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Rating: 7 stars

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secret cinema giallo murder serial killer swiss alps boarding school psychic chimpanzee insects

All movies seen on 01/14/2017

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Phenomena (1985)

Directed by Dario Argento

Thriller | Supernatural | Crime

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Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Jennifer Connelly | Daria Nicolodi | Fiore Argento | Federica Mastroianni | Fiorenza Tessari | Dalila Di Lazzaro | Patrick Bauchau | Donald Pleasence | Alberto Cracco | Kaspar Capparoni | Mario Donatone | Antonio Maimone | Davide Marotta | Fulvio Mingozzi | Francesca Ottaviani | Michele Soavi | Franco Trevisi | Fausta Avelli | Franca Berdini | Marta Biuso | Marisa Simonetti | Geraldine Thomas | Tanga | Stefania Possamai

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Still not my favorite Argento (always and forever SUSPIRIA) but I definitely appreciated it more after this viewing. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this and I’d have to say it’s probably his most coherent film in terms of plot. Definitely derivative of FRIDAY THE 13TH but it has its own style and uniqueness.

Jennifer Connelly is great, as is Donald Pleasence, but the chimpanzee steals the show in all of its scenes. As usual there are some odd editing and music choices but those serve to make the movie stand out from the crowd of horror films that started to flood the market in the direct-to-video era.

This might be the only Argento film I can recall without any nudity as well.

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