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Review of Effects (1979) by screenqueeen: 👍 3.5/5

the thirteenth night in the lonesome hooptober day 16 film 12 cats: 0

62/100

really really engrossing until you realize this is just kind of a back door MOST DANGEROUS GAME at least for that last act. this feels shockingly modern in how things unfold and although MUTE WITNESS does it better, EFFECTS is far more compelling in its own world as to how the sausage is made for horror films in the bridge between the 70s and 80s. this is mostly worth it for Savini's wonderfully annoying turn as the huge piece of shit Nicky. for what it's worth i was completely engaged in the first half of the movie but it kept hitting the same beats as it went on. the exhibition scene (you know the one) felt like it was going to come to a head a lot more dramatically or climactically than it did. i liked it but this isn't for everyone.