Phenomena (film)

Phenomena
Theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti[1]
Directed by	Dario Argento
Written by	Franco Ferrini Dario Argento
Produced by	Dario Argento
Starring	Jennifer Connelly Daria Nicolodi Dalila Di Lazzaro Donald Pleasence Patrick Bauchau
Cinematography	Romano Albani
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Goblin[2]
Production company	DAC Film
Distributed by	Titanus[3]
Release date	31 January 1985 (1985-01-31) (Italy)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Italy[4]
Language	English[5]

Phenomena is a 1985 Italian giallo-horror film directed and co-written by Dario Argento, and starring Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Patrick Bauchau and Donald Pleasence. The plot concerns an American girl at a remote Swiss boarding school who discovers she has psychic powers that allow her to communicate with insects, and uses them to pursue a serial killer who is butchering young women at and around the school.

After its release in Italy, Phenomena was purchased for distribution in the United States by New Line Cinema, who excised over 20 minutes of the original cut, releasing it under the alternate title Creepers. This shortened version was also released in the United Kingdom the following year in the spring of 1986.