WHEN INSECTS ATTACK!

Master of Italian horror Dario Argento is joined by Jennifer Connelly and Donald Pleasence for a gory 1980s classic in Phenomena, a terrifying slice of fear cinema that mixes extreme violence, pounding metal music, a vicious chimp wielding a scalpel and enough buzzing insects to choke an entire school.

Poor sleepwalking Jennifer Corvino (Connelly) doesn’t fit in at her boarding school and her uncanny ability to control insects isn’t helping her popularity. With the aid of a local entomologist (Pleasence), can she use her psychic insect skills to find the killer who’s leaving her fellow pupils in bloody pieces?

Argento piles on the bloody kills and surreal nightmares as the deafening buzz of a million bugs shatters your eardrums in one of the most demented body-horror movies ever produced.

Phenomena (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£17.99) and Blu-ray (£24.99) by Arrow Video on 7th March 2011.

Special Features

Four panel reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

Two sided fold out poster with new art work

Exclusive collector’s booklet featuring brand new writing on Phenomena by Alan Jones, author of Profondo Argento

High definition transfer of the Italian cut of the film

Original English* & Italian stereo audio

Brand new subtitle translation of the Italian and optional English subtitles of the English audio

“Dario’s Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena” – a 50-minute long documentary featuring interviews with key talent behind the film including director Dario Argento, star Daria Nicolodi, underwater photographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia and more

“Music for Maggots” – an Interview with composer with Claudio Simonetti

“Creepers for Creatures” – Sergio Stivaletti lives Q&A sessions from Dublin and Edinburgh.

*The English Audio track has some portions of English audio missing. This was either never recorded or has been lost. Scenes without English audio automatically revert to the Italian audio with English subtitles.