Special Effects (1984)
Mary Jean is just dying to get in the movies… She's about to get her wish.
106 min
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.
- Release date
- November 16, 1984
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Zoë Lund as Andrea Wilcox
- Zoë Lund as Elaine Bernstein
- Eric Bogosian as Neville
- Brad Rijn as Keefe Waterman
- Kevin O'Connor as Det. Lt.Philip Delroy
- Bill Oland as Det. Vickers
- H. Richard Greene as Leon Gruskin
- Steven Pudenz as Wiesanthal
- Heidi Bassett as Neville's Asst. Director
- John Woehrle as Studio Executive
- Kitty Summerall as Andrea's Roommate
Crew
- Larry Cohen · Director
- Larry Cohen · Writer
- Paul Kurta · Producer
- Michael Minard · Composer
- Paul Glickman · Cinematographer
- Armond Lebowitz · Editor
- Teri Kane · Production designer