Review of Phenomena (1985) by Lafe F — 27 Jan 2008
A weird Dario Argento movie which doesn't make much sense to me. Jennifer Connelly plays a girl who can communicate with insects. She gets involved in a series of murders at a private girls' school in Switzerland, and the bugs help guide her to the killer.
Donald Pleasance plays an invalid entomologist with a chimpanzee servant. Daria Nicolodi (Dario's ex-wife) plays the school headmistress. The killings are not to impressive in this one. I like the Swiss scenery.
There's are some heavy metal songs and some weird dream sequences. The finale is pretty amazing, with a pool full of maggots and body parts, and a freaky mutant child. It's more funny than scary.
One of my least favorite Dario Argento classics.
This review of Phenomena (1985) was written by Lafe F on 27 Jan 2008.
Phenomena has generally received positive reviews.
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