![]() But back in 1985, it took a fish tank and a pound of coffee grounds just to create a swarm of flies covering the academy’s walls. It would be easy to realize Jennifer’s psychic link to the insect world today, thanks to CGI. Jennifer then becomes an ideal partner to the wheelchair-bound McGregor, who theorizes her skills could prove valuable to the hunt.ĭespite the story not engaging me in ways I would have hoped I admire how Argento swings for the fences. There is a killer on the loose, and McGregor theorizes them to be a necrophile, leaving a biological trail of maggots that in theory could lead to whoever is behind the murders. When McGregor meets Jennifer he notices she shares a link to the insect world. There she meets Inga, pet chimpanzee to entomologist John McGregor (Donald Pleasence). She’s also prone to sleepwalking, and during a somnambulant episode, she witnesses a student being murdered before she falls from a roof and flees into the woods. Unbeknownst to anyone, Jennifer has the ability to communicate with insects via telepathic link. There she resides under the watchful eye of Frau Brückner (Daria Nicolodi) who appears to have no tolerance for the young women there. Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) is the daughter of a famous actor who has been sent to live at a Swiss all-girls academy. Argento offers up some insane ideas and lets his story go wild but these elements don’t quite blend into something cogent. But for a film about a young girl who can talk to insects that massive revelation is only marginally exploited, no doubt due to budgetary reasons more than anything. ![]()
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