

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Score
Goblin + Iron Maiden + Billie Holiday = unhinged perfection
Practical Effects
Real maggots, real flies, real chimp, real nightmare
Cinematography
Swiss landscapes shot like a perfume ad for murder

Director
Dario Argento
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Argento filmed much of this with a severe fever, which explains the dreamlike logic. The chimpanzee, Tanga, was a local celebrity who reportedly bit multiple crew members.
This was Jennifer Connelly's first lead role at 14. She'd win an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind while this film remained banned in multiple countries for its gore.