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Looking at the video box or movie poster, you might think this is going to be another spoof of those silly 1950's horror films involving radiation poisoning gone wrong. You are so wrong.
In a nutshell, a meteor crashes to earth and a chunk is ingested by Candy (Melinda Clarke), a former nun waiting for her boyfriend Johnny (Jason Durr) to be released from prison. Her tongue grows to about ten feet long, and eventually talks to her. Hijinks of the most offensive order ensue.
This is such an off-the-wall surreal nightmare that you must see it to believe it. So many scenes can only be mentioned by their generic names because this somehow escaped with an (R) rating but watch out for the port-a-potty scene, the bathtub scene, the confessional scene, and the super glue scene. While this has a lot of material that kids should not see, this is also one of the funniest horro films out there. Robert Englund, as the prison director, gives a better performance here than in all the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" films combined, showing that his acting genius did not have to include fright makeup, and he should have been allowed to do more of these over-the-top horror comedies. The entire cast looks like they were having a lot of fun here, and it rubs off on the viewer in the right mood.
Sometimes hard to find in the wild, I loved (and was mostly aghast) at "Killer Tongue." There needs to be a decent version of this released on physical media of this, I have heard the DVD is terrible quality and cut. Also known as "Tongue Girl."
Stats:
(1996) 98 min. (10/10)
-Written and Directed by Alberto Sciamma
-Cast: Melinda Clarke, Jason Durr, Robert Englund, Doug Bradley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Mapi Galan, Mabel Karr, Alicia Borrachero, Michael Cule, David Dale, Daniel Edwards, Terry Forrestal, Ricardo Fraguas
(R)
Media Viewed: VHS
