L' Iguane à la langue de feu

Titre original : L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco

1971
Not Rated
1h 36min

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Giallo Psychological Thriller Slasher Horror Crime Horror Mystery Thriller

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer.... Tout lireA corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.A corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.

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Anecdotes
The films opening credits state it is based on the novel "A Room Without a Door", by Richard Mann. Italian film historian Roberto Curti said the novel was an invention of the filmmakers. The screenplay for the film was written by Sandro Continenza and Riccardo Freda, while other credited writers André Tranché and Günter Ebert were credited solely for co-production reasons.

Gaffes
Mandel is talking to Norton on the phone in a dark room as the murderer approaches, but when it cuts to a shot of his fake-blood engorged prosthetic throat being slit, out of nowhere there's a spotlight on it.

Citations
Ambassador Sobiesky: You bitch! You fucking bitch! You bitch, Bitch, BITCH!

Crédits fous
The film's opening credits state it is based on the novel "A Room Without a Door", by Richard Mann. Italian film historian Roberto Curti said the novel was an invention of the filmmakers.

Connexions
Featured in Frightened Dagmar (2015)

Bandes originales
Habanera
Written by Georges Bizet
Performed by Valentina Cortese

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6/10

Gory giallo with some unusual ideas

Riccardo Freda's rude giallo is not quite a masterpiece, but it still delivers good entertainment and some stuff quite unusual for the "typical" Italian thriller of the Sixties and Seventies. First of all, the movie plays in Dublin, which I already assume unique in the history of giallo. Second, the family involved in the crimes is the one of the Dutch ambassador in the Republic of Ireland, which makes the case even more complicated for the policemen involved.

Also very remarkable is the fact that this giallo delivers no nude scenes, which is quite rare for this genre. And last but not least, it's one of the goriest gialli before Dario Argento made "Profondo Rosso" (Deep Red). E.g.: Some hapless victims get their faces mutilated by acid before the killer slits their throats.

By the way Freda delivers some thrilling and uncanny moments, and the climax is extremely nasty for various reasons: It has to be seen to be believed. The cast - including Anton Diffring, Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander and Werner Pochath - is above average and always convincing.

All in all, "L'Iguana dalla Lingua di Fuoco" is not a masterly but still very cool giallo. Its only fault (possibly) is that it's too nasty for the easily offended - but easily offended people don't watch gialli anyway, I guess.