The Kiss starts with a caption that informs us that we are in the 'Belgian Congo 1963' at a train station. A young girl named Felice Dunbar (Priscilla Mouzakiotis) is being sent away by her Father (Philip Pretten) with her Aunt Irene (Celine Lomez) while her sister Hilary (Talya Rubin) stays behind with him. On the journey Irene shows Felice an ancient tribal statue of some sort, not long after Irene's rotted corpse is found... The Kiss then informs us that it's '25 Years Later Albany New York'. Hilary (Pamela Collyer) is now married to Jack Halloran (Nicholas Kilbertus) & together they have & beautiful teenage daughter named Amy (Meredith Salenger). One day out of the blue Hilary receives a phone call from her sister Felice (Joanna Pacula) & they both arrange to meet, however on the way Hilary is killed in an accident. It's now '5 Months Later' & while visiting Hilary's grave Amy & her Father meet Felice, after they find out who she is Jack invites her to stay at their house. Amy starts to distrust & dislike Felice as one of her friends named Heather (Sabrina Boudot) dies in another bizarre accident & Felice seduces Jack. Amy's suspicions grow when she discovers a strange statue & Heather's sunglasses in Felice's room. More accidents happen & Felice becomes weirder & weirder until all is revealed when Amy realises she is about to become heir to a horrifying family secret & she has to fight for her life against The Kiss...
Co-produced & directed by Pen Densham I thought The Kiss was a mildly entertaining horror film but nothing that was particularly special in any way shape or form. The script by Tom Ropelewski & Stephen Volk is reasonably well paced, it has one or two slightly slow points but it's not too bad. The script doesn't really try to explain what's going on that much, no explanation for the origins of the statue, the eventual creature or the psycho cat. The Kiss also suffers from the usual silliness one associates with the horror genre, the scene with the propane tank at the end is unrealistic to say the least & this daftness affects The Kiss at times because the film seems to be taking itself quite seriously. There is some gore in it, a burnt hand, a rotten corpse, death by escalator, scissors stuck in someones neck & a couple of nasty car accidents including one with a juicy severed leg. I did like the special effects sequence when Amy is in science class at school & the anatomy dummy comes to life with it's exposed beating heart & lungs, cool eh? The special effects are OK, except that is the killer psycho cat which looks very fake & somewhat silly throughout I'm afraid. The fine looking Pacula provides the nudity. The acting in The Kiss is adequate by horror film standards although I thought Pacula as the main villain should have had a bit more of an on screen presence. The Kiss is quite well made, nothing stands out as being technically brilliant but nothing stands out as being overly bad either. Generally speaking Densham films The Kiss in a rather bland & uninteresting way which isn't a great surprise I suppose. Overall I thought The Kiss was an OK way to pass an hour & a half but I'll have probably forgotten all about it by the middle of next week, just about worth watching but don't expect a masterpiece.
Co-produced & directed by Pen Densham I thought The Kiss was a mildly entertaining horror film but nothing that was particularly special in any way shape or form. The script by Tom Ropelewski & Stephen Volk is reasonably well paced, it has one or two slightly slow points but it's not too bad. The script doesn't really try to explain what's going on that much, no explanation for the origins of the statue, the eventual creature or the psycho cat. The Kiss also suffers from the usual silliness one associates with the horror genre, the scene with the propane tank at the end is unrealistic to say the least & this daftness affects The Kiss at times because the film seems to be taking itself quite seriously. There is some gore in it, a burnt hand, a rotten corpse, death by escalator, scissors stuck in someones neck & a couple of nasty car accidents including one with a juicy severed leg. I did like the special effects sequence when Amy is in science class at school & the anatomy dummy comes to life with it's exposed beating heart & lungs, cool eh? The special effects are OK, except that is the killer psycho cat which looks very fake & somewhat silly throughout I'm afraid. The fine looking Pacula provides the nudity. The acting in The Kiss is adequate by horror film standards although I thought Pacula as the main villain should have had a bit more of an on screen presence. The Kiss is quite well made, nothing stands out as being technically brilliant but nothing stands out as being overly bad either. Generally speaking Densham films The Kiss in a rather bland & uninteresting way which isn't a great surprise I suppose. Overall I thought The Kiss was an OK way to pass an hour & a half but I'll have probably forgotten all about it by the middle of next week, just about worth watching but don't expect a masterpiece.