Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Rainey Dawn I didn't even get one smile out of this - a real eye roller of a film. All I could do is shake my head and roll my eyes at the screen - this is a very boring film.One of those films that I had to hit the fast-forward button often... stop to watch a little then fast-forward again. I couldn't sit though this mess - just not my style of comedy-horror at all.Don't base watching the film on just my review or others - one of those films you will just have to watch for yourself to see if you like it or not.1/10

Paul Day II Let me understand - a horrible actress is playing an actress who's greater than Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway and Jane Fonda? And Joe Spinell is some kind of genius actor because he embodies the loser he looks like? Add some really horrible 80's rock and this get 5.4 stars? No. I'm sorry. No.This movie is sad. Grindhouse is grindhouse. Grindhouse doesn't win awards in Cannea. Attempting to con the viewer into believing Jana Bates is anything more than a scream queen (and don't get me wrong, I love scream queens) might make this movie some kind of self-referential meta-statement...if you're in junior high school, on planet Earth, however, cloying doesn't being to cover it. The constant references to Hinkley and global violence doesn't add weight. It makes it more laughable. Put in a dose of "taxi driver saves enough money to fly to Cannes, stay in a decent place *in town*, builds an elaborate shrine to his stalkee AND has time to spare" Not to mention how this out of shape schlub with man-boobs can hang by his fingers from a balcony. Naturally, there's a Scooby-Doo twist at the end...BUT IT'S NOT REAL EITHER! The actual ending just insults the viewer making the 84mins pointless. There's no good reason for it other than to make stoners go "duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude...."2 stars because it's really not worth it. (PS - I'm not sure there's a single scene where Vinny isn't sweating.)

Witchfinder General 666 "Fanatic" aka. "The Last Horror Film" (1982) is sometimes labeled "Maniac 2", which cane merely be interpreted as an attempt to cash in on William Lustig's ultra-nasty 1980 shocker "Maniac", which featured the same cast. The incredibly creepy-looking Joe Spinell played the eponymous girl-butchering maniac in Lustig's film, and he once again plays a rather demented role here. However, as opposed to "Maniac" which is easily one of the most disturbing American Horror films of the early 80s, "Fanatic" is rather a dark comedy, or a darkly but strongly satirical Horror film to say the least.Spinell plays Vinny Durand, a New York taxi driver, mama's boy, total psycho and fanatical film fan, who plans to make his own Horror movie starring the star he worships, Horror beauty Jana Bates (played by Caroline Munro, who also played the female lead in "Maniac"). He follows her to the film festival in Cannes, where he tries to stalk her, but never manages to come close to her. In the meanwhile, more and more of Jana's associates in the film business end up in gory massacres..."The Last Horror Film" satirizes the 80s controversy whether watching violent and gory Horror films will turn viewers into violent psychopaths. Some fellow reviewers seem to state that the (gory) film absurdly agrees with that ridiculous assumption, but, as far as I am concerned, the opposite is the case: Some people's cry for censorship in the 80s (the decade of the UK's infamous 'Video Nasty' list) is ridiculed by the film. Joe Spinell is always great for extremely sleazy, perverted and creepy roles, and his performance is doubtlessly the main reason to watch "The Last Horror Film". Caroline Munro is a beauty as are most other female cast members, all of whom are eager to expose their breasts. Sadly, "Fanatic" features no suspense at all, and while there is some gore it is not comparable to the disturbing nature of "Maniac". The film has its very funny moments though, mainly provided by Spinell's character's extreme eccentricities. The film is certainly no must-see, but it nonetheless provides a good laugh.

ethylester This movie is not underrated. I think it deserves being rated poorly. Even though I do think the main guy is good at acting like a slimeball, the story is not very exciting. I also do not like the main woman's hair, she looks like a skunk. There are some moments of slapstick that seem a little odd (like the cake falling on the sun bathing torso).All in all, this movie is not very memorable. 3/10 for a potentially interesting idea and a good lead character.