Special Effects

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

Special Effects — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 106 min
• Genres
• Drama, Horror, Thriller
• Director
• Larry Cohen

Special Effects — Cast

Zoë Lund Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein Eric Bogosian Chris Neville Brad Rijn Keefe Waterman Kevin O'Connor Det. Lt. Philip Delroy

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Bill Oland Det. Vickers H. Richard Greene Leon Gruskin

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Steven Pudenz Wiesanthal

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Heidi Bassett Neville's Asst. Director