Special Effects (1984)

What I enjoy about Larry Cohen is how he approaches things as a writer: the story’s gotta have a hook! Released in the same year as Brian De Palma’s Body Double, Cohen’s film Special Effects (1984) is a comparable twist on a Hitchcockian thriller. The hook: What if a movie director was a murderer? (A […]

Trash Classics: Program 3

Screened: September to December, 2022Luna Leederville Several words from our host, Tristan Fidler: “Trash Classics is just a name – a different phrase for Cult Movies. We’re not out to ‘trash’ these movies. This is about highlighting films that either flamed out upon release, were either critically derided or commercially unsuccessful, or both, and are […]

Body Double (1984)

While it might not be the best Brian De Palma film, Body Double (1984) is certainly the quintessential Brian De Palma film, and it’s certainly the most notorious, and it’s become my favourite of his auteur thrillers. Publicised as the heir to Alfred Hitchcock in his continual homages to the ‘Master of Suspense’ across films […]