Twisted Celluloid- Dead Tongues (2016)

Tony Germaine has just returned from exploring the Nazca Lines on October 18, 2015.  He’s greeted by his girlfriend, Stacie.  She was glad to see that he’s back from Peru.  However, Tony’s psyched about the potential of discovering a new language in some unknown part of the lines.  She is distraught because he forgot their anniversary.  Yet, he’s already begun a new journey despite being home.  The alien lines have begun to be his new love/obsession.  She saw him alive this day for the last time.  Two weeks later, he was dead.

Stacie headed back to Tony’s apartment to box his belongings.  However, she was unexpectedly frightened.  A familiar face greeted her in the apartment but it wasn’t him.  Tony had a twin and his name is Travis.  She’s perplexed because his twin brother was never mentioned.  Also, the study contained encrypted zip drives and other research material.

Who is Travis?  What’s on the zip drives?  What drove Tony to an early grave?

Dead Tongues was inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s short story, “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family”.  The film was co-directed by Roberto Drilea & Brianna Dorn.

Tongues slithered stealthfully due to the dual role played by Robert Justin Dresner. Dresner portrayed Tony & Travis without missing a beat.  He found the right nuances to make each brother chill and thrill.  Phoebe Fox was mesmerizing as Stacy.  She had the innocence and strength that comparable with Ashley Laurence’s Kirsty in Hellraiser.

Drilea and Dorn have directed a debut film that is on par with Hellraiser and Psycho.  The film is nonstop thrills and chills with twists that will leave audiences mesmerized.  Also, this is a micro-budget independent film and cost only $2,000 to make.  The film was the 2015-16 Applause for the Cause feature film project by Northwestern University.

On October 9, 2016, Dead Tongues was awarded Best Feature at the 21st Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon.  It deserves this honor and is worth seeking out.

Dead Tongues is one of 2016’s Best Films and will be making the rounds of horror film festivals for many years to come.

http://hplfilmfestival.com/films/dead-tongues

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertodrilea

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-dorn-593492103?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=Csoz&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A440125887%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-3-3%2CtarId%3A1476241033180%2Ctas%3Abrianna%20dorn%20

2 thoughts on “Twisted Celluloid- Dead Tongues (2016)

  1. Hi! You might like to know that Dead Tongues is about to receive a limited edition DVD release, as part of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® series. Pre-orders are available now on Arkham Bazaar with a release date slated for the end of June.

    Cheers!

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