Special Effects
Special Effects
MovieReleased

Special Effects

DirectorLarry Cohen

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

4.8 / 10 · 52 votes
R
1984
1h 46m
ThrillerCrime

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.

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