GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Micransix Crappy film

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Nigel P Disillusioned New York Taxi Driver Vinny Durand (Joe Spinell) is obsessed with cult film actress Jana Bates (Caroline Munro). He tells his mother, with whom he shares an apartment - actually Spinell's home), that he intends to go to the Cannes Film Festival, meet Bates and direct her in a film that will kick-start his career as an acclaimed film-maker. His mother (played by Spinell's real matriarch Mary – the star of the film, in my view) isn't convinced. In a warning uttered without punctuation, she says, "Stop thinking about those crazy ideas, you'll only get yourself upset again, I made baked macaroni, you don't eat right."Caroline Munro seems to be re-dubbed throughout, with an American accent. Visually, she's as 1980s as it is possible to get, her natural beauty often smothered by make-up and hair colouring and styling. She features in my favourite scene – wrapped only in a towel, running hysterically, barefoot down the middle of a bustling night-time road. This includes what appears to be real news footage, charting the assignation attempt on then President Ronald Reagan (himself an ex-film star) in an attempt by an obsessed fan to impress actress Jodie Foster.'The Last Horror Film' is by turns dreadful and very funny (especially the last scene). Every few minutes, we are treated to tracking shots of beaches, movie premieres and parties, incessantly accompanied by tuneless 80's 'songs, with hoarse-voiced singers, guitars and Linn Drums (which help to ensure the running time seems a lot longer than 90 minutes) – against this backdrop, Durrand comes across as a splendidly drab failure, who might even be responsible for a series of gory murders that seem to follow Bates around …Filmed, without permits, at and around the Cannes Film Festival, this is somehow saved from being 'a bad film' by the genuine warmth and heart that belies the bad acting (although Spinell has moments where he is genuinely unnerving) and zero budget. It goes some way to explore whether or not horror films inspire real life horrific events. Bates' comeback is that people watch the news, which is more terrifying than any horror films she has ever seen. It's difficult to argue with that.

Coventry Early on, there's a number of indicators making you think that "Fanatic" might actually become a really worthwhile and sadly overlooked early 80's horror gem, like the downright awesome opening sequences with a delightfully tongue-in-cheek film in film structure, the catchy opening credits tune and a glimpse at a fairly ingenious horror/exploitation plot. "The Last Horror Film", or "Fanatic" as it got released under the Troma label, reunites Joe Spinell and Caroline Munro, mostly known as the stars of the infamous video nasty "Maniac". The main difference between the two films, apart from the fact that "Maniac" is much more famous, is that "Fanatic" actually attempts to tell an interesting story. Joe Spinell, the embodiment of sleaze, stars as a slightly deranged New York taxi driver Vinny Durand (cinema history already proved that this can be a very dangerous profession if you have mental issues) who obsessively dreams about a career in the film industry. He has written a script especially for his muse actress Jana Bates (played by Munro) and travels to the French cinema city of Cannes to inflict his big breakthrough. Obviously, nobody in Cannes takes Vinny seriously and it doesn't even come to a face-to-face meeting with Mrs. Bates. In the end, Vinny sees no other alternative than to fanatically stalk his idol even into her bathroom. Meanwhile, the people standing in the way of Vinny Durand's oh-so-promising film career are mysteriously getting killed. The script of "The Last Horror Film" is quite contemporary accurate with news reports and film posters from around the time of release. It's also a horror film suggesting that watching violent and sleazy horror films is likely to turn you into a mad-raving psychopathic serial killer. That's great, really helping our case there, guys! This is exactly the taboo that myself, and probably a couple of thousand fellow horror fans, wishes to discredit and than this film cheerfully comes along. Some nicely gross make-up effects and gratuitous sleaze make this a worthwhile early 80's exploitation effort. Most effective element is the parodying of the supposedly glamorous industry of film festivals, where people think everything is a publicity stunt (even when persons go missing and top actresses hysterically run through the hotel lobby only dressed in a towel). Caroline Munro surely looked better already, since her haircut makes her look like a badger. Joe Spinell's character is a sick and perverted momma's boy who peeps at girls skinny- dipping and jumps on strip dancers during the middle of their act. The topic of crazy lunatics stalking their media idols is disturbingly up- to-date but the elaboration is too often tedious and overwrought. There's a pretty stupid and totally unnecessary plot twist near the end that nearly ruined the entire film for me .Admittedly the twist is ambitious and unexpected, but there was absolutely no need for that to happen.

Scarecrow-88 New York taxi driver, with aspirations in directing a big horror film, Vinny Durand(Joe Spinell)is obsessed with female horror icon Jana Bates(Caroline Munro)and follows her to Cannes Film Festival willing to go to any lengths necessary to see the actress star in his picture. The film paints him an oddball right from the start as we see Durand masturbating in a darkened theater to the scene of a horror flick featuring a naked woman frying from an electrical wire in her hot tub..this ought to let the viewer know from the get-go what they're in for.The film is mostly set in Cannes and director David Winters shoots exact streets, movie posters, and people on locations trying to capture that spirit of movie-making as the film transpires with sweaty Durand, quite bonkers as he endlessly fantasizes of being a star director appearing before crowds of adoring fans applauding at a movie premiere dressed in fancy black suit and cape(..this is a gas!). Soon those associated with Jana Bates who turn Durand down, when he approaches them with his great desire and script for her, wind up murdered in various ways(sliced throat, ax to the back, knife-stabbing, and gun-shots to the back of the skull). Is Durand the man responsible for these crimes? My favorite scene has poor, frightened-out-of-her-wits Munro running from crazed Spinell from her bathroom, through her hotel, and into the Cannes streets in nothing but a towel! Love those scenes between Spinell and his mom(ESPECIALLY the final one!). Those expecting the graphic blood-letting of Spinell and Munro's previous "Maniac" will probably be disappointed with this film. I don't think the film is very good, (quite sloppy actually), but Spinell delivers enough lunacy in his wacko to entertain those horror fans looking for it.

dbdumonteil Cannes is not the right place for a horror movie.Not only this kind of flick never won any prize,but to my knowledge ,few -if any- of those estimable works were ever shown there.There was in France a festival reserved for the fantasy and horror genre in Avoriaz but I think it no longer exists -Avoriaz gave too many awards to films which would not deserve a chocolate medal,and their decision to call it a day made sense- Anyway,"The last horror film" would have had its chances in a Harvard Lampoon Movie Worsts competition,but no more....The movie begins well enough with hints at the news of the time: it's because,they teach us,someone saw Jodie Foster in "taxi driver" that he felt like slaying Regan...and there's also John Lennon and more ...The movie blends real life and movies and the unexpected ending does not create a big surprise ,in spite of mama's funny last words.To pack a real wallop,it would have taken a strong story ,an efficient directing and good actors.Also handicapped by a lousy soundtrack which deals out neodisco and a music that passes for rock in made-for-TV works.The story:a director and her star are very successful and they plan to live together.But will the lady's husband be prepared to accept it.And there's another "director" (some kind of Ed Wood) whose greatest wish is to have the actress in his own film.The killing begins.