I suppose that's why this movie is labeled a "horror comedy"... because the ending's so dumb, it makes the whole production seem like a total joke in retrospect. The main character is really good he's a taxi driver who wants to be a movie director so he goes to the cannes fim festival to see his favourite horror movie star, but he can't get to her and people start dying.
The re-teaming of her & Spinell disappoints in the long run.
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.
(Ironically the mom is played by Spinell's real life Mom) Joe Spinell gives another brave performance, with another psychotic character. A serial killer uses a horror video rental to lure his next victim.
Bret's severed head rolls off into the sink and Jana runs away screaming. Vinny has fantasy scenes of himself being acclaimed as a great director.
(1982). That's great, really helping our case there, guys! The completed movie was first shown on October 9, 1982 at the Sitges Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain. Playing an obsessed fan and would-be director, Spinell was both pathetic and sympathetic. The Last Horror Film (a.k.a. It was worth seeing but it is not the best Caroline Munro horror lick in my opinion. Everyone thinks he's disappeared, but that may, or may not be the case. The image falls back to reveal that the whole story is a movie that Vinny filmed at the Cannes Film Festival with Jana Bates, and he is now back in New York showing it to his mother in a screening room.
He's not nearly as deranged as he was in Maniac, but he's still off his rocker to say the least.
There isn't a ton of gore here. As I mentioned previously, Joe Spinell is quite good in this movie. 10 years later, on Thanksgiving, Todd escapes and a killing spree begins in his neighborhood. Meanwhile, he encounters some naked young women bathing at the beach at night and picks up one of their stockings, but is confronted by one of the women who taunts him before running back into the water. As he attempts this, someone is killing off a lot of the people in said scream queen's entourage in a variety of gruesome ways. An obsessed cabbie heads to Cannes with the hopes of attracting his favorite starlet to star in his movie. 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. Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018.
Joe Spinell is always great when he plays lunatics. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The Last Horror Film is noted to be the second and last film theatrically released with Joe Spinell as the lead.
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The Last Horror Film. He was the perfect on-screen crazy man. Could they both be linked or is it pure coincidence?
There's definitely some sleaze, but The Last Horror Film is far less oppressive and bleak than Maniac and is actually pretty fun, especially when compared to that film. Why, because the combination of Joe Spinell and Caroline Munro is back on the screen best know for their cult classic maniac (1980). 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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This film start the inimitable Joe Spinell in a part that only he knows how to deliver. Entering the bathroom, she finds his bloody stabbed body in the bath. 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. This doesn't quite work out, and he stalks all the way to the Cannes film festival where things go from bad to even worse. - a pound. If you can ignore the badly dubbed voices you will find this movie quite enjoyable especially if you have a sick sense of humour. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Filomena Spagnuolo was nominated for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Nominated: This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 07:05. Caroline Munro is the ultimate Godess of horror! The twist ending is actually awesome.
Now, Joe Spinell plays a quite strange taxi driver who´s possessed by the idea to shoot a movie that stars his beloved horror star Jana Bates (as sexy as ever: Caroline Munro!).
the film is awful. Vinny continues following Jana around and filming her with his movie camera. It was re-titled as 'Fanatic'. R | 1h 27min | Comedy, Horror | 17 July 1985 (France) 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. R The film went on to win a slew of awards in various film festivals. It has major pacing issues, and ruins what could have been a clever film. 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. I thought it was really good gore done in a not very serious way. Maniac reveled in the grit and sleaze of early 80's NYC, but this film takes us to the Cannes Film Festival where a lowly NYC taxi driver tries to persuade a scream queen to be in his next film. Another brilliant 88 films release on Blu-ray, This is a classic 80's movie with a great story that's original and well directed, the story is set around the Cannes film festival during the 80's of course, we follow an obsessed fan Joe Spinell as he stalks Caroline Munro a hot actress whom he wants for his movie, at the same time a killer is picking off directors and actors, the movie has some weird twists and turns as things are not what they seem, the film is great against he Cannes background and set amongst the glamour etc, the cast is brilliant of course reuniting Spinell and Munro again for 3 movies running as they were in Star Crash and Maniac, Munro still looks beautiful, one of the hottest scream queens back in the 80's, the soundtrack is cool too and there is some nice blood and gore and nudity, the Blu-ray picture is good for a restored 80's movie, some of the footage is lower quality were they have inserted some gore scenes that was missing originally, this is a top release a must have for 80's horror fans. Many people still believe that repeated viewings of these films is warping the minds of you young people.
I'd say it was money well spent. This movie has a lot of interesting ideas, but fails to capitalize on them. He travels to the Cannes Film Festival in France to try and convince her. Across town in Jana's hotel room, Vinny sneaks in with a bottle of champagne and surprises Jana as she is taking a shower. but so much better. Jana is in Cannes to promote her latest horror film Scream in which she has been nominated for Best Actress. As soon as he arrives at the film festival in Cannes/France some bloody murders shatter the surroundings of the actress... View production, box office, & company info, Judd Hamilton, Disillusioned New York Taxi Driver Vinny Durand (Joe Spinell) is obsessed with cult film actress Jana Bates (Caroline Munro). The Last Horror Film was actually filmed on location at the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, so for film buffs the movie is almost like a small time capsule of films from the era. While Jana attends more press conferences, Vinny goes to a nightclub where he attacks a stripper after seeing her as Jana.
The script of "The Last Horror Film" is quite contemporary accurate with news reports and film posters from around the time of release. Unfortunately, he goes about things in a rather unprofessional manner and people invloved with Jana Bates begin to disappear.
Reportedly an animated project based on the long-running The Last Horror Film video game franchise. Nice transfer, OK extras. A rather underrated film going by the votes above... Caroline Munro is the ultimate Godess of horror! Comedy, Horror. A series of killings start.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2014. stopping a young woman before going into a club, a group of her friends walk by, calling her to join them and she abandons the old priest, Watch Alaskan Bush People Online: Season 12 Episode 8, Watch Supernatural Online: Season 15 Episode 14. Maniac reveled in the grit and sleaze of early 80's NYC, but this film takes us to the Cannes Film Festival where a lowly NYC taxi driver tries to persuade a scream queen to be in his next film. 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.
I had put off seeing this for a long time because, although an admirer of Joe Spinell and Caroline Munro, I am NOT a fan of gore. His mother tells Vinny that she is finally proud of him for directing and starring in his first movie, but Vinny explains that it will be his last horror film. If you like Cult Horror you will like it. Crude, low budget shocker is undeniably fascinating for its setting, and its portrayal of the movie business.
Unfortunately, he goes about things in a rather unprofessional manner and people invloved with Jana Bates begin to disappear. (33) IMDb 5.6 1h 27min 1982 R. A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a … Awards
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