As Good as Dead is a 1995 American television film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen.

The psychological thriller, originally broadcast on USA Network on May 10, 1995, stars Crystal Bernard, Judge Reinhold and Traci Lords.

She learns that the death was due to a transfusion of the wrong type of blood and fears that she could be accused of manslaughter for having given incorrect medical information so she assumes Nicole's identity completely and visits the lawyer, who says that he is suing for $10 million for negligence and tells her where "Aaron Warfield" is staying in a hotel.

She leaves her phone number as "Nicole" and returns to the hospital, where she learns that a technician named Eddie Garcia was fired for entering the blood type as B− instead of A−, though Eddie argues that he saw someone watching him enter the computer access code and that person must have used it to change the data.

While escaping Susan nearly runs into a car driven by a pianist named Ron, who shows great interest in her and asks her to dinner.

After dinner she finds that someone has broken into her apartment through the front door and Ron offers to stay in case the intruder returns.

[1] Tony Scott of Variety.com called the film "filled with possibilities longing to be realized" and complained that "San Diego is being used as L.A.’s stand-in.

"[2] Jon Abrams of dailygrindhouse.com called it "an entertaining little ride that works as a low-key version of Cohen’s ‘80s thrillers like SPECIAL EFFECTS and PERFECT STRANGERS.

But it’s also a sad project for what it represents: the final film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen.