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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   5,397 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Dario Argento (screenplay)
Dario Argento (story)
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Release Date:
2 August 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
Jennifer Has A Few Million Close Friends. She's Going To Need Them _All_. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
User Comments:
Outstanding Italian horror from Dario Argento. ***Spoilers*** more (135 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jennifer Connelly ... Jennifer Corvino
Daria Nicolodi ... Frau Brückner
Dalila Di Lazzaro ... Headmistress

Patrick Bauchau ... Inspector Rudolf Geiger

Donald Pleasence ... Professor John McGregor
Fiore Argento ... Vera Brandt
Federica Mastroianni ... Sophie
Fiorenza Tessari ... Gisela Sulzer
Mario Donatone ... Morris Shapiro
Francesca Ottaviani ... Nurse
Michele Soavi ... Kurt, Geiger's Assistant

Franco Trevisi ... Real Estate Agent
Fausta Avelli ... Schoolgirl
Marta Biuso ... Schoolgirl
Sophie Bourchier ... Schoolgirl
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Creepers (USA)
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Runtime:
110 min | 116 min (integral version) | USA:110 min (re-release) | USA:82 min (edited version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Argentina:18 (original rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R (as "Creepers") (DVD rating) (cut) | Australia:R (as "Phenomena) (DVD rating) (uncut) | Australia:R (original rating) | Denmark:15 (video premiere) | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | West Germany:18 | Finland:K-18
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Fun Stuff

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The larvae were created by placing vermiculite in water and adding liquid chocolate and essence of mint. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jennifer finds the small boy, she removes a sheet from a mirror. In the next shot the sheet is draped back over the mirror again. more
Movie Connections:
References Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) more
Soundtrack:
Locomotive more

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25 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
Outstanding Italian horror from Dario Argento. ***Spoilers***, 3 October 2001
10/10
Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

My review is based on uncut Italian print,which runs 110 minutes.A young Jennifer Connelly can communicate telepathically with insects.The area she arrives in is being terrorized by a psychotic killer,who has been murdering coeds and making off with their decapitated bodies.Desperate for clues,a police inspector visits an entomologist Donald Pleasance("Halloween","Death Line")and eventually Pleasance and Connelly team up to find the killer.It all has something to do with Daria Nicolodi and the deformed creature she keeps chained in the basement.Wonderful atmosphere,gorgeous cinematography and plenty of gruesome gore make this one a must-see.Argento goes totally over the top in "Phenomena" with a swimming pool full of maggots and rotting corpses,a mad dwarf,a razor wielding monkey and grisly decapitations.Great heavy metal songs by Iron Maiden and Motorhead plus a nice musical score by Goblin.10 out of 10.

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