Special Effects (Larry Cohen)

[pro-bassoonist]

Special Effects Blu-ray PRE-ORDER

From the writer & director of It's Alive, Larry Cohen's Special Effects casts a satirical eye on Hollywood, viewed through the prism of the horror film genre. When the fresh-faced Oklahoma country boy Keefe (Brad Rijn, Smithereens) comes looking for his wife Mary Jean (Zoe Tamerlis, Ms .45), a wannabe actress, he soon discovers the seamy side of Tinsel Town when Mary Jean is found dead and he's the prime suspect.

With a few swipes at Hollywood archetypes (Eric Bogosian as Christopher Neville, a once-revered Wunderkind director; Zoe Tamerlis as Mary Jean look-alike, Elaine, a budding actress who isn't beyond manipulating the situation for her own benefit), Special Effects offers chills, thrills, shrieks, and a few laughs along the way.

Written and directed by Larry Cohen, Special Effects also stars Kevin O'Connor (Let's Scare Jessica to Death) and Richard Greene (TV's Mad Men) in supporting roles.

With optional English SDH subtitles.

STREET DATE: OCTOBER 18.

[kidglov3s]

Good news, I wonder if Perfect Strangers will be on its way, I find it hard to separate the two, seeing the couple of them as marking a certain point in the trajectory of Cohen's career.

[dissention]

Zoe Tamerlis is so awful in this, it must be seen to be believed. Pre-order, y'all!

[Wake Up]

:')

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by dissention

Zoe Tamerlis is so awful in this, it must be seen to be believed. Pre-order, y'all!

How so? Is she just high as a kite? I have only seen her in Ms 45 (where she's great, but also like 17) and Bad Lieutenant (where she's supposed to be high as a kite), but was impressed with her.

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by dissention

Zoe Tamerlis is so awful in this, it must be seen to be believed. Pre-order, y'all!

I thought that her two distinctly different roles were well played to be honest. I'm looking forward to upgrading my dvd.

Cakefactory, No. She doesn't seem to be high at all in this movie, unlike Bad Lieutenant, where Keitel and Lund were really high.

[AlexIlDottore]

Hot Ticket. A short by Zoe Lund

Zoë Lund - Hot Ticket (1993) - YouTube

[dissention]

I was surprised by just how much of an improvement this was over the DVD. Nice disc and Best Buy still has it for $12.99 (Amazon has shot up to over $20, surprise surprise).

More Cohen please. I'd love to add The Ambulance and Eric Roberts' crazy performance to my collection.

[Boggle]

Originally Posted by kidglov3s

Good news, I wonder if Perfect Strangers will be on its way, I find it hard to separate the two, seeing the couple of them as marking a certain point in the trajectory of Cohen's career.

I saw Larry Cohen over the weekend at a screening of Perfect Strangers and he said that he just finished recording a commentary track for an upcoming release.

[ditcin]

Originally Posted by Boggle

I saw Larry Cohen over the weekend at a screening of Perfect Strangers and he said that he just finished recording a commentary track for an upcoming release.

I wish it was for the It's Alive films instead.

[JupiterMission]

Is this OOP?

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by JupiterMission

Is this OOP?

No.

https://olivefilms.com/product/special-effects/

[reaperx187]

Anyone seen this one before any good worth getting the blu-ray i heard of it but didn't see it only seen a couple of Cohen films from before?.

[dullboy]

Originally Posted by dissention

Zoe Tamerlis is so awful in this, it must be seen to be believed. Pre-order, y'all!

It seemed to me that her dialog in the first part of the film was overdubbed. Not sure if the "southern" accent was actually her doing the overdubbing or someone else. But this is what made that part of the performance seem off to me.

[bagdul]

I used to have this on Laserdisc.
Purchased the BD on deepdiscount (buy 1 get 1 for free)
Havent seen a Larry Cohen film I dont like.