Larry Cohen’s Special Effects: A Sleazy Vertigo

In the 2017 documentary King Cohen, guerrilla filmmaking pioneer Larry Cohen runs down every major work of his career, from his blaxploitation hits of the 70s ( Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem), horror titles ( The Stuff, A Return to Salem's Lot) and assorted B-movies ( Q, Wicked Stepmother) of the 80s to screenwriter-for-hire in the 90s ( Maniac Cop 1 and 2). Along the way, we discover some of his memories might have been exaggerated by time.

So, maybe I shouldn't totally trust his version of how the 1984 movie Special Effects came to be, but I like ...