The Last Horror Film (a.k.a. Fanatic) is a 1982 American horror comedy film directed by David Winters and starring Joe Spinell and Caroline Munro. The director, David Winters, filmed on location at the Cannes Film Festival. Plot Vinny Durand (Joe Spinell) is a New York City taxi driver. He dreams of directing a film starring the actress Jana Bates (Caroline Munro), known as the "queen of horror films". Durand, who lives in an apartment with his mother (Filomena Spagnuolo), tells her that he is leaving to attend the Cannes Film Festival in France. He hopes to meet Bates and get her to star in his movie to kickstart his directing career. At Cannes, Bates is promoting her latest horror film Scream in which she has been nominated for Best Actress. Accompanying Jana is her manager and ex-husband Bret Bates (Glenn Jacobson), and the film's producer and boyfriend Alan Cunningham (Judd Hamilton). Durand tries to meet Bates, but is turned away. Durand phones Bret, only to find out agented scripts are accepted. Shortly afterwards, Bates is at a press conference with Cunningham when she receives flowers and a note saying, "You've made your last horror film. Goodbye." She goes to see Bret at his hotel room and finds he's been murdered. When she later returns with the police, the body is gone. Durand continues following Bates around and filming her with his movie camera. Marty Bernestein runs into Vinny and shrugs him off when Vinny asks him if he is willing to promote his movie. Marty meets with the movie's director Stanley Kline, and his personal assistant Susan Archer, where they reveal that all of them have received the same notes that Jana and Bret received. But when Marty takes his suspicions to the police, they think that Bret's disappearance is another publicity stunt. The next day, Marty gets a letter from Bret to meet him in a theater screening room. When Bernestein shows up, he also is murdered. While Jana attends more press conferences, Vinny goes to a nightclub where he attacks a stripper after seeing her as Jana. He goes to a local cinema where he watches a gory horror film of Stanley Kline, and runs into him outside the theater. The following day, Susan tells Stanley that she wants to leave Cannes, but he convinces her to stay a while longer. That evening, both of them are killed