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A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where she uses her ability to call on insects to help a paralyzed scientist (Donald Pleasence) fight a monster.
20 November 1962, Naples, Campania, Italy
6 December 1938, Brussels, Belgium
1970, Rome, Lazio, Italy
3 July 1957, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
12 December 1970, Catskill Mountains, New York, USA
21 October 1968, Rome, Lazio, Italy
29 November 1945, Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1 August 1964, Rome, Lazio, Italy
9 June 1933, Tripoli, Libya
5 October 1919, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
19 June 1950, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
29 January 1953, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
May 28, 2008
... Phenomena works best when viewed as a contemporary fairy tale.
May 31, 2017
Phenomena may not be as consistent as Argento's masterpieces but it's frequently fantastic and deserves a reappraisal.
February 02, 2014
Though Argento's plot is often confused and grotesque, he has a remarkably energetic visual style (mobile camera, slow-motion, careful lighting, creative editing) that is never boring.
February 09, 2006
Between shots of stunning mountain scenery there are paranormal breezes, unfeasibly bright night-lighting and buckets and buckets of maggots.
March 07, 2011
so over-egged is the story with police procedural, insect science and paranormal events that squaring the circle of all these clashing frames becomes a disorienting thrill with heady pleasures of its own.
December 11, 2002
Don't expect logic -- and don't expect anything remotely approaching reality -- and you'll be OK.
December 04, 2001
Phenomena (a.k.a. Creepers) provides what is alternately Argento's most batty and spiritual landscape.
September 02, 2005
If the Devil is the Lord of the Flies, what does that make Jennifer Connelly as a disturbed teenager who can telepathically communicate with the buzzing buggers?
May 26, 2006
Excellent horror flick.
August 30, 2004
The best acting is by an expressive, resourceful chimpanzee - definitely the year's Best Supporting Primate.
June 19, 2008
Worth catching if you're a hardcore Argento fan. Otherwise, pass.
