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Prayers to Mr Savini and his family.

And with that, thanks #CultShelf brethren! Tuesday, we celebrate Sleazy Summer Friday early with THE EX, and then have our 500th movie, John Woo’s BULLET IN THE HEAD! Until then, take care and get some sleep!

Man's Hilarious Confused Look (static.klipy.com)

The director gets electrocuted, and…our stars take off together? And are pretending the wife isn’t actually dead? WHAT?

I’m pretty sure I have this exact same lavender angora sweater dress in my closet. It’s a staple once it starts getting cold

Wakko Warner: Verwirrt Verrückt (static.klipy.com)

There is something crazy about a guy willing to work on a movie with a doppleganger of his dead wife, being directed by the guy who did kill his wife, and the doppleganger seeming okay with all this.

Zoë Lund Ms 45 (static.klipy.com)

We just saw Zoe Lund there as the mystery woman running. You may recognize her from MS. 45 (a possible “stay tuned”).

Larry Cohen discussed his intent with the movie:

I don’t know many directors who’ve had two movies come out in the same month, but Larry Cohen did with this and PERFECT STRANGERS, which seems a slightly more straight forward thriller than this.

Eric Bogosian Ebogo (static.klipy.com)

Eric Bogosian!

Not our first Larry Cohen movie here. We actually have a movie co-written by him for Tuesday, basically filling our Sleazy Summer Friday slot for the week, as next Friday we got BULLET IN THE HEAD for our 500th movie.

Posters for “Special Effects” AKA “Cutting Room” AKA “Hollywood Kills” (1984) from The USA and Finland

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the passing of Reggie Bannister, Reg from the PHANTASM movies, this week. We’ve shown the whole series here before, but may show the first one in September as a tribute. Stay tuned.

George Lucas: It's Like Poetry, It Rhymes (static.klipy.com)

Here we were watching POSSESSION a few weeks back with Isabelle Adjani doing a dual role as a doppleganger, and now here we are with Zoe Lund doing a dual role as a doppleganger.

Start SPECIAL EFFECTS now!

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Join #CultShelf this Friday at 10 PM Pacific for more Sleazy Summer Fridays with Larry Cohen’s SPECIAL EFFECTS! A director finds inspiration for his next movie…a movie based on the murder he’s committed! You can find the movie on Amazon Prime and Tubi!