# Phenomena (1985)

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**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Dario Argento
**Written by**: Franco Ferrini, Dario Argento
**Starring**: Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Fiore Argento, Federica Mastroianni, Fiorenza Tessari, Dalila Di Lazzaro

> *Jennifer has a few million close friends. She's going to need them all!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Swiss Alps. Late spring. A beetle’s skitter. Jennifer arrives at a boarding school, fleeing a remote father and embracing her strange power. Bug communion may be the only way to stop a rash of occult killings. Argento gone giallo-adjacent.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, surreal, unhinged

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