Murder Caught on Camera Action with Special Effects from 1984!

Yes folks, here at my blog I am trapped in really unfortunate confines. With a few notable exceptions, I can get over a 100 hits on horror reviews, and over at Blog Talk Radio i can get a 100 + hits discussing politics from the position of a gun owner and libertarian. However, if I try to do much of anything else, like run a short story, I generally don't get many hits. So this is another film that relates somewhat to the notion of the "snuff film". Reviews of films related to the notion of snuff films ( such as A Serbian Film, for example) have down very well on here (as have films that have been banned), so I try to get to them if I can. Special Effects from 1984 sort of belongs in this category of films. Technically, a snuff flick is supposed to be a murder caught on camera with the intent of being sold for commerce. In Special Effects the sleaze bag director is attempting to secretly film a woman he is trying to seduce and then she says something about how his career is failing, he flips out, and strangles her. So it does and does not belong technically belong to the category of films based around the plot device of the making of snuff films. The plot line of the film is extremely convoluted. The husband of the woman who the film director kills is cast by the director in a kind of film re-construction of the murder. Than a woman who looks just like the woman killed by director turns up. It's an odd exploration film about making exploration films. Does it work? Probably it really does not, but I like to escape from reality into cheesy films like this one. Also it features a cool 80's electronic soundtrack- very cheesy. I continue to get a lot of hits from people looking around trying to locate real snuff film footage. People with such fixations will be disappointed with this film though- it is fairly tame by today's standards. I'm not sure it would even be R if released today.