A young girl who has 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.A young girl who has 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.A young girl who has 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.
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- TriviaJennifer Connelly had part of her finger bitten off by the chimpanzee in the final scene at the end of the film. She was rushed to the hospital and the finger was re-attached.
- Goofs(at around 45 mins) The professor's comments about the hyperactive behavior of his insects are accompanied by close-ups of different bugs moving around in their cages very quickly. However, in close-ups of Jennifer listening to him, many of the same bugs can be seen in their cages behind her, and they are completely still.
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Headmistress: [about Jennifer Corvino] "The Bible also refers to the devil as Beelzebub, which means 'Lord of the Flies.' Look at her - the Lady of the Flies."
- Crazy creditsThe English language credits claim that this film was "shot in Panavision." This film was shot with Panavision cameras and Panavision spherical lenses for the European spherical widescreen format of 1:1.66.
- Alternate versionsThe 2004 DVD release from Legacy Entertainment, Inc. (LDVD 9040), under the title "Creepers", lists a running time of "Approx. 110 min." However, the version on the DVD is the highly edited 82 minute version, panned and scanned, and with certain words in the dialog bleeped out.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985)
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Monkeys + knives + pool of dead bodies = perfect
Dario Argento is a genius... this is a fact. The film starts off with a beautifully gory scene, then somewhat mellows out for a while. Some great scenes of night walking/dreaming/etc stand out, but it's not until about 2/3 of the way through the movie that it becomes a classic.
Beheadings, stabbings, and a pool of body parts ensue. But by far the creepiest thing of the movie is when the son who is left alone "with his crazy thoughts" turns around from his corner, revealing his face. This is possibly the scariest thing I have EVER seen on film... even scarier than the robot-butler-doll from Deep Red. And that's saying something.
An amazingly spooky and incredibly gory battle follows, leading up to the gorgeous, bloody end.
Dario Argento can do no wrong.
Beheadings, stabbings, and a pool of body parts ensue. But by far the creepiest thing of the movie is when the son who is left alone "with his crazy thoughts" turns around from his corner, revealing his face. This is possibly the scariest thing I have EVER seen on film... even scarier than the robot-butler-doll from Deep Red. And that's saying something.
An amazingly spooky and incredibly gory battle follows, leading up to the gorgeous, bloody end.
Dario Argento can do no wrong.
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- Mar 20, 2001
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- $3,800,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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