Special Effects

November. 16,1984      R
Rating:
5.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

After murdering a young would-be actress, megalomaniacal movie director Chris Neville sets about making a feature based on the murder, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the part of the dead actress.

Zoë Lund as  Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein
Eric Bogosian as  Chris Neville
Kevin O'Connor as  Det. Lt. Philip Delroy
H. Richard Greene as  Leon Gruskin
Larry Cohen as  Journalist (uncredited)

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