Hollywood Kills (1984)

Hollywood Kills: Directed by Larry Cohen. With Zoë Lund, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn, Kevin O’Connor. A director makes a movie based on a murder he committed.

“It seems like Larry Cohen was trying to emulate DePalma with this ambitious, but poorly realized knock off of u0026quot;Body Double.u0026quot; Some nice sets and decent shots cannot change the fact that Zoe Tamerlis is the WORST actress ever captured on film. If you thought Bo Derek or Pia Zadora were bad actresses, then after seeing Zoe in THIS, those ladies will look like Kathryn Hepburn and Meryl Streep by comparison. Usually poor acting isnu0026#39;t too much of a distraction if the material is good, but every time Tamerlis speaks it is painful. Eric Bogasian and Brad Rijn fare much better. Larry Cohen has made so many great movies, mostly in the 1970u0026#39;s, which seemed to be his decade. Interestingly he made another film the same year as u0026quot;Special Effects,u0026quot; called u0026quot;Perfect Strangers,u0026quot; which is actually MUCH better than this one. Strangely itu0026#39;s not nearly as well-known, probably due to the fact that it isnu0026#39;t flashy, and loaded with sex and violence. You do get plenty of that in this film. My advice is to skip this one and seek out u0026quot;Perfect Strangersu0026quot; instead. This movie gave me a headache, and I feel like i lost some brain cells in the process.”