Phenomena

Synopsis: Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate personality when she stays at a boarding school that was once the home a Richard Wagner. But someone has been killing the students, and it relates only indirectly to the criminal sanitorium nearby. So it's up to "the two greatest detectives the world has ever known, or should I say, unknown"
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Dario Argento
Production: Media Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
R
Year:
1985
116 min
1,153 Views


Wait!

Stop!

Please wait!

Stop!

Is anyone home?

Is there anyone home?

Can I come in?

Please, I am a foreigner.

And I'm lost.

I know someone's there.

Hello?

Please, I need help.

This is completely new for me, professor.

I simply can't imagine

how a expert on insects...

...could be so helpful for the police.

Would you please explain that

more detailled.

Of course. You can't see the

connections on first sight.

When I decided to specialize

in animal cadavers, ...

...I did not have the least idea of that.

John, do I really have to listen to that again?

Oh yes, just as you had to

on the first murder case.

You came to me because

you did not know how to go on.

We solved the case together.

When a dead body is exposed to nature

it will be eaten by insects sooner or later.

You naughty girl

Where did you find that?

You could hurt yourself.

It is sharp.

It is not a toy.

Outside?

And who, may I ask, put it out there?

Don't you ever play with this again.

I forgot to introduce you... this is Inga.

She's my nurse.

If I pick out something with

my laser she'll bring it to me.

She's also my friend, too.

Aren't you?

But she is a very good nurse.

Cadaver-eating insects are

divided into eight groups.

These eight groups of insects come

to the corpse one after the other.

And this only in certain

moments and at a precise time.

Never sooner and never later.

We call them the eight squadrons of death.

First, the common fly comes to the

rotting corpse and lays its eggs.

This is the beginnig of the cycle.

Each group of insects stays for exactly fifteen days.

So, you have to multiply fifteen by eight.

The number of groups.

This equals four months.

Correct. In this case the cycle seems to be complete.

Yet, it is already in the second generation.

From this we may conclude that

this head is rotting for eight months.

By calculating and determining the number,

the look and the kind of the insects, ...

...you can find out the exact date of death.

or of the murder.

So our victim was decapitated

some 8 month ago.

And 15 days.

You must not forget, that the body was on

the bottom of the lake for fifteen days.

Before the gases which result from

decomposition brought it to the surface.

Where the first flies were already waiting.

Exactly eight and a half months.

Perhaps less. It was extraordinary warm then.

However, I may assume that the person was

decapitated between the 7th and the 10th.

Is that correct?

Let's think about it.

The first girl disappeard on September 9.

A sixteen-year-old tourist from Denmark.

The body was never found.

Same as with the others.

It is not nice.

Like Greta.

Poor Greta.

She is also on the list.

She is missing but we have

no proof that she is dead.

After finding this what's the use

of hiding from the facts.

There is a killer.

A vicious killer.

We'll get him.

Someone has to catch this monster.

Good night, professor.

Do you know this part of the country?

No, this is my first trip to europe.

People call it the swiss transylvania.

Why?

- I don't know. They just do.

So, you are the Corvino girl!

You father is terribly...

- Yes, he is.

I admire him very much.

I thought he might have come with you.

No, he is workin on the Philippins.

He'll be there for almost a year.

He can't even be reached by telephone.

Well in any case.

He has placed you in good hands.

You know I'm sure you are

going to like our school.

To begin with, we all speak english.

And the our academic program

is based on the american one.

Ah... a bee...

Be carefull it may sting you.

No!

Leave it alone!

Don't kill her.

It won't hurt me.

Insects never hurt me. I love them.

You... you love them?

Yes, I love all insects.

If you mean...

Now Jennifer has arrived.

And the first night will come.

A night she'll never forget.

Take her baggage.

It is beautiful, isn't it?

The estate was once Richard Wagner's.

The school is occupied in the main building.

The others are closed because they are not safe.

Never go in there.

Come on.

I'm starved.

You got anythin to eat?

No, sorry.

I haven't eaten for two days now.

What is that?

Baby food.

My parents left it when they

visited me with my little brother.

He's seven months old.

I bet he is the only male who has

ever seen the inside of this place.

Vegetables, how nice. I'm vegetarian.

Do you have a spoon?

No.

How is it?

Like cat food.

By the way, I'm Sophie. I'm French.

- Jenniffer.

Did you see the director already?

If you talk of the devil...

You are the new girl.

You were expected this afternoon.

The flight was delayed.

The school has its rules.

I'm sorry, but I must confiscate this.

Hey wait. You don't know who that is.

That's Paul Corvino.

Sophie that is enough. Get into bed!

And if I catch you smoking again, you'll be sorry.

And you young lady... to bed.

And switch off the light.

That b*tch stealing Paul Corvino.

It is all right.

I have a bunch of them in the bag.

So tomorrow we put them

all up all over the room.

I've seen all his movies

I saw his last one three times.

Luck for you. He must have made

me zip through it at least 15 times.

He said he trust in my opinon.

You mean you know him?

Yes, of course I do.

Have you been to bed with him?

Paul Corvino is my father.

- Oh, sorry.

It's all right.

I do know everything about you!

- Do you?

Your mother lived in India and owned a hotel.

She was married again.

Not like your father.

You were only 7 when they split up.

No, 8.

You were 7!

How do you know that?

I read Fangoria. - Oh!

It was christmas. I was checking the

presents when the phone rings.

Ma answered.

She said she will come soon.

It was her lover.

Then she went...

...and did never came back.

I always remember it.

Dad got 12 presents.

He said he got the 13. From mother to hurt him.

You didn't read that in Fangoria?

You know I am really glad you are here.

I always had to sleep alone.

It can be very scary.

Thank's for coming.

I am the one who should thank you.

Don't let me forget that.

I owe you a meal.

You know... there is a murder around here!

A maniac who kidnaps girls all ages and kills them.

Could we change the subject?

I need my sleep.

I'm really tired from the trip.

You're right.

Sometimes I can't sleep all night thinking about it.

What do you think about before you fall asleep?

My father.

If I thought about your father

I'd never get any sleep.

Can I still watch some TV?

I have headphones as well

No problem, good night, Sophie.

Sleep well, Jenniffer.

Are you hurt?

What you are doing on the street at night?

Can't you answer?

Why are you dressed like that?

Look at her eyes, she used drugs!

Can you see anything?

What are we doing now?

Lets run away.

Where are you coming from?

O.k., I'm coming with you.

Is this the first time you've been sleepwalking?

No.

Do you know what happened?

I can't remember anything.

My savior.

Are you american?

I am studying at the academy.

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Dario Argento

Dario Argento (Italian: [ˈdaːrjo arˈdʒɛnto]; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror movies. more…

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