![]() ![]() What’s more, there’s a serial killer on the loose targeting young girls. The headmistress and her staff seem particularly cruel too, and you wonder how they’ve managed to attract or keep any pupils. Jennifer is enrolled at a Swiss international school, but her love of six-legged creatures and the fact her father is a film star make her a target for bullies. McGregor quickly notices her affinity with insects, and her unique ability to seemingly attract and communicate with them. Entomologist John McGregor meets Jennifer’s acquaintance after she’s found sleepwalking near his home in what he describes as the ‘Swiss Transylvania’ by his constant companion, chimp Inga. However, in Phenomena, his accent takes a journey even further north – he plays a Scotsman. He also worked at Swinton railway station (his father was station master at Conisbrough in the 1940s) before deciding to tread the boards. The Nottinghamshire-born actor has plenty of links to South Yorkshire, having attended Sheffield’s Eccelsfield School before studying drama in Barnsley. Yes, you did read that correctly! And if that bonkers synopsis isn’t enough to make you want to watch the film, then perhaps the presence of Donald Pleasence and a chimp will. Then, 14 years later came Phenomena, in which they – and other insects – play an integral part.Ī myriad of creepy crawlies have starring roles, and some of them even help Jennifer Connelly, as teenager Jennifer Corvino, solve a series of grisly murders. What is it about Dario Argento and flies?īack in 1971 the famed Italian auteur made Four Flies on Grey Velvet, one of his finest movies. Director: Dario Argento Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasance, Daria Nicolodi Certificate: 18 ![]()
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