Effects

Effects (1979)

Making movies can be MURDER!

Some crew members of a company shooting a horror film begin to suspect that the "killings" in the movie are real, and that they are actually making a "snuff" film.

Date of release
1979-04-01
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Director
Dusty Nelson

Casting

Interesting facts

Effects is an American horror film directed by Dusty Nelson. The film premiered on November 9, 1979, but did not receive a wide release until October 2005, when it received an official DVD release by Synapse Films. It features make-up effects by horror FX legend Tom Savini, who also appears in the film.

Production

In the behind-the-scenes documentary After Effects on the Synapse DVD, the three principal filmmakers involved - Dusty Nelson, Pasquale Buba, and John Harrison - discuss the film's evolution. They had met while working at a television station in Pittsburgh and later apprenticed under horror filmmaker George A. Romero on his 1977 film Martin.

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