The Last Horror Film (1982)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1982
Running Times: 87 mins
Format: Technicolor
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PRODUCTION
Production Company: Shere Productions
Producers: Judd Hamilton, David Winters

SCRIPT
Script: Judd Hamilton, Tom Klassen, David Winters

DIRECTION
Director: David Winters

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Thomas F. Denove

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: M. Edward Salier

MUSIC
Music: Jeff Coz, Jesse Frederick
Song Performed By: Depeche Mode (Photographic)
Music Producer: Jesse Frederick

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jane Barry, Toni Caine, Davey Rohl

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Consultant: Peter McKenzie

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Michael Jones, John Humphreys, Jean Scott

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Jeff Sharpe
Art Director: Brian Savagar

LOCATIONS
Locations: Cannes, Côte d'Azur, France; Lake Geneva, Switzerland; New York City, New York, USA

CAST
Caroline Munro (Jana Bates)
Joe Spinell (Vinny Durand)
Judd Hamilton (Alan Cunningham)
Devin Goldenberg (Marty Bernstein)
David Winters (Stanley Kline)
Stanley Susanne Benton (Susan Archer)
Mary Spinell (real name: Filomena Spagnuolo) (Vinny's mother)
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)
Patty Salier (woman #3 in theatre)
Chip Hamilton, George Valismis, Peter D'Arcy (New York men)
Mai Britt Finseth (bikini girl / beach girl)
Valerie (bikini girl)
Robert Paget, Katia Malmio, Dennis Beasnard, Richard Marner, Jenny Lipman, Holly De Jong (screening room jury)
Tony McCann (blowtorch man)
Jane Wellman (burn effect girl)
Valerie Devereaux (girl fan)
Joanne Hicks, William Whittington (Miss Bates' secretaries)
John Claude (delivery boy)
Noreen Kantala, Corina Burkli (girls in lobby)
Lavana Hakim, Marika Laususer (beach girls)
George Alschul, Ronald Dessautels (bouncers)
Marie Jose Welsch (topless girl on pier)
Marty Ollstein (door man)
June Chadwick (1st reporter)
Robin Leach (2nd reporter)
John Austin (3rd reporter)
Jane Rawlins (old lady in alley scene)
Mark Hutchinson (young boy in alley scene)
David Jones (rock star)
Melissa Carr, Judy Duckett (girls by pool)
John Hamilton, Luke Walter (bodyguards)
Tammy Hamilton (Michelle Wagner, Jana Bates' lookalike)
Marty Heckleman, Thomas F. Denove (policemen)
Henri Marchal (announcer)
Marcello Mastroianni (uncredited)
Karen Black (uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

Vinny Durand is so obsessed with actress Jana Bates that he wants her to give him a part in her new film. He goes to the the Cannes Film Festival hoping to get close to her and offer his services. But Vinny is completely unhinged and soon people are starting to disappear from Jana's entourage...

A terrible film, made bearable only by Joe Spinell's slimy central performance. Re-teaming Spinell with Caroline Munro gives the impression that this was supposed to be a follow-up to Maniac (1980) which it most certainly isn't. One for Spinell or Munro completists only – the rest would be best advised to leave this dreadful, uninvolving and poorly made rubbish well alone.

UK
Video Distributor: Intervision

USA
Video Distributor: VCI Home Video
DVD Distributor: Troma Team Video (9991)

Australia
Rating: R

France
Rating: -12

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

1982
Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges, Spain
Clavell de Plata Best Cinematography (Thomas F. Denove) - winner
Best Actress (Mary Spinell) - winner

1981
April
Day Unknown: France - filming begins

June
Day Unknown: USA - filming ends

1982
October
9: Spain – shown at the Sitges Film Festival

1983
May
Day Unknown: France – shown at the Cannes Film Festival

1984
May
23: USA - video release

1985
July
17: France – theatrical release

2000
March
28: USA - DVD release (Troma Team Video (9991))

A Deadly Game of Hide and Seek.

Fanatic
Fanatical Extreme - US video title
Fanatismo letal – Venezuelan title
Les frénétiques - French title
Love to Kill - West German title
Love to kill – Hungarian title

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Joe Spinell Story (2001)

KEYWORDS

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.209
credits, review

The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide p.108
credits, review

KEYWORDS

actors; cannes film festival; chainsaws; film in film; france; obsession; psychopaths; serial killers; splatter; stalk and slash; stalking; twist ending