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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   5,355 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Dario Argento (screenplay)
Dario Argento (story)
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Contact:
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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:
One of the directors best films. more (134 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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Trivia:
Director Dario Argento often cites this film as his personal favorite among his works. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The girl in the opening is allegedly Danish, but clearly speaks Norwegian. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Jennifer's Friend more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
One of the directors best films., 1 July 2000
10/10

This review applies to the US version that was released by Media Home Entertainment. It is 82mins. and is titled CREEPERS.

A young girl attending a Swiss girls school discovers that the school is plagued by a series of grisly murders. An extremely stylish offering by Italy's leading horror genre master. Quite original too, with some unusual sub-plots too that include our main characters ability to control insects and use them to track the killer. Even though this has about 30mins. cut out of it, it really doesn't show, and this offers plenty of gore for all of your gore hounds especially at the scary and exciting end. A really good film. My rating: 9 out of 10.

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