Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi
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.
DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005
Stats: 465 reviews
The first 4/5ths of this movie were pretty slow, but once she becomes lady of the flies, gets chased by a mutant 4 year old and gets aided by a razor-wielding chimpanzee, well it's like coming home again.
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 ...( read more)
If you must have a Dario Argento film in your collection, this is the one to have. Stylish and sometimes difficult to follow, it nonetheless delivers the goods horror-wise.
Phenomena has aged far better than Suspiria, since it has some semblance of a plot and intelligence. Not much - it's still Argento - but it's there. Argento uses his fantastic cinematography abilities to full effect here and creates some really amazing shots. The man has his tale...( read more)
While I don't think it is as good as some of Dario Argento's other work, it's a very different style from what he's normally used to. The setting is almost fantasy like, where the impossible is made possible. Jennifer Connelly was great, even for it being her second movie. The fi...( read more)
A stunning kaleideoscope of mad concepts, as unsettling as it is bonkers. Argento's utter sincerity saves it from self-parody.
Dario Argento does have some great taste in music. Phenomena, though not as good as Suspiria, did have a great score with the includance of Iron Maiden. It also includes a very young Jennifer Connelly who can interact with insects and even see through their eyes. On...( read more)
One of Argento's best movies: great soundtrack (as usual), awesome gore (monkey with a razor!!) and a young (and stunning) Jennifer Connelly as the lead. Not his best, but most definitely not his worst.
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