Phenomena Page #3

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


can only be found in the supernatural.

And if you are a very sensitive

person you feel something of that.

Right?

Yes.

How about the glove.

A insect, a firefly showed me the way.

The police was there.

They asked me lots of questions.

But I didn't tell them about the glove.

I don't want them to think I'm crazy.

You can tell me, I'm not the police.

What happened?

I was alone in the dark.

And I was afraid.

A firefly came.

It was like it heard me.

And it answerd my call.

You calmed them down, just by telling that.

That's ridiculous.

- No.

That's the greatest discovery I've made.

Through you my expectations were confirmed.

Now I have the facts my

colleages considered absurd.

The paranormal powers that

are unusual in human beeings...

...are perfectly natural in insects.

Some species communicate with each other

over far distances like telepathy.

I could give you many samples.

I wrote a book about it.

You should read it.

It's perfectly normal for insects

to be slightly telepathic.

It's normal for insects.

But am I normal?

Jennifer!

Why me?

Frulein Corvino can not be left alone.

I want someone in here with her.

I want to know everything she says and does.

I'm scared of her.

She arrived and Sophie disappeared.

Plus she's crazy.

Listen to this:

Dear dad...

Ah, here it is.

Do you remember what the doctor said about...

...sleepwalking manifested

with split personality?

It's true.

My second personality is there.

Do you know how?

I communicate with insects.

I mean I have discovered,

I have power over them.

I'm not kidding.

I even have a witness.

The famous enthemologist

John Mc Gregor who lives near here.

We've become friends.

See, she is crazy.

This-is mine!

Hey Jennifer listen!

- What?

I'm a spider!

Look I'm a spider

Stop it.

I'm a killer-snake.

I'm a fly.

No!

Stop it!

We worship you...

We worship you...

I love you.

I love you all.

I love all of you.

She's still asleep.

I called an ambulance to have

her taken to the mental hospital.

They'll be her any minute.

At least they'll be better

equipt to keep her calm.

Is she insane?

Well, she is not normal.

She is diabolic.

Diabolic?

- Yes!

Yes, the bible also refers

to the devil as Belzebub.

Which means:
Lord of the Flies.

She is the Lord of the flies.

Call me as soon as she wakes up.

Diabolic?

Does Jennifer look like the devil to you?

No, you are not the devil.

The only devil here is the killer.

But I understand how you must be feeling.

I know what it feels like to be different.

And the conditions that go with it:

pityer, ironing, revotion, annoyance.

People have the ability to almost hate yourself!

There's a big difference between you and me.

When that car bashed into me, I lost something.

You gained something.

You are in a position to do extraordinary things.

With that gift of you...

Come on, I want to show you something.

It is very interessant.

Look.

These were inside the glove.

The larvae of the great sarcophacus.

What a menacing name.

Apropriate to the insect that bears it.

It lives exclusivly of dead bodys.

The great sarcophacus?

A strange name.

It is capeable of picking up the scent

of a dead body over fast distances.

It's sensory reception is extraordinary, quite unique.

But why do the gloves have so many lavae?

Perhaps because when

the murderer hides his victims...

...he likes to keep in physical contact with them.

Conserving them.

He is a psycho.

If we need to get him, we have to call on the

services of 2 of the greatest detectives ever known.

Perhaps I should say unknown. - Up to now.

But this will change.

Who were they?

You and him:
the great sarcophocus.

Spread your hand.

See, he's not afraid of you.

He won't do that for me.

Ask him to lead you where

the dead bodies are hidden.

He'll lead you.

That fly is your magic wand.

You mean that is working?

Of course!

It will take time.

It could be anywhere.

Not anywhere. On a 52 kilometer route.

The first girl to dissapear was a danish tourist.

She took a bus of the red line.

It starts on the city square on a 52 kilometer route.

Stops at various tourist traps on the way.

She was seen getting on that bus.

When you get near to the killers house,

you'll know about it soon enough.

Because the sarcopocus will go crazy.

And head straight for the dead body.

All you have to do is follow

him and come straight back.

Do you feel up to it?

Yeah!

I want him caught... for Sophia.

And Greta.

I wish you all the luck in the world,

my two detectives.

Excuse me!

What do you want?

Can you please close the window?

No!

You naughty girl.

Wait, Wait, Wait.

Thanks.

What are you doing here?

Ahm... I was following the...

You came here to steal, did you?

No, I was looking for someone.

The house is empty. No one's left here.

The former attendance moved out 8 month ago.

The house is for sale.

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.

May I help you?

- Who are you??

I am the estate agent.

If you are looking for a house, I am your man.

Anyone living in the house now?

No. By the way, where did you come from?

I didn't hear you drive up.

How long has the house been empty?

I don't know. 7 to 8 month maybe.

Who was living here before?

We do not give out that kind of information.

It's absolutely confidential

and against our company...

I'm Inspector Geiger, Kantonpolizei.

You locked yourself out.

This damn machine.

I wonder what is going on around here?

Is there someone there?

Who... Who is it?

Hey, answer me. Who are you?

Most of our patients are kept under restraint.

Take my word for it inspector:

The person you are looking for, is not one of ours.

No one's ever escaped from here.

Correct.

But I'm working from the

exact opposite assumption.

I gonna explain?

It isn't if someone got out

of your institution but rather got in.

You have had such a case I believe?

Yes, a curious incident.

It happened about 15 years ago.

Here on our basement level. Since then it has

only been accessible from members of our staff.

The more down one goes in this place

the more monsterous the inmates become.

Probably the same in hell.

Until you reach the last circle.

The one without a center.

Sh*t Moris. I'm telling you.

I won't stay a minute longer.

I wanna come home and I

don't have the money for a ticket.

I run away.

The want to keep me in the clinic.

What?

It is a long story.

Take me back and I tell you.

Where can you transfer the money?

SKA, how is the address?

Send me some money.

Do it Moris, I don't want to be murdered.

Yes, I said murdered.

Someone tried it already.

I am sorry,

there is nothing here in your name.

Are you sure?

- I'm afraid yes.

Maybe it has just arrived and

is not in the computer yet?

I will check.

No, sorry.

Now what am I supposed to do?

It is an emergency.

It could arrive at any time.

Look, why don't you come back later.

Can I wait here?

Sure you can wait over there.

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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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