Master of Italian cinema Dario Argento has had a slew of hits and cult favorites in his long career. He's most known for his gialli Deep Red and Tenebre, as well as the hallucinatory beauty of Suspiria. Here, with Phenomena, Dario mixes a giallo with the eerie horror of supernatural gifts. While The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Deep Red were mixtures of thriller and horror intertwined, this 1985 classic is a ghastly fright night all the way. He brings beauty to the world of insects, sticks to his mystery roots, and sets it around a Swiss boarding school. Phenomena manages to horrify without throwing up over-the-top gore as with his most memorable outings. Still, it's a graphic movie, and one of his darkest. Is this terror another brilliant effort from Argento? And can it rival his previously mentioned wonders?
Jennifer Corvino, daughter of an American film star, arrives in Switzerland in the area known as 'The Swiss Transylvania' to attend the Richard Wagner School for Girls. She arrives at the same time as a killer starts stalking the girls at the school. She is befriended by the wheelchair-ridden Scottish entomologist John MacGregor who discovers that Jennifer has an ability to telepathically communicate with insects. As she explores her newfound ability, Jennifer realises that this also offers a means of discovering the killer's identity.
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