PHENOMENA Director: 110 minutes| Italy| 1985| Colour Book cinema tickets His recent output has been rather patchy, to say the least, but Horrorthon still loves Dario Argento, which is why we’re proud to present Dario’s original 110-minute cut of his unfairly maligned 1985 classic; if you’re only familiar with the bowdlerised version, released in the U.S. and here as Creepers, then prepare for a revelation. Phenomena stars future Academy Award winner Jennifer Connolly as a young girl who lands at a creepy Swiss boarding school to find a serial killer is butchering the pupils so far, so Suspiria. Enter wheelchair-bound entomologist Donald Pleasance (yes!), who helps Connolly to use her nascent psychic powers to trap the killer. If you happen to think this all sounds a bit hokey, by the way, then you’re missing the point. As with all of Argento’s finest work, Phenomena is less a film than a sensory experience, driven by Dario’s unmistakable ‘nightmare logic’. Cited by the director as his most personal work, Phenomena is gloriously bonkers, and rather phenomenal. Includes Q&A with make-up and FX artist Sergio Stivaletti. Director: 110 minutes| Italy| 1985| Colour