The gore starts spattering in earnest too late to save Creepers, a dim-witted horror movie.
Phenomena
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Italy · 1985
Rated R · 1h 56m
Director Dario Argento
Starring Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Fiore Argento, Federica Mastroianni
Genre Horror, Thriller
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A young girl with psychic powers that allow her to communicate with insects is transferred to a Swiss boarding school. There, she is recruited by a forensic entomologist and his chimpanzee sidekick to help catch the sadistic serial killer that has been brutally murdering young women on campus.
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The whole of Phenomena is less than the sum of its parts, but the parts are often terrifying and exhilarating.
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