'Phenomina' is a Dario Argento horror/mystery/thriller set in Switzerland. A serial killer is abducting and killing teenage girls. Donald Plesance is a wheelchair bound, Scottish born entomologist who has helped the police date a murder based on insect damage to the recovered head. A 14 year old Jennifer Connelly is the daughter of an American movie star and new student at a prestigious boarding school, she has a tendency to sleep walk and a strange psychic connection with insects.
Here Argento is able to delve into the whole girls school thing with age approprate actresses, something originally intended for 'Susperia'. It gets a little awkward. The dubbing and dialouge are worse then in either 'Susperia' or 'The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'. The movie also keeps wanting to be a music video and some of the acoustic selections really seem out of touch for the scenes they underscore. Reminiscent of 'Firestarter' this movie is alternately silly and batshit crazy. At least the ending is memorable. **
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