Effects

1979

Action / Horror / Thriller

6
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 1131 1.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Dusty Nelson Photo
Dusty Nelson

Top cast

John Harrison Photo
John Harrison as Lacey Bickel
Charles Hoyes Photo
Charles Hoyes as Lobo
Debra Gordon Photo
Debra Gordon as Rita / Mona
Tom Savini Photo
Tom Savini as Nicky
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768.28 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 3
1.39 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 6 / 10

This is not in the script!

A skeleton film crew travels to a woodsy lodge in rural Pennsylvania to film a low-budget horror film. Said crew includes easygoing cinematographer / special effects man Dom (Joseph Pilato, the original "Day of the Dead"), who is none too pleased to learn about the little side project that dictatorial director Lacey (John Harrison, composer for "Creepshow" and director of "Tales from the Darkside: The Movie") has going on.Although scripted (by director Dusty Nelson, based on a novel by William H. Mooney), this likeable if modest indie genre flick has a loose, good-natured, improvisational feel to it *until* the final 21 minutes, when, as the saying goes, the excrement hits the fan, and Dom must run for his life. Some people may feel that the film is just a little *too* low-key, however, and find it boring. Personally, I found it reasonably interesting and entertaining, with typically solid effects work by Tom Savini, who also plays the key supporting role of the obnoxious Nicky. Nelson & company *do* have fun with the whole idea of "Where does 'reel world' end and 'real world' begin?".The film is most noteworthy for the fact that, due to a major distribution problem, it never saw the light of day in either theaters *or* on home video. It finally got released on DVD in 2005, and now there is a Blu-ray release as well. It always is of some interest to finally see movies such as this that become "lost" for a long time. Genre buffs can also hardly fail to notice how many of the players are connected to George A. Romero and his filmography.It's worth seeking out if you enjoy discovering more obscure films. At the very least, it's a decent little picture that didn't deserve its fate.Six out of 10.
Reviewed by fertilecelluloid 6 / 10

Worthy attempt at something different, but slow in spots

With the exception of "Peeping Tom", this was one the first films to address the subject of snuff movies. Produced in Pittsburgh, it has a few surprises up its sleeve and is reasonably well photographed, but it also has too many slow spots and the actors are unappealing. It takes a film-within-a-film approach and focuses on a bunch of low budget filmmakers who are struggling to make their horror film "realistic". There is a sting in the screenplay's tail and the last twenty minutes really hit a horrific stride. Not great by any means, but certainly a worthy attempt to make something different with limited resources. A black and white snuff film watched by several characters in the movie is potent.
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