Special Effects (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray] [UK]

Release Date: 23/2/2026

Aspiring actress Andrea (Zoe Tamerlis Lund, Ms .45) has run away from her domestic life in Dallas to New York City, with dreams of becoming a future movie star. Director Christopher Neville (Eric Bogosian, Uncut Gems) promises Andrea a role in his next film - but when she visits him at his apartment one night, a sexual encounter turns violent, and Andrea is murdered while Neville’s camera captures the whole sordid affair. When Andrea’s estranged husband Keefe (Brad Rijn) arrives to look for her, he is immediately suspected of her murder, until he finds an unlikely ally in Neville. In exchange for helping secure his freedom, Neville persuades Keefe to help him with his new film, and to find him a new leading lady, one who bears a remarkable resemblance to Andrea…

Special Effects is a pungent, grindhouse-friendly riff on psycho-sexual thriller classics such as Vertigo, Peeping Tom and Blow Out, presented with inimitable style from the king of low-budget NY genre cinema, Larry Cohen (Q: The Winged Serpent, The Stuff). 

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES

• UK Blu-ray premiere
• High definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono audio
• Newly recorded interview with star Eric Bogosian
• New audio commentary with director of King Cohen, Steve Mitchell
• Cohen on Cohen - feature length interview with Larry Cohen (2017, 71 mins)
• Archival directors commentary with Larry Cohen, moderated by Steve Mitchell
• New interview with critic Christina Newland on Zoe Tamerlis Lund
• Trailer
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Includes O-card featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing from Juan Barquin
  
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented with o-card and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings