Curdled (1996)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Reb Braddock

Writers:

Reb Braddock (1991 screenplay) &
John Maass (1991 screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

After the killer kills, after the living are dead, somebody has to clean up the mess.

Plot:

Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of...

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Scrapbook | Post Murder Cleaning Service | Cigarette Smoking | Psychopath

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

William Baldwin	...	Paul Guell
Angela Jones	...	Gabriela
Bruce Ramsay	...	Eduardo
Lois Chiles	...	Katrina Brandt
Barry Corbin	...	Lodger
Mel Gorham	...	Elena
Daisy Fuentes	...	Clara
Carmen López	...	Lourdes
Vivienne Sendaydiego	...	Eva
Caridad Ravelo	...	Joan
Sandra Thigpen	...	Grace
Kelly Preston	...	Kelly Hogue
Lupita Ferrer	...	Marie Clement
Sabrina Cowan	...	Red Haired Waitress
Charles Tucker	...	San the Barback (as Charles J. Tucker)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, and for brief language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Company:

A Band Apart

Trivia:

The Gecko brothers from From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) are depicted as fugitives on a crime TV show spotlighting the "Blue Blood Killer".

Goofs:

Continuity: Early in the movie, one of Paul's victims writes his name on a tile floor just before she dies. The penmanship changes from shaky and faint, to steady and thick.

Movie Connections:

References From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Soundtrack:

Matador

Very black and bloody horror comedy

This very black and bloody horror comedy is a real favorite of mine, ever since I first saw it on cable several years ago. Tarantino saw the original short film while promoting his Reservior Dogs at an Italian film festival, and suggested the filmmakers to expand it to a feature film, and he would produce it. They did of course, and to me, this is a work of art, with a film score that fits about as perfect to the scenes as any I have seen. Angela Jones plays Gabriela, a Columbian beauty that has moved to Miami, and has an obsession with bloody crime scenes. She gets a job with a company that cleans up crime scenes, and she starts following the news accounts of a serial killer played by William Baldwin. After his recent murder, she gets assigned the job of cleaning up the bloody mess, and doesn't know it, but the killer is locked in the wine closet because he left a clue to his identity. Soon, there is the grand finale, which is a danse macabre between the two, with an ending that knocked me out of my chair when I first saw it. This is black comedy at it's darkest and most fun, and the DVD is loaded with features including an intro and outro by Tarantino. It also contains the original 30 minute short version of the movie. I absolutely love this movie, and recommend it very highly.