But that doesn’t mean Argento leaves his usual calling cards behind. This is Argento at his most absurd, but it’s lovably so in the way it mixes plot-turns straight out of a traditional giallo alongside more surreal and unnatural happenings including sudden bug swarms, a pit filled with maggoty dead bodies, a maniacal chimp, and even a subtitled conversation between two insects. The doc is an expert in forensic entomology, the use of bugs to help determine details of a death, and the pair team up to try and find the killer using their collective love of the buggy little bastards. So that doesn’t help her newly acquired label of “freak.” Among the few friends she does make is a retired, wheelchair-bound teacher from Scotland (Donald Pleasance) and his support animal, a chimpanzee named Inga.
Combine it all and the result is bullying, harassment, and a group taunt by other students comprising of a chorus of “We worship you!” Her first night at school finds her sleepwalking down a long tunnel in skimpy pajamas accompanied by a heavy metal soundtrack, and it ends with a murder. Oh, and she really, really likes insects. (Oddly, it’s the only narration in the entire film.) Being the new girl at school is bad enough, but Jennifer also has to contend with being the presumably spoiled daughter of a famous American actor as well being prone to sleepwalking. Which brings us to Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) and the opening quote above.
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The unseen but very angry individual breaks free after a tense and frightening buildup, and the schoolgirl soon loses her head. She approaches a house looking for assistance but instead ends up disturbing one of the residents… who’s been chained to a wall… for good reason. Phenomena opens with a young girl who misses her bus after a school trip and ends up trapped in the beautiful but remote Swiss mountains. “And so Jennifer arrives in Switzerland from the New World to pass her first memorable night at the Richard Wagner International School For Girls.”
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No, Argento’s most entertaining movie is Phenomena, aka Creepers, aka the one where Jennifer Connelly fends off a maniacal killer thanks in large part to her ability to communicate telepathically with insects. Common perception would argue that Suspiria is Argento’s finest hour while purists might point to his earlier giallo work with Deep Red or The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (and those of you with a predilection for wild women may claim that Asia Argento is the man’s greatest creation), but none of these are correct.
The Dario Argento Blu-ray train keeps right on rolling over in the UK thanks to the fine folks at ArrowVideo, and their latest release just so happens to be my favorite feature from the Italian director. Disc Spotlight: ‘Phenomena’ Is Dario Argento’s Last Great Movie And Features Jennifer Connelly As A Psychic Bug Wrangler!
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