For me
Phenomena marks boundary of Dario’s masterpieces and just good ones. True, it
was impossible for maestro to keep up the pace of Deep Red, Suspiria, Tenebre, …
and Phenomena is not bad at all, it’s just … well … only good.
It’s been
years since I’ve last seen it so I didn’t hesitate for a second when I saw
uncut Arrow DVD release in a local Tower Records selling for a mere 7 euro. Sometimes
you find a cool new shit in a movie when watching it again after long time. Not
this one and not this time I’m afraid – Phenomena is still just good :)
So what exactly
is good? Without a doubt chimpanzee with a razor blade is a fucking winner, Jennifer
Connelly is good as a cool and not at all cry baby like terrified brat, killing
of Daria Nicolodi is (once again) great and it’s of course always nice to see Donald
Pleasence.
Not so
good: a little bit of Suspiria rip-off, definitely too long, story too weird and
fairy tale-ish and surreal at the same time, uneven pace as it starts slowly as
a Giallo and ends as bizarre and too violent/gory horror .
7/10
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