◎导演◎ 拉里·柯恩 Larry Cohen
◎编剧◎ Larry Cohen
◎主演◎ Zoë Lund ... Andrea Wilcox / Elaine (as Zoe Tamerlis) / Eric Bogosian ... Christopher 'Chris' Neville
惊心特效的剧情介绍,金发女郎玛丽一直梦想做个演员,抛夫弃子到大城市追寻明星梦。她的丈夫科夫寻找到这个城市,苦劝她能够回归家庭尽母亲的责任,玛丽一心想的还是城市的耀眼和繁华,她趁机摆脱了科夫。第二天,科夫接到警方的消息,玛丽被谋杀了,玛丽的死亡种种迹象表明与好莱坞落魄的小导演內威克有关,內威克一直宣传自己的特级效果,将是震撼惊心的。科夫为寻求真相,又遇见和自己妻子同样有着金发的美丽姑娘,这姑娘即将成为內威克新任女主角。究竟谁杀了玛丽,小导演秘而不宣的特级效果又是什么......
Reality and illusion collide in this thriller about a megalomaniacal movie director who murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the part of the dead actress.