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Overview

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Director:
Dario Argento
Writers:
Dario Argento (screenplay)
Dario Argento (story)
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Release Date:
2 August 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
Jennifer Has A Few Million Close Friends. She's Going To Need Them _All_. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jennifer Connelly ... Jennifer Corvino
Daria Nicolodi ... Frau Brückner
Dalila Di Lazzaro ... Headmistress

Patrick Bauchau ... Inspector Rudolf Geiger

Donald Pleasence ... Professor John McGregor
Fiore Argento ... Vera Brandt
Federica Mastroianni ... Sophie
Fiorenza Tessari ... Gisela Sulzer
Mario Donatone ... Morris Shapiro
Francesca Ottaviani ... Nurse
Michele Soavi ... Kurt, Geiger's Assistant

Franco Trevisi ... Real Estate Agent
Fausta Avelli ... Schoolgirl
Marta Biuso ... Schoolgirl
Sophie Bourchier ... Schoolgirl
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Creepers (USA)
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Runtime:
110 min | 116 min (integral version) | USA:110 min (re-release) | USA:82 min (edited version)
Country:
Italy
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Argentina:18 (original rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R (as "Creepers") (DVD rating) (cut) | Australia:R (as "Phenomena) (DVD rating) (uncut) | Australia:R (original rating) | Denmark:15 (video premiere) | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | West Germany:18 | Finland:K-18
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DACFILM Rome more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director trademark: [Dario Argento] Murder victim crashes through window more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After killing the professor, the killer gets in a car and drives away. In the next shot, it shows the killer’s point of view from inside the car as the monkey jumps onto the windshield. But you can clearly see off to the right, a large pine tree branch, and that the car really isn't moving at all. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in La terza madre (2007) more
Soundtrack:
The Quick and the Dead more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
a great and weird film, 5 January 2000
8/10
Author: cygnus x-1 from roanoke va

for years this dario argento film has only been available in america in a butchered 82 minute version called Creepers. anchor bay entertainment graciously decided to rerelease this movie in its almost uncut 110 min. version (almost meaning that it's still missing 6 minutes of dialogue from the italian version) and it is definitely the version to see. jennifer connelly plays a girl sent away to a swiss boarding school where a killer has been murdering girls in various ways. jennifer has the most unique ability to communicate with insects and this ability plays heavily into later events in the movie. donald pleasance plays a retired professor who studies insects who befriends connelly ( and his pet monkey almost steals the film) the events that transpire in the film are surreal yet somewhat coherent. like most of argento's films, notably Suspiria, this movie has an almost dreamlike feel to it. it may not make complete sense at times but the style definitely saves it.

i would have to rank this as my second favorite argento movie (with Suspiria being first and Tenebre being third). and remember not to rent american version titled Creepers and check out the original version.

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