The Last Horror Film (1982)

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.

Director:

David Winters

Writers:

Judd Hamilton, Tom Klassen,

Stars:

Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell, Judd Hamilton

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Caroline Munro	...	Jana Bates
Joe Spinell	...	Vinny Durand
Judd Hamilton	...	Alan Cunningham
Devin Goldenberg	...	Marty Bernstein
David Winters	...	Stanley Kline
Susanne Benton	...	Susan Archer (as Stanley Susanne Benton)
Filomena Spagnuolo	...	Vinny's Mother (as Mary Spinell)
Glenn Jacobson	...	Bret Bates
J'Len Winters	...	Girl In Jaccuzi / Beach Girl Teaser
Sharon Hughes	...	Stripper
Sean Casey	...	Jonathan
Don Talley	...	Cowboy
John Kelly	...	Man In Theatre
Simone Overman	...	Woman #1 In Theatre
Malgosia Casey	...	Woman #2 In Theatre

Storyline

Vinny is obsessed with famous actress Jana Bates and is determined to have her star in his movie. He travels to the Cannes Film Festival in France to try and convince her. Unfortunately, he goes about things in a rather unprofessional manner and people invloved with Jana Bates begin to disappear.

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Plot Keywords:

film festival | cannes | france | stalker | actor | 

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Taglines:

Inescapable fear descends upon the French Riviera.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Troma

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 July 1985 (France)

Also Known As:

Fanatical Extreme

Filming Locations:

Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shere Productions, Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was shot guerrilla style without permits at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.

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Goofs

A crew person can be glimpsed laying down on the ground throwing fake blood up at Brett while Vinny is slashing him with a chainsaw.

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Quotes

Vinny Durand: Hi, Ma.
Vinny's Mother: Hi, Vinny. You're home early. What's wrong? Are you sick?
Vinny Durand: I'm fine. Couldn't be better. I'm home early because I just got my round-trip plane ticket. I'm leaving tomorrow for Europe. I'm going to the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival, Ma!
Vinny's Mother: [as Vinny goes to his room to pack] Vinny, stop talking about those crazy ideas of yours. I made baked macaroni. You don't eat right. You need more proten so you wouldn't have to think of those crazy ideas.
Vinny Durand: I don't know why you think my ideas...
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in Lamb to the Slaughter: The Scream Queen Career of Caroline Munro (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Will You Ever Be Satisfied"
Lyrics and Music by Jesse Frederick and Jeff Koz
Performed by Jesse Frederick and Jeff Koz

User Reviews

Joe Spinell why did you have to go??

A very underrated master piece that i liked much more than, William Lustig´s Maniac, this is far off better not as brutal as the earlier mentioned Maniac, but has a much more interesting plot, the story in short is that Spinell thinks he´s a movie director, but he´s not, he becomes obsessed by the beautiful Caroline Munroe from the Spy who loved me, Spinell wants her in his movie (eventhough he hasn´t got a movie to put her in) I laughed a lot in this very sick study,of the mind of the deranged serial killer, played byJoe Spinell. It has a lot of strong violence, throat cutting stabbings and some strangulation. Watch out for Spinells real mother that plays the killers mother also. I gave it a 10 out of 10