La lengua asesina (1996)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Alberto Sciamma

Writer:

Alberto Sciamma (writer)

Release Date:

15 November 1996 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Horror

Plot:

This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Poodle | Desert | Tongue | Nun

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Alicia Borrachero	...	Reporter
Doug Bradley	...	Headwig
Melinda Clarke	...	Candy
Michael Cule	...	Frank
David Dale	...	Heidi
Jason Durr	...	Johnny
Danny Edwards	...	Loca
Robert Englund	...	Chief Screw
Terry Forestal	...	Postman (as Terry Forrestal)
Ricardo Fraguas	...	Photographer
Mapi Galán	...	Rita
Alicia Garrigues	...	Cooker Nun
John Hampden	...	TV Host
Mabel Karr	...	Elder Nun
Kimberly	...	Mimi
Luchi López	...	Plump Nun
Stephen Marcus	...	Ralph, Prison Guard
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Rudolph
Tusse Silberg	...	Mother Superior
José Truchado	...	Ted
Edward Tudor-Pole	...	Flash
Richard Waters	...	Vic
Nigel Whitmey	...	Chip

Directed by
Alberto Sciamma

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alberto Sciamma		writer

Produced by
Windus Arthur	....	senior producer
Michael Cowan	....	executive producer
Christopher Figg	....	producer
Andrés Vicente Gómez	....	producer
Jason Piette	....	executive producer
Matthew W. Plummer	....	senior producer
Volkert Struycken	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Denis Crossan

Film Editing by
Jeremy Gibbs

Production Design by
Jose Luis Del Barro

Costume Design by
John Krausa

Makeup Department
Shaune Harrison	....	special makeup effects artist
Duncan Jarman	....	special makeup effects artist
Justin Pitkethly	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
José M. Garasino	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Graham Humphreys	....	storyboard artist
Fernando Sáenz	....	set designer

Sound Department
Alistair Crocker	....	sound
Robert Farr	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Dave Bonneywell	....	special effects supervisor
Jason McCameron	....	animatronics
Simon Williams	....	animatronic engineer

Visual Effects by
Richard Bain	....	visual effects designer
Adrian Banton	....	digital tongue effects supervisor: image animation
Frazer Churchill	....	visual effects producer
Matthew Holben	....	head of production
Charlie Noble	....	digital compositor
Paul Riddle	....	digital compositor: MPC
Keith Roberts	....	visual effects producer
Mark Stannard	....	digital compositor
Perri Wainwright	....	digital compositor
Kevin Phelan	....	scanning and recoding producer: CFC London (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Miles Cook	....	director of photography: second unit
Adolfo Morales 'Fofi'	....	first assistant camera
Micky Page	....	gaffer
Nick Ray	....	key grip
Jamie Summers	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Keith Mason	....	first assistant editor

Other crew
Carmen Muller	....	production coordinator
Lisa Vick	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Lolafilms
• Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel)
• Spice Factory
• The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company

Distributors

• A-Pix Entertainment
• Ardustry Home Entertainment
• Buena Vista International Spain
• Tohokushinsha Film

Also Known As:

The Killer Tongue

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

Norway:100 min | UK:95 min | USA:98 min

Country:

UK | Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Lolafilms

Quotes:

Candy: My tongue is everything you never were!

Soundtrack:

¿Cuándo, por qué, cómo y con quién?

I LOVED THIS FLICK!

Wow, what a movie!

This is strictly for the b-movie lovers only. All you namby pamby Julia Roberts movie going public should just stick to renting that piece of trash "Steel Magnolias" again while the rest of us enjoy great flciks like this.

I get a kick out of reviewers that rented this and expected high cinema...hello McFly, it's a movie called "The Killer Tongue"

Anyways, the movie concerns a hot chickie played by the always gorgeous Mindy Clark (billed here as Melinda Clark) who was a standout in "Return Of The Living Dead 3" who eats some alien infested soup and becomes a chickie with a mutant, talking tongue.

Her poodles eat the soup and POOF they become drag queens.

Anyways, I don't want to spoil the twists and turns and fun stuff.

I got a huge kick out of Robert Englund (who plays Freddy Kreuger) and Doug Bradley (who plays Pinhead in the "Hellraiser" movies) towards the end when Robert tells Doug "I like you better with the natural look" a great inside reference about the Pinhead makeup.

So, if you want something different then by all means check this out. If you haven't even seen a NightMare On Elm Street or Hellraiser movie, please proceed to the Julia Roberts aisl of the video store. ;)