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Phenomena

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6.8/10 • 830

1985-01-251h 50m

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Jennifer has a few million close friends. She's going to need them all!

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Directors
Dario Argento
Editors
Franco Fraticelli

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  1. Jennifer Connelly

    Jennifer Connelly

    Jennifer Corvino

  2. Daria Nicolodi

    Daria Nicolodi

    Frau Brückner

  3. Fiore Argento

    Fiore Argento

    Vera Brandt

  4. Federica Mastroianni

    Federica Mastroianni

    Sophie

  5. Fiorenza Tessari

    Fiorenza Tessari

    Gisela Sulzer

  6. Dalila Di Lazzaro

    Dalila Di Lazzaro

    Headmistress

  7. Patrick Bauchau

    Patrick Bauchau

    Inspector Rudolf Geiger

  8. Donald Pleasence

    Donald Pleasence

    Professor John McGregor

  9. Alberto Cracco

    Alberto Cracco

    UBS Bank Teller

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John Chard

Oct 3, 2014

6/10

Phenomena, doo-doo doo-doo-doo. Arriving at a Swiss Academy for girls, Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) gets embroiled in the workings of a serial killer. Her friends the insects and Professor John McGregor (Donald Pleasence) are on hand to help if possible. Directed and co-written by horror legend Dario Argento, Phenomena is a mixed bag. Ignoring the butchered American version, which was titled Creepers, the full uncut version is still messy. Argento the director is doing good work here, which explains why the film has a sturdy reputation. His eye for striking imagery and horror scene staging is evident here for sure, but Argento the writer (along with Franco Ferrini) fails to string a decent enough narrative together. Pace is all over the place, the dialogue often boorish, while wasting Donald Pleasence is a crime against horror film making. Still, there’s enough good Argento at work here to keep Phenomena above average, even if it’s more for the eyes than the brain. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,800,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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