Using louma-crane shots over trees and windswept fields he has delivered something very different to his other films and is definitely worth another look especially on DVD. Using surreal lighting and empty locations Argento has created a film which is better watched from the "outside" as he has said. The pastel shades and overwhelming blue look with shadows are ever present here. Phenomena is a departure for Argento and has been generally panned and ridiculed, yet this is a thought provoking fairy tale that never lets you settle, often beautiful in its ability to couple images with sound. Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Fiore Argento, Federica Mastroianni, Directors: Dario Argento. release of the film was edited down and re-titled Creepers, though it has since then received an uncut DVD release in the States. Donald Pleasence is the charismatic Entomologist who discovers Jennifer's powers and helps her to use them in attempting to solve the murders. (User Rating 6.7/10 Based on 28370 ) Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery. Phenomena is a 1985 film directed and written by Dario Argento, starring a young Jennifer Connelly (in her first leading role), huge swarms of flies and a chimpanzee wielding a razor. Sinopsis: Jennifer Corvino, hija de un famoso actor de Hollywood, ingresa en la Academia Richard Wagner, un internado situado en las montaas que rodean Zurich (Suiza). ![]() the idea being that fly larvae infests dead bodies so what better way to locate fresh corpses of the new victims. Phenomena es una pelcula dirigida por Dario Argento con Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Patrick Bauchau, Francesca Ottaviani. With her apparent telephatic powers over insects she is persuaded to track the crimes using a Great Sarcophagus Fly. She becomes involved with the solving of a spate of murders which have plagued the area and resulted in numerous missing girls. She awakens and falls, ending up lost in the. While sleepwalking, Jennifer witnesses a student being slain. An American (Jennifer Connelly) at a Swiss finishing school calls on insects to help a paralyzed scientist (Donald Pleasence) fight a monster. ![]() Young Jennifer Corvino (Connelly) is sent to a remote boarding school in the Swiss Alps complete with introductory voice-over a-la Suspiria (1977). Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly), insect-loving daughter of a movie star, arrives at the Swiss Richard Wagner Academy for Girls, chaperoned by Frau Brckner (Daria Nicolodi), who places her with roommate Sophie (Federica Mastroianni). ![]() Phenomena is a concoction of ideas combining the giallo elements of murder mystery with a mish mash of supernatural, present in his earlier films. Referred to as giallo with paranormal, this was Argento's only cinematic disaster according to most fans and critics. R 1h 56min Horror, Mystery 2 August 1985 (USA) 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.
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