shortly. Candy then leaves the monastery and moves into an abandoned brothel near the prison with her four poodle dogs. Shortly afterwards, a meteorite crashes in the bypass , from which a splinter breaks off, flies to the brothel and ends up in Candy's soup. When she eats some of it, a transformation begins: her body changes, becomes black, and she faints . Your poodles will also eat Candy's soup afterwards. The mute nun Rita, from the convent where Candy was hiding, sees the impact of the meteor in a vision. Rita sees a danger in the crashed meteor, but cannot convince her fellow sisters of it. So she leaves the monastery and finds the meteor. She chops off a piece of the meteor and takes it with her.
After Candy wakes up again, she discovers that her poodles have turned into very active men. Likewise, she notices that her tongue has not only elongated, but also developed a life of its own and is even talking to her. In between, Candy tries to get rid of her tongue several times, but fails. The tongue forces Candy to feed him, her poodles get her the food she needs: other people. Rita, who shows up at the brothel, is also captured.
Meanwhile, the sadistic prison director harassed Johnny and the other inmates. He also threatens Johnny that he will not be released. After receiving a message from Candy brought by the incarnate poodle, Johnny decides to flee. The prison director wants Johnny to be killed outside the prison camp by warden Ralph. Ralph and Johnny pass the point of impact of the meteor. Ralph touches the meteor and explodes. Johnny, chained to the jeep, is found by Frank, one of his former partners, and is injured with a pickaxe . The other prisoners can also escape, find the meteor and touch it. They suffer the same fate as Ralph did before and explode. Only Johnny's friend Wig does not touch the meteor and survives.
Rita is able to flee the brothel with the bed she is tied to. She finds Johnny and is able to heal his injuries due to the powers he received from the meteor. While they are having sex, Candy finds them and pushes the bed down a slope. Johnny can save himself and Rita. The two flee to the monastery, where the prison director and Wig appear shortly afterwards.
Candy reaches the monastery church with her incarnate poodles. Johnny has flooded the inside of the church with water. He throws the piece of the meteor chopped off by Rita into the water, whereupon the human poodles explode. The prison director and Wig also suffer the same fate. Candy can escape the danger area with her tongue. It comes to a duel in which Candy is injured. Johnny can't bring himself to kill Candy, whereupon Rita cuts off a large part of her tongue. Candy transforms back then.
background
In addition to Robert Englund ( Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare series), Doug Bradley ( Pinhead from the Hellraiser films) is another actor from a horror film series. Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers can be seen in one of his first film roles in the film. The film was shown in Spain from October 19 to December 16, 1995. a. Filmed in Almería and in the autonomous community of Madrid . The film premiered on September 7, 1996 at the Toronto International Film Festival ; in Germany, the film was first released in June 1997.
reception
Reviews
At the IMDb , the film is currently (as of May 2020) at 4.7 / 10 points. At Rotten Tomatoes , 39% of viewers rated the film positively.
In its review, the Lexicon of International Films notes that the film has no plot and that it is exhausted in a senseless and style-free chaos. In addition, the result is a crude mixture of misogyny and gross nonsense. The editorial staff of Cinema gave the film 4 out of 5 points.
Awards
At the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya , Melinda Clarke was named best actress in 1996. In 1997 the film was nominated in two categories at Fantasporto : Best Film and Best Special Effects, in the latter the film won the award. Director Alberto Sciamma finally won a prize for best director at the Fantafestival that same year.
Web links
- Killer Tongue in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Filming & Production. Internet Movie Database , accessed April 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed April 25, 2020 .
- ↑ User Ratings. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Killer Tongue at Rotten Tomatoes (English) , accessed on April 24, 2020
- ↑ Killer Tongue. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Killer Tongue. Cinema , accessed April 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Awards. Internet Movie Database , accessed April 24, 2020 .