Special Effects

Special Effects (1985)

  • 33% of users liked it
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Unlike other films by this title, the subject matter of Larry Cohen's murder mystery is a dastardly film director whose last movie plummeted at the box office in spite of flashy special effects. He wants to climb back up from this failure, so when he murders an aspiring actress in a Soho apartment,… More

R, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
Larry Cohen
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Nov 16, 1984 Wide
On DVD
Jun 1, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    An uneven homage spoof on auteurs like Hitchcock, Powell and Ferrara.

  • Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

    A significant (if ultimately chaotic) entry in the director's canon of ramshackle tributes to the dark, dangerous, voyeuristic allure of the cinema.

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