The read
Scores higher than 86% of the 569 1980s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic57/100
942 audience votes
Key crew
- Dario ArgentoScreenplay
- Simon BoswellOriginal Music Composer
- Dario ArgentoDirector
- Franco FerriniScreenplay
- Claudio SimonettiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jennifer ConnellyJennifer Corvino
- Daria NicolodiFrau Brückner
- Fiore ArgentoVera Brandt
- Federica MastroianniSophie Brook
- Fiorenza TessariGisela Sulzer
- Dalila Di LazzaroHeadmistress Yetz
- Patrick BauchauInspector Rudolf Geiger
- Donald PleasenceProfessor John McGregor
- Alberto CraccoUBS Bank Teller
- Kaspar CapparoniKarl, Sophie's Boyfriend
- Mario DonatoneMorris Shapiro
- Antonio MaimoneEEG Doctor
Stills
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Themes
daughterinsectboarding schoolpsychopathtelepathydetectiveswitzerlandchimpanzeegirls' boarding schoolmurderserial killerteenage girl
The Best Movies of 1985
Phenomena is #54 of 60
