Something is amiss in the Swiss countryside as young girls
are disappearing. When a severed head of
one of the girls is found in a lake several months later, the police believe
the girls disappearances may be linked to that of a serial killer.
Originally released in the United States under the title Creepers, Phenomena stars Jennifer Connelly as Jennifer Corvino, a young girl
with the unique ability to communicate with insects.
When Jennifer arrives at an exclusive Swiss boarding school,
her first night is riddled with strange dreams and subsequent
sleepwalking. During her bout of
sleepwalking, Jennifer witnesses the murder of a fellow student. The shock causes her to slip and fall from
the roof where she semi-awakens and wanders into the town. After being nearly run over by a car, two
young men take her in their vehicle and drive off. Frightened, she fights them off and escapes
from the car only to land in the middle of an unknown forest. It is there that she meets Inga, a
chimpanzee, who leads her to the home of forensic entomologist John McGregor,
played by Donald Pleasence. With
McGregor’s help, Jennifer slowly begins to understand her unique talent and
together, they seek to find the killer that is stalking the town.
If you have only seen the edited movie Creepers, they you are missing out on a lot of back story and may
be a bit confused over the course of events.
When Anchor
Bay released the film in
1999 under the movie’s original title Phenomena
they restored the near 30 minutes of deleted footage. In addition to the added footage, the release
also included special features on the making of the movie including interviews
with the director and select members of the cast.
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