Once the fly starts going crazy, Jennifer follows it, embarking on a quest to find the killer that will test the bounds Jennifer's power and her sanity culminating in an exciting and terrifying climax. He gives her a full grown Great Sarcophagus fly in a box and sends her on the tour from where the first girl was found. McGregor's, Jennifer is told that the maggots were a larvae of a fly known as the Great Sarcophagus meaning that the killer keeps the bodies close to them. She passes out and the Headmistress dubs her "The Lady of the Flies" thinking she is a devil and calls the mental hospital, but Jennifer escapes when her guard falls asleep. When Jennifer can no longer take it, she goes into a trance-like state and to the horror of her tormentors, millions of flies engulf the school, giving the girls a taste of her power. When she snatches the letter and leaves, the girls gather around her acting like little insect followers, taunting her. When she arrives back at school, she finds the Headmistress and some girls in her room going through a letter she has been writing to her father. The insects all calm down, sensing Jennifer's relief. McGregor mentions telepathy among insects, and Jennifer discloses that a firefly lead her to the glove and what she saw through the eyes of the maggots. McGregor to find all the insects are in a frenzy in their respective cages. It's revealed that Jennifer can see what the maggots saw and she screams. When she can't figure out where to go, a firefly appears and leads her to a glove that the killer left behind covered in maggots. Suddenly, Jennifer hears a scream from outside and goes out to investigate. Then in class, Jennifer implores Sophie to wake her up if she starts sleepwalking again, however, that night Sophie is lured away by her visiting boyfriend, leaving Jennifer alone to start sleepwalking, but she is able to wake herself up to see that Sophie is no longer in the room. on Jennifer to determine why Jennifer sleepwalked out of the school and asking her all sort of questions, like is she on drugs. they start talking and discover their mutual interest in insects and become fast friends.īack at school, the Headmistress (Dalila di Lazzaro) is overseeing an E.E.G. She starts struggling and jumps out of the moving car where she meets Inga, who brings her to Dr. The two guys driving the car pick her up and drive away. She falls into the bushes off the second story, and walks away down the middle of a road where cars are dodging her left and right until she gets grazed and knocked down. McGregor also has a nurse/pet, Inga (Tanga) a well-trained chimpanzee.ĭuring her first night, Jennifer sleepwalks to an abandoned and dangerous part of the school and witnesses a rather brutal murder. John McGregor, an entomologist, helping the police find clues about what befell the owner of a recently discovered, and horribly decomposed disembodied head, by examining the activity of the insects that feed on it. The film also stars Donald Pleasence as Dr. Jennifer meets her roommate, Sophie (Federica Mastroianni) at the school that night where they bond over Jennifer's story about her parents' divorce. Jennifer rescues it and reveals that she loves all insects. She's riding in the car to school with Frau Bruckner (Daria Nicolodi) when suddenly a bee flies into the car. ' Phenomena' features a 14 year old Jennifer Connelly in her first starring role as Jennifer Corvino, daughter of fictional actor, Paul Corvino, who was sent to an all girl school in Switzerland while her dad was on location in the Philippines. Due to code issues, the UK branch of Arrow Video is only doing Region 2/B for most, if not all, of their future releases, but there are a few other All Regions discs in their store, like 'House By the Cemetery' and 'The Beyond.' It's one of the few Arrow titles that are still all regions. However, if you simply can not wait, then you are in luck, Jack because, back in 2011, Arrow Video UK released a Blu-Ray/DVD combo of the 116 minute cut of ' Phenomena' in an all regions package and it is magnificent.
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