4K UHD Review – Effects

1980's "Effects" is an adaptation of a book, "Snuff," by William H. Mooney, but it also represents a sustained sense of collaboration from Pittsburgh filmmakers trying to show their stuff after George A. Romero managed to break through regional boundaries and score global hits. The production team sticks with genre entertainment, but "Effects" isn't a horror movie in the traditional sense. Sure, there's creative involvement from Tom Savini, which raises expectations, but the endeavor is more of a psychological chiller, almost connecting as a paranoid thriller of the 1970s, exploring rising anxiety when a seemingly normal situation of professionalism transforms into something darker in the middle of nowhere. The effort is as slow-burn as a feature gets, intentionally keeping away from cheap thrills to reach more sinister reveals. It's not a picture that necessarily rewards the patience it requires to sit through it, but there's interesting atmosphere, and the grimness of it all is compelling. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com