Phenomena

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An American (Jennifer Connelly) at a Swiss finishing school calls on insects to help a paralyzed scientist (Donald Pleasence) fight a monster.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

Eschewing fussily prepared three-act structures and stopwatch-timed story beats, Dario Argento’s films unfold according to their own distinctive logic.

Mar 21, 2023

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Nicholas Royle

Time Out

Between shots of stunning mountain scenery there are paranormal breezes, unfeasibly bright night-lighting and buckets and buckets of maggots.

Feb 9, 2006

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Jon Pareles

New York Times

The best acting is by an expressive, resourceful chimpanzee -- definitely the year's Best Supporting Primate.

Aug 30, 2004

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

constantly skirts the edge of being something unique and enthralling, but at each turn Argento turns up the volume a bit too loud or piles on just a bit too much, even for those who appreciate his elaborate excesses

Rated: 2/4

Mar 27, 2023

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Chris Alexander

Alexander On Film

As troublesome as this sentiment may sound, SUSPIRIA and DEEP RED might be Argento’s most important movies, but their formidable powers dim substantially when stacked up against to the berserk and rapturous mutant anomaly that is PHENOMENA.

Dec 8, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Even folks who don't generally like movies that can broadly be categorized as "gore" or "slasher" flicks should be able to get a kick out of the works of Dario Argento, and Phenomena represents as good a starting point as any.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 28, 2020

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Adriana C Good movie terrible soundtrack Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/19/24 Full Review Jonathan O Phenomena is really a phenomenal supernatural horror thriller with really creepy crawling scene that make you skin crawl. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/24 Full Review Francisco M A masterpiece from Dario Argento, one of the masters of Italian horror cinema. Phenomena is a must-see for fans of the genre Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/28/23 Full Review Christian H This has to be one of the most random movies I've ever watched. It felt like a group of friends got stoned, discussed a horror movie and then filmed it exactly like they talked about. Terrible acting, terrible script, no plot, just weird random happenings with few/no connection. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/04/23 Full Review GuyManDude B I never thought I'd experience a horror movie just as bad as The Blair Witch Project, but the story plods like an episode of Dora the Explorer. Where are the scares and story elements? Oh, they're not here! Utter garbage. I wouldn't even watch it for free. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/25/23 Full Review JJJJJJ J A slightly subaverage giallo. It adds some twists with the supernatural element but in the end it really just doesn't do enough to set itself apart from its contemporary. It says nothing interesting and does nothing interesting. Is average in almost every way. It's not particularly bad but neither particularly good. I'd pass unless you are really into giallo's. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dario Argento Director Jennifer Connelly Jennifer Corvino Donald Pleasence Professor John McGregor Dalila Di Lazzaro Headmistress Fausta Avelli Schoolgirl Patrick Bauchau Inspector Rudolf Geiger

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Synopsis An American (Jennifer Connelly) at a Swiss finishing school calls on insects to help a paralyzed scientist (Donald Pleasence) fight a monster.

Director: Dario Argento
Producer: Dario Argento
Screenwriter: Dario Argento
Production Co: DACFILM Rome
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 14, 2017
Runtime: 1h 50m