UK import. Blu-ray disc is region B and requires a region-free or region B Blu-ray player.
 
Special Effects Limited Edition Blu-ray delivers a sleazy, self-reflexive thriller from Larry Cohen, blending voyeurism, obsession and filmmaking itself into a dark and provocative cult oddity.
 
An aspiring actress arrives in New York chasing stardom, only to fall victim to a manipulative filmmaker whose camera captures a brutal crime. As suspicion falls elsewhere, the director twists the situation into creative opportunity, pulling an unsuspecting accomplice into a dangerous game where reality and fiction blur. What follows is a grim, meta-cinematic spiral that echoes the psychological tension of films like Vertigo and Peeping Tom.
 
With its grimy New York atmosphere and unsettling premise, Special Effects stands as one of Cohen’s most daring and morally twisted explorations of cinema and control.
 
directed by: Larry Cohen
starring: Zoë Tamerlis Lund, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn
1984 / English