Special Effects
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Special Effects

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

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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Cast

  • Zoë Lund
    Zoë Lund
    Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein
  • Eric Bogosian
    Eric Bogosian
    Chris Neville
  • Brad Rijn
    Brad Rijn
    Keefe Waterman
  • Kevin O'Connor
    Kevin O'Connor
    Det. Lt. Philip Delroy
  • Bill Oland
    Det. Vickers
  • H. Richard Greene
    H. Richard Greene
    Leon Gruskin
  • Steven Pudenz
    Wiesanthal
  • Heidi Bassett
    Neville's Asst. Director
  • John Woehrle
    Studio Executive
  • Kitty Summerall
    Andrea's Roomate
  • Kris Evans
    Cosmetician
  • Mike Alpert
    Taxi Driver
  • Larry Cohen
    Larry Cohen
    Journalist (uncredited)

Crew

  • Larry Cohen
    Larry Cohen
    Director
  • Larry Cohen
    Larry Cohen
    Writer
  • Barry Shils
    Associate Producer
  • Kris Evans
    Makeup Artist
  • Paul Kurta
    Production Manager
  • Jenny Fitzgibbons
    Assistant Director
  • George Stoll
    Prop Designer
  • Wendy Caplin
    Sound Effects Editor
  • Stuart Deutsch
    Boom Operator
  • Edmund Ferrell
    Sound Effects Editor
  • Hughes Winborne
    Hughes Winborne
    Sound Effects Editor
  • Rolf Pardula
    Sound Mixer
  • Armond Lebowitz
    Editor
  • Paul Kurta
    Producer
  • Carter DeHaven
    Executive Producer
  • Teri Kane
    Production Design
  • Marleen Marta
    Art Direction
  • Joanne Malkanthene
    Costume Design
  • H. Richard Greene
    H. Richard Greene
    Makeup & Hair
  • Paul Glickman
    Director of Photography
  • Michael D. Minard
    Original Music Composer

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