Phenomena (1984)

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Synopsis

Dir: Dario Argento. Horror. A girl (Jennifer Connelly) uses her ability to communicate with insects to help a local scientist (Donald Pleasence) solve a string of murders.

Content elements

• One use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence - blood and some detail; one portrayal of decapitation - no blood, little detail; infrequent portrayals of corpses and dismembered limbs - some blood and gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context
• Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - some detail

Thematic elements

• Belonging
• Uncovering the truth
• The paranormal

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for gory scenes and violence

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