Phenomena
1985 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 6.8 · 66% critics
A young girl with the ability to communicate with insects is sent to an exclusive Swiss boarding school. Her unusual gift may become the key to investigating a string of murders unfolding there.
Also known as Creepers · Dario Argento's Phenomena
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Details
- Years
- 1985
- Release date
- 1985-01-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (910 votes)
- Budget
- $3,800,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy Phenomena if you want a stylish supernatural giallo mystery with unsettling insect ideas and memorable music; Not for you if you dislike gore or need a tightly coherent narrative, or if you’re only into Trauma or Opera.
Pros: striking horror visuals; insect-powered mystery; killer soundtrack | Cons: messy pacing; uneven narrative; divisive gore
Themes
- daughter
- insect
- boarding school
- psychopath
- telepathy
- detective
- switzerland
- chimpanzee
- girls' boarding school
- murder
- serial killer
- teenage girl
- +15 more
Cast & crew
Jennifer Connelly
as Jennifer Corvino
Daria Nicolodi
as Frau Brückner
Fiore Argento
as Vera Brandt
Federica Mastroianni
as Sophie
Fiorenza Tessari
as Gisela Sulzer
Dalila Di Lazzaro
as Headmistress
Patrick Bauchau
as Inspector Rudolf Geiger
Donald Pleasence
as Professor John McGregor
Alberto Cracco
as UBS Bank Teller
Kaspar Capparoni
as Karl, Sophie's Boyfriend
Directed by Dario Argento