Special Effects

Name: Special Effects
Released: 1984

1984R1h 46m

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Mary Jean is just dying to get in the movies… She's about to get her wish.

Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.

Director: Larry Cohen
Writer: Larry Cohen
Music: Michael D. Minard
Cinematography: Paul Glickman
Rated: R · Under 17 requires an accompanying parent or adult guardian.

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Cast

Zoë LundAndrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein
Eric BogosianChris Neville
Brad RijnKeefe Waterman
Kevin O'ConnorDet. Lt. Philip Delroy
Bill OlandDet. Vickers
H. Richard GreeneLeon Gruskin
Steven PudenzWiesanthal
Heidi BassettNeville's Asst. Director
John WoehrleStudio Executive
Kitty SummerallAndrea's Roomate

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