Is Phenomena actually good?

Phenomena sits in the 66.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 66.1% of them.

How does Phenomena compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Phenomena lands in the 63.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Phenomena's score based on?

216 calibrated reviewers stand behind Phenomena's score.

1985

global pct

66.1

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

Phenomena

Name: Phenomena
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1985

Scored from 216 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

66.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

63.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

86.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

216 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A young American girl is sent to a Swiss boarding school, where she discovers she has a telepathic ability to communicate with insects. As a serial killer terrorizes the region targeting young girls, she enlists the help of a kindly entomologist and his trained chimpanzee to track down the murderer using her unusual gift.

Phenomena is a 1985 crime, horror and mystery film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 216 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 217 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 555 of whom clear the calibration test.