Special Effects

Name: Special Effects
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1984-11-16
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Zoë Lund, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn, Kevin O'Connor, Bill Oland

1984·Drama·1h 46m

7.0

★

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.

Directed by Larry Cohen

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Cast

Zoë Lund

Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein

Eric Bogosian

Chris Neville

Brad Rijn

Keefe Waterman

Kevin O'Connor

Det. Lt. Philip Delroy

H. Richard Greene

Leon Gruskin

Larry Cohen

Journalist (uncredited)

Crew

Larry Cohen

Director

Larry Cohen

Writer

Hughes Winborne

Sound Effects Editor

H. Richard Greene

Makeup & Hair

Popular Reviews

30 reviews

Micol

9.0★ · 04/02/26

i will never get over how beautiful those stained glass windows are

Eliott

5.0★ · 03/25/26

one of those movies that reeks the 80s, it was fun and I see where the inspirations came from, but it's no De Palma

(I may be repeating myself but: Eric Bogosian has led me to places I wouldn't even go with a gun)

Micol

8.0★ · 01/29/26

i need bogosian's entire wardrobe in this and also that apartment

russbire

8.0★ · 01/27/26

insane

Micol

8.0★ · 01/05/26

eric bogosian could cast me in any movie he wants and i wouldn't complain