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English. Special Effects is a 1984 American horror thriller film directed by Larry Cohen and starring Zoë Lund and Eric Bogosian. Its plot follows a woman who is cast in a film by a director based on a murder he committed.
Nov 16, 1984 · 1h 46m. IMDb RATING. 5.4 /10. 1.3K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 1:43. 1 Video. 36 Photos. Drama Horror Thriller. A director makes a movie based on a murder he committed. Director. Larry Cohen. Writer. Larry Cohen. Stars. Zoë Lund. Eric Bogosian. Brad Rijn. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist.
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- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Larry Cohen
- 1984-11-16
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- Jurassic Park (1993) Often regarded as the official beginning of the computer-effects era, Steven Spielberg's dino romp is actually the perfect Venn diagram merging of practical effects and CGI.
- The Matrix (1999) Devotees of Hong Kong action cinema and video game aesthetics, the Wachowskis merged their influences into bullet time, the slow-motion tracking shot created using elaborate multi-camera rigs.
- Tremors (1990) The last great creature feature of the predigital era, Tremors' underground Graboid monsters are grotesquely phallic gigantic worms. Only one life-size model was created—and in the grand tradition of Jaws, the monsters are most scary when they're off screen.
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. Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes. Cast. Zoë Lund. Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein.
- Larry Cohen
- 106 min
- 4
Jul 26, 2018 · The father of special effects, the French illusionist and movie pioneer Georges Méliès brought a stage magician’s know-how and sense of wonder to the new art of film, creating a cinema of the ...
Mar 12, 2023 · SFX MEANING. What are special effects in film? Special effects are techniques and technologies that create illusions or enhance visual elements in a movie. Otherwise noted as SFX, these effects can be either practical or digital, and are used to add visual interest, realism, or fantasy to a film.