Phenomena (1985) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

A new episode of our video series Best Foreign Horror Movies has just been released, and with this one we’re returning to the work of Dario Argento to take a look at his 1985 film Phenomena (watch it HERE). This one doesn’t get mentioned as often as some of his other films, but how can you go wrong with a movie that has Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, and a chimpanzee? Find out all about Phenomena by checking out the video embedded above.

Scripted by Argento and Franco Ferrini, Phenomena has the following 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.

Connelly and Pleasence are joined in the cast by Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro, and Patrick Bauchau.

The Best Foreign Horror Movies series is

dedicated to highlighting horror films from outside North America that carry lots of punch, bite, scares and/or stabs! Hop on and enjoy the horror ride around the world.

The Phenomena episode of the show was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Gonzalo Lopez, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

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The previous episodes of Best Foreign Horror Movies covered Dario Argento’s Deep Red, Lucio Fulci’s Zombie, Hideo Nakata’s Ringu, Dario Argento’s Sleepless, Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In, Tommy Wirkola’s Dead Snow, Alexandre Aja’s High Tension, Timur Bekmambetov’s Night Watch, Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone, Russel Mulcahy’s Razorback, Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-on: The Grudge, Takashi Miike’s Audition, Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession, and Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s [REC]. A couple of those episodes can be seen below. To see more, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe to the channel while you’re there!