tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21048905474250145.post2001768737501930996..comments2024-01-27T23:57:56.324-05:00Comments on Basement of Ghoulish Decadence: Some quick thoughts on Phenomena (1985)Jayson Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883805003597885908noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21048905474250145.post-39020158296003248602009-11-30T15:54:49.714-05:002009-11-30T15:54:49.714-05:00I love this movies visuals...but its pace can some...I love this movies visuals...but its pace can sometimes really try your patience. Still, not a bad film, just not Argentos best.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21048905474250145.post-41602305068982691172009-11-26T14:41:11.960-05:002009-11-26T14:41:11.960-05:00I'm gonna go ahead and say that Phenomena is m...I'm gonna go ahead and say that Phenomena is my favorite Argento film. It's really f'n hard to top Tenebrae... as it is sheer perfection. But as far as film that really sucks me in and hypnotizes, it's this one.<br /><br />When I first saw the cut version Creepers on, I believe, an old Media VHS, I was about seventeen years old and had just smoked some of the whackiest tobbaciest Caliweed known to man with my girlfriend and her girlfriend. When Valley hit and Vera misses her bus... she wipes away a tear and her hair is blowing in the wind before she cradles herself and walks to the nearest house. It's simply mesmerizing. And then the chains! The scissors! She runs screaming for about two and a half minutes, in an absolutely beautiful and exciting sequence, and then the Glass! And just when you're about to raise up your jaw, she loses her head in the waterfall. *Sigh*<br /><br />Personally I think it blows Suspiria's intro outta the water.Drunkethnoreply@blogger.com