IGUANA WITH THE TONGUE OF FIRE
dir. Riccardo Freda, 1971
Ireland. 92 min.
In English

“One of the more entertaining exercises in post-Argento giallo.” -- Flickering Myth

The most cruel and unpredictable crimes that you will ever see again on the screen!

A severely unusual Euro proto-slasher which places its requisite black-gloved killer on the mean streets of Dublin, where he (or she?) delights in tossing disfiguring acid in victims’ faces before the straight razor finishes the job. THE IGUANA WITH THE TONGUE OF FIRE is notorious for being one of the more reckless and inventive giallos, absolutely packed with a multitude of wingnuts, red herrings, and indescribably eccentric characters — and kills! — made at the misanthropic apex of Italian cinema’s murdermania.

Restoration courtesy of Arrow Films and the American Genre Film Archive.