- "My tongue is everything you never were!"
- ―Candy
| Killer Tongue | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Killer Tongue |
| Director: | Alberto Sciamma |
| Writers: | Alberto Sciamma |
| Producers: | Michael Cowan; Jason Piette; Volkert Struycken; Andrés Vicente Gómez; Christopher Figg |
| Cinematography: | Denis Crossan |
| Editors: | Jeremy Gibbs |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Lolafilms; Spice Factory |
| Released: | November 15th, 1996 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 100 min.; 98 min. (US) |
| Country: | Spain/UK |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $4,000,000 |
| Gross: | ESP 27,066,636 |
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Killer Tongue is a Spanish-British science fiction film of the horror subgenre. It was written and directed by Alberto Sciamma and produced by Lolafilms and the Spice Factory. It premiered on November 15th, 1996. The film stars Melinda Clarke as Candy, an Earth woman who is exposed to a meteorite that mutates her, granting her a long, voracious killer tongue. Other stars in the film include Jason Durr, Mapi Galán, Mabel Karr, Alicia Borrachero and horror film icons Robert Englund and Doug Bradley.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Melinda Clarke | Candy |
| Jason Durr | Johnny |
| Mapi Galán | Rita |
| Mabel Karr | Old nun |
| Robert Englund | Chief Screw |
| Alicia Borrachero | Reporter |
| Doug Bradley | Wig |
| Michael Cule | Frank |
| David Dale | Portia |
| Danny Edwards | Loca |
| Terry Forrestal | Postman |
| Ricardo Fraguas | Photographer |
| Alicia Garrigues | Cook nun |
| John Hampden | TV host |
| Kimberly | Mimi |
| Luchi López | Chubby nun |
| Stephen Marcus | Ralph |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Rudolph |
| Tusse Silberg | Mother superior |
| José Truchado | Ted |
| Edward Tudor-Pole | Flash |
| Richard Waters | Vic |
| Nigel Whitmey | Chip |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Known in Spain under the title La lengua asesina.
- Killer Tongue was released to DVD by Image Entertainment on February 1st, 2000. It was re-released by Allumination on May 4th, 2004. The Image Entertainment transfer has a running time of 97 minutes.
- Actress Melinda Clarke is also known for playing the role of Suliban alien Salin in the second part of the two-episode series premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise called "Broken Bow".
- Actor Robert Englund, who plays the character of Chief Screw is considered a horror film icon in the US market and is best known for his portrayal of wisecracking dream demon Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise.
- Doug Bradley, cast in the role of Wig in Killer Tongue is also known for playing the demon Pinhead in the Hellraiser film franchise. Producer Christopher Figg has worked with Bradley on the first three Hellraiser films and also co-produced the 2002 werewolf film Dog Soldiers.
External Links[]
- Killer Tongue at AMG
- Killer Tongue at IMDB
- Killer Tongue at Rotten Tomatoes
- Killer Tongue at the Horror House
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Keywords[]
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