Characters & Themes
Effects (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 84 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Dusty Nelson
- Starring
- Nancy Allen, John Harrison, Tom Savini, Charles Hoyes, Joseph Pilato, Debra Gordon
When a production company begins filming a horror movie, the line between fiction and reality blurs. As the crew shoots the graphic scenes, several members grow uneasy, suspecting that the on‑screen killings are real murders, turning the project into a snuff film.
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