The Killer Tongue

1h 38m 1996

Brief Synopsis

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Following a bank heist lovers Candy and Johnny make off with the money, dumping the rest of their gang. But Johnny is arrested and while he is in prison, Candy hides out in a convent. One day a meteor lands in her soup, transforming her poodles into drag queens and making her the host for an alien,

Cast & Crew

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Alberto Sciamma

Director

Melinda Clarke

Candy

Jason Durr

Johnny

Mapi Galan

Rita

Mabel Karr

Old Nun

Robert Englund

Chief Screw

Film Details

Also Known As
Killer Tongue, lengua asesina, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Horror
Release Date
1996
Production Company
British Screen Finance; Canal Plus Spain; European Script Fund; Sogepaq S.A.; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.
Location
Almeria, Spain; Las Bardenas Reales, Spain; Madrid, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Synopsis

Following a bank heist lovers Candy and Johnny make off with the money, dumping the rest of their gang. But Johnny is arrested and while he is in prison, Candy hides out in a convent. One day a meteor lands in her soup, transforming her poodles into drag queens and making her the host for an alien, who enters her as her new, super-long tongue. The tongue demands human victims, and attacks nuns, gangsters and the returned Johnny.

Directors

Alberto Sciamma

Director

Terry Forrestal

2nd Unit Director (2nd Unit)

Cast

Melinda Clarke

Candy

Jason Durr

Johnny

Mapi Galan

Rita

Mabel Karr

Old Nun

Robert Englund

Chief Screw

Alicia Borrachero

Reporter

Douglas Bradley

Wig

Michael Cule

Frank

David Dale

Portia

Danny Edwards

Loca

Terry Forrestal

Postman

Ricardo Fraguas

Photographer

Alicia Garrigues

Cook Nun

John Hampden

Tv Presenter

Luchy Lopez

Chubby Nun

Stephen Marcus

Screw 2

Gareth Marks

Tongue Voice

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Rudolph

Tusse Silberg

Mother Superior

Jose Truchado

Ted

Edward Tudor Pole

Flash

Richard Water

Vic

Nigel Whitmey

Chip

Crew

Cesar Abades

Other

Adrian Banton

Digital Tongue Effects Supervisor

Alan Bell

Foley Editor

Silvia Bermejo

Assistant Director

David Bonneywell

Effects Supervisor

Paul Carr

Dubbing Mixer

Luis Orient Chinchilla

Animal Trainer

Stephen Colley

Casting (Drag Coordinator)

Miles Cook

Camera

Michael Lionello Cowan

Executive Producer

Steve Crawley

Other

Alistair Crocker

Sound Mixer

Denis Crossan

Director Of Photography

Jose Luis Del Barco

Production Designer

Carol L Dudley

Casting

Miguel Cruz Faber

Wardrobe Master

Robert Farr

Dubbing Mixer

Christopher Figg

Producer

Terry Forrestal

Stunt Coordinator

Jose Garasino

Assistant Director

Paul Garner

Storyboard Artist

Jeremy Gibbs

Editor

Andres Vicente Gomez

Producer

Francois Gomez

Makeup Artist

Milko Gomez

Hairdresser

Diane Greaves

Foley Artist

Graham Humphries

Storyboard Artist

Bob Keen

Effects Consultant

John Krausa

Costume Designer

Jason Mccameron

Animatronics Supervisor

Alistair Meux

2nd Unit Cameraman (2nd Unit) (Madrid)

Carmen Muller

Production Coordinator

Fuensanta Narajo

Wardrobe Mistress

Charlie Noble

Other

Cath Pater-lancucki

Production Designer

Cesar Perez

Production Manager

Jason Piette

Executive Producer

Paul Riddle

Other

Keith Roberts

Computer Graphics Designer

Kuki Lopez Rodero

Production Supervisor

Kuki Lopez Rodero

Assistant Director

Fernando Saenz

Art Director

Antonio Saura

Associate Producer

Alberto Sciamma

Screenwriter

Jupiter Sen

Sound Effects Editor

Michael Prestwood Smith

Digital Sound Effects Editor

Mark Stannard

Other

Jack Stew

Foley Artist

Volkert Struycken

Executive Producer

Jonathan Stuart

Effects Supervisor (Physical Effects/Side Effects)

Andy Thompson

Digital Sound Effects Editor

Budge Tremlett

Dialogue Editor

Lisa Vick

Script Supervisor

Patrick Vigne

Effects Supervisor (Physical Effects/Side Effects)

Perri Wainwright

Other

Arthur Windus

Line Producer

Marcus Wookey

Effects Supervisor (Physical Effects/Side Effects)

Film Details

Also Known As
Killer Tongue, lengua asesina, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Horror
Release Date
1996
Production Company
British Screen Finance; Canal Plus Spain; European Script Fund; Sogepaq S.A.; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.
Location
Almeria, Spain; Las Bardenas Reales, Spain; Madrid, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States on Video August 3, 1999

Released in United States May 1996

Released in United States October 1996

Actress Melinda Clarke was named Best Actress at the 1996 Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror.

Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.

Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film October 4-10, 1996.

Feature directorial debut for music video director Alberto Sciamma.

Completed shooting December 16, 1995.

Began shooting October 19, 1995.

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States on Video August 3, 1999

Released in United States 1996 (Actress Melinda Clarke was named Best Actress at the 1996 Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror.)

Released in United States May 1996 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.)

Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film October 4-10, 1996.)

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