Phenomena
- IMDb link: 0087909
- IMDb rating: 6.7 (33,012 votes)
- Genres: Horror, Crime, Mystery, Documentary
- Director: Dario Argento
- Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Patrick Bauchau, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Fiore Argento, Federica Mastroianni and others
- Release date: 2 Aug 1985
- Release year: 1985
- Runtime: 116 minutes
- Country: Italy
- Keywords: pet chimpanzee, maggot, telepathy, slasher horror, locked in, murder investigation, mysterious death, ape, roommate roommate relationship, school headmistress
Plot:
In Switzerland, Jennifer Corwin, teenage daughter of a famous actor, arrives at an expensive boarding school and rooms with French schoolmate Sophie. Jennifer is a sleepwalker and she can also communicate telepathically with insects. While sleepwalking, she meets and befriends a Scottish entomologist, Prof. John McGregor, and his chimpanzee Tonga. Jennifer decides to help Dr. McGregor's investigation of a serial killer who is murdering young girls in the area. When her friend Sophie disappears and Dr. McGregor is killed, the scared Jennifer decides to call her lawyer and return to Los Angeles. She is invited to stay in the house of Frau Bruckner while she waits for her flight, but the serial killer is already after her.