![]() The killer has chased Vera onto a bridge where she is brutally stabbed until her head slowly leans back against a window pane. It is also a display of slow and deliberate violence. It shows the viewer exactly the kind of youth and innocence that is being targeted. This opening scene and first kill are striking for a couple of reasons. This is all very Goldilocks and the Three Bears as she makes her way through the home, but then the horror sets in. She announces she is lost and foreign, broadcasting her vulnerability. She stumbles across an idyllic home where she enters seeking help. A young girl named Vera Brandt has gotten separated from her school field trip and has to search for help. ![]() The start of the film shows a very green countryside. However, Jennifer soon finds out that there have been a string of murders all targeting girls around the age of fourteen. While her father is shooting a film in Japan, Jennifer transitions to an elite Swiss boarding school. Phenomena stars Jennifer Connelly as Jennifer, the daughter of a famous movie star. A girl who can talk to insects, a heroic monkey, and means schoolgirls seem like they should be part of a less violent film, but they are not. Phenomena, however, seems to cater to a younger audience despite its R rating. Again, the fairy tale theme appears amid brutal gore and violence. Phenomena is the story of a serial killer who is preying on young girls. Listen to the latest episode of the AIPT Movies Podcast!ġ985’s Phenomena casts the same contrast of darkness and light.
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