La lengua asesina (1996)

This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes ... See full summary »

Director:

Alberto Sciamma

Writer:

Alberto Sciamma

Stars:

Melinda Clarke, Jason Durr, Mapi Galán

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melinda Clarke	...	Candy
Jason Durr	...	Johnny
Mapi Galán	...	Rita
Mabel Karr	...	Old Nun
Robert Englund	...	Prison Director
Alicia Borrachero	...	Reporter
Doug Bradley	...	Wig
Michael Cule	...	Frank
David Dale	...	Portia
Daniel Edwards	...	Loca (as Danny Edwards)
Terry Forrestal	...	Postman
Ricardo Fraguas	...	Photographer
Alicia Garrigues	...	Cook Nun
John Hampden	...	TV Host
Kimberly	...	Mimi

Storyline

This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes near the station transforming the woman into an alien being with a gigantic voracious tongue and her poodles are transformed into four drag queens. The whole thing grows even weirder as her boy friend escapes from prison and also encounters the meteorite, as does a mute Nun who is converted into a sexy drum majorette. Pursued by the prison officials who are after him, the whole group eventually come into conflict.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | poodle | desert | tongue | nun | 

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Taglines:

Go for your gums ...

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bizarre sexuality and violence, and for pervasive language

Details

Country:

UK Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 1996 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Killer Tongue

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

ESP 27,066,636 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lolafilms, Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel), Spice Factory

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Rudolph: [sitting in kitchen] Well, mommy, it's just you're a girl who can't say no. That's all.

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Soundtracks

"¿Cuándo, por qué, cómo y con quién?"
Written by Carlos García Berlanga

User Reviews

My tongue is everything you never were!

This was Alberto Sciamma's first film, and it won him a Best Director award at the Fantafestival. I don't know what he was aiming for, but he hit something.

While her boyfriend (Jason Durr) is in the cooler, Candy (Melinda Clarke) hides out in a nunnery. Not your ordinary nunnery, but one that runs a gas station in the New Mexico desert.

After some alien magic, Candy grows a long tongue and her poodles are turned into flamboyant drag queens (one is Jonathan Rhys Meyers). This are certainly getting interesting because this isn't just a long tongue, it's a killer tongue. It craves meat! While Candy is getting used to her new tongue, her boyfriend is being tortured by none other than Robert Englund, who is the Chief Guard at the jail.

The nuns don't go away from the story after Candy leaves. One (Mapi Galán) is wandering the desert and comes on some alien rock that gives her healing powers, and another has been transformed by the transvestites.

The huge tongue - we are talking 6+ feet here - transforms and talks! Candy tries to commit suicide, but the tongue heals her just like the nun in the desert heals her boyfriend.

That nun was doing some special healing to Johnny later on, and they barely escaped with their lives after Candy caught them.

Anyway, Candy finds out that a six foot tongue can do things that Johnny can't.

This is one strange movie. It would have been more interesting if the only nudity wasn't two men's butts.