The Kiss

R

Released Oct 14, 1988

1h 41m

Horror

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A feline beauty (Joanna Pacula) moves in with her sister's family (Nicholas Kilbertus, Meredith Salenger) and spreads Belgian Congo voodoo in suburbia.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The mood and atmosphere tend to win out over the sillier concepts, building up macabre moments and bloody deaths that make the overall effort unexpectedly entertaining.

Rated: 7/10

Jan 2, 2022

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 2/5

Oct 9, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 21, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Strange little incest thriller.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 3, 2005

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david j

A rather tame horror flick completely saved by its finale. It deserves to be noted that the stylish camera work and special effects do elevate this film's budget. If nothing else, see it for the cat.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Better than average offering has mysterious fashion model aunt arriving in teen's life shortly after her mother's death and coinciding with a series of brutal traumas to her friends. Escalator accident was one I hadn't seen before.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Pretty good b grade 80's thriller. Had never heard of this one, or most of the cast in it, so was pleasantly surprised. After teenage Amy's mother dies, the estranged aunt she never knew she had enters her life. Felice is beautiful and exotic, but there just may be more to her than meets the eye...and soon a series of tragic events start to happen to people Amy is close to. Genuinely creepy and compelling viewing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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kevin w

A middle class suburban family discovers that one side of the clan dabbles with the occult and not in the cutesy Hocus Pocus/Practical Magic sort of way. Played ominous from the outset there are some scares here, although with a nearly equal amount of "the dumb characters doing dumb things" schtick that plagues horror films like the Ebola virus gone rabid. The question becomes: does one care about the proceedings enough to stick with it? I didn't.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

When auntie F. comes to town, there will surely be blood--Not Scary, Just Bad!!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Its the bat-shit crazy little story about an African demon curse passed between women via rather unsettling incesty methods. Typical 80s madness with a heaping helping of camp and a dash of sex. Check it out bitches.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Pen Densham

Director

Joanna Pacula

Felice

Nicholas Kilbertus

Jack

Meredith Salenger

Amy

Mimi Kuzyk

Brenda

Jan Rubes

Gordon Tobin

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Synopsis

A feline beauty (Joanna Pacula) moves in with her sister's family (Nicholas Kilbertus, Meredith Salenger) and spreads Belgian Congo voodoo in suburbia.

Director: Pen Densham
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Production Co: TriStar Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 14, 1988, Original
Release Date (DVD): Feb 24, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround