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Special Effects (1984)
Directed by Larry Cohen
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Overview
After murdering a young would-be actress, megalomaniacal movie director Chris Neville sets about making a feature based on the murder, casting the dead woman’s clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the part of the dead actress.
Rated R | Length 106 minutes
Actors
Zoë Lund | Eric Bogosian | Brad Rijn | Kevin O'Connor | Bill Oland | H. Richard Greene | Steven Pudenz | Heidi Bassett | John Woehrle | Kitty Summerall | Kris Evans | Mike Alpert | Larry Cohen
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/20/2024 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Funny to watch this right after THE BLACK DAHLIA since the two deal with somewhat similar material and wonder how De Palma might’ve filmed this. I’m not a big fan of Bogosian in general even though he’s fine here. I just find his presence off-putting for some reason.
I think I got this movie at one of the Cohen Scream Screen screenings at the Sie a few years ago as a prize left under a random seat (which happened to be mine and has only happened one other time, when I saw a midnight screening of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST at Mile High Horror Film Festival and the publisher sponsoring the screening has randomly placed a copy of their new horror anthology book under seats and I got one).
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