The Last Horror Film

1982

Action / Comedy / Horror

9
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 2207 2.2K

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Plot summary

A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.


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Isabelle Adjani as Isabelle Adjani
Karen Black as Karen Black
Caroline Munro as Jana Bates
Joe Spinell as Vinny
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 7 / 10

Spinell is excellent as always.

Crude, low budget shocker is undeniably fascinating for its setting, and its portrayal of the movie business. It reunites the two stars of "Maniac", Joe Spinell and Caroline Munro, in a story of NYC cabbie Vinny Durand (Spinell), a pathetic aspiring filmmaker who's obsessed with horror film star Jana Bates (Munro), tailing her to the Cannes Film Festival where she's promoting her latest film. In between Vinnys' desperate attempts to make contact with Jana, a psychotic killer is at work brutally dispatching various people in Janas' life. The film is co-written by Judd Hamilton, then married to Munro, and director David Winters, along with Tom Klassen, and Hamilton and Winters also play film directors on screen. Winters is more ambitious with his ideas and set ups than one would think, going for the surreal and laying on the creepy imagery at select points, and his framing is likewise interesting. The non stop pop / rock soundtrack helps to keep "The Last Horror Film" moving forward adequately, and there are some genuinely effective sequences, such as when a terrified Jana flees in terror from Vinny, clad in only a towel, and bemused onlookers think she's merely participating in a publicity stunt. Use of gore is entertaining - there's not a whole lot of it, but we do see a fair bit of the red stuff spilling. Cameos include June Chadwick and Robin Leach, and one truly compelling facet of this movie is the way it works as a snapshot of a particular place at a particular time, with many shots of posters of then current productions. Intriguing at every turn, "The Last Horror Film" also has a certain seedy ambiance going for it, with some nudity to go with its lurid thrills. Spinells' own mother Mary is hilarious as Vinnys' overbearing ma, and Munro is as gorgeous and appealing as she's ever been, but ultimately this is a vehicle for Spinell, who proves once again his ability to elicit some feelings of sympathy even when playing a disturbed character. This is not up to "Maniac", but it's not bad, and worth a look for fans of the stars. The final scene is especially funny, ending the movie on an irresistible high note. Seven out of 10.

Reviewed by lost-in-limbo 7 / 10

It's all about Joe Spinell.

Who knew watching a lonesome daydreaming New York cabbie Vinny with desires of being a famous filmmaker obsessively lament over a beautiful well-known horror scarlet to appear in his first film, while running around after her at the Cannes film festival could be so entertaining? To go along with that some unknown deranged serial killer staying in the shadows begins knocking off her entourage while filming it. Could they both be linked or is it pure coincidence?

"THE LAST HORROR FILM" wasn't what I expected it to be, mainly due to the unhinged tonal shifts. From an underlining comedic edge, it can turn depressingly downbeat to nastily macabre then back to kooky again. It's not over-the-top, but it sticks out because it puts a clever spin on the material, as it lures you into thinking it's something it is not. I kind of liked how the story evolved, being quite a delirious cocktail, as it kept you on your toes. Never too sure what direction it was heading. This led to an oddball climax to only be topped off by an enjoyably absurd ending that I don't see how anyone could predict. In all a very unorthodox experience.

What really came to the forefront is its true-to-the-facts information of the times it was shot to use as sort of a satirical social commentary of the influences of film on violence, where the script in more than one way was taking a shot at the narrow-minded assumption of those who see violent films to be blamed for the unstable descent of society instead of being a reflection of it. So with this viewpoint, making it the more interesting is having it set in Cannes, where the shot-on-location atmosphere added to the buzz. Still even with that feverish glitz of searching for stardom with a beautiful French Riviera backdrop, it's soaked in sleaze, unpleasant gore and a lingering dinginess when the killer hits the scene.

Then there's Joe Spinell. As he showed in "MANIAC", he's a live-wire that you simply work around. Just let him go, sweat and all, as his instinctive presence emits such weirdness, yet stays strangely appealing (when interacting with his real-life mom) in spite of being an emotional wreck leading to some crazy visions, and disturbing encounters in his on-going fascination towards the actress (the very capable Caroline Munro).

Reviewed by Coventry 4 / 10

I Warned You Not To Go To Cannes This Year!?!

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.

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