Saturday Sinema #60 - Phenomena

Okay kids, I've got a fun one for us this week! What do you get when you take Jennifer Connelly, millions of insects, an intelligent chimpanzee, a psycho slasher, a school full of hormonal teenage girls, and a homicidal dwarf? You get one of the most kick-ass, full-frontally fucked-up movies of the '80s, that's what. Dario Argento was really letting it all hang out when he made this one. So, Jenny's dad is a famous actor, and you know what that means - he's never around. He sends his daughter off to some girl's academy in the alps for some fresh air. Trouble is, there's some crazy motherfucker running around town skewering people on the end of a really nasty spear. One night, after sleepwalking, Jenny meets a chimp. No shit. This brings her into contact with Donald Pleasance, who plays a kindly old entomologist who seems to have a kink for Jenny. Well, who can blame him, right? I mean, come on. Anyway, it seems she can communicate with insects, and this just thrills the doc, natch. Together they try to find out who the killer is. Lotsa fun from the maestro of Italian chunkblowers, Dario Argento. Let's hear it for the man!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mk6E...

Full Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3SVC...

You need this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fptz...

Jenny at the premiere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grrJW...

Iggy Pop & Dario Argento! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJTy...

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