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
Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Corvino
Daria Nicolodi
Frau Brückner
Fiore Argento
Vera Brandt
Federica Mastroianni
Sophie
Fiorenza Tessari
Gisela Sulzer
Dalila Di Lazzaro
Headmistress
Patrick Bauchau
Inspector Rudolf Geiger
Donald Pleasence
Professor John McGregor
Alberto Cracco
UBS Bank Teller
Kaspar Capparoni
Karl, Sophie's Boyfriend
Mario Donatone
Morris Shapiro
Antonio Maimone
EEG Doctor
Davide Marotta
Patau (Bruckner Son)
Fulvio Mingozzi
Mr. Sulzer
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.
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