headlights, blinding Bret, and as Jana steps aside, Vinny murders Bret with a chainsaw. As Alan arrives with the police, Vinny stands before Bret's dead body and screams. 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. 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. As Vinny starts to talk to his mother about ideas for his next movie, she interrupts him to ask for a joint. The two share a smoke as the film ends. Cast Caroline Munro as Jana Bates Joe Spinell as Vinny Durand Judd Hamilton as Alan Cunningham Devin Goldenberg as Marty Bernstein David Winters as Stanley Kline Susanne Benton (credited as Stanley Susanne Benson) as Susan Archer Filomena Spagnuolo (credited as Mary Spinell) as Vinny's Mother Glenn Jacobson as Bret Bates Reception Accolades Thomas F. Denove won the Clavell de Plata award for Best Cinematography at the 1982 Sitges. Date: July 30, 1983 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominated: Saturn Award, Best International Film Filomena Spagnuolo was nominated for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Nominated: Saturn Award, Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Golden Scroll Award Paris Film Festival Award Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya Release The completed movie was first shown on October 9, 1982 at the Sitges Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain. The film went on to win a slew of awards in various film festivals. The film was released theatrically in the US, with Fanatic as its title, in July 1983. It was first released on home video in the USA on May 23, 1984 by Media Home Entertainment. Feeling that the lack of a DVD release was unjust for such a cult classic, Troma re-released it in this format and later on Blu-ray, as part of their 'Tromasterpiece Collection'. The film is now under its original working title with hours of special features including interviews, commentaries, documentaries, and Spinell's unfinished Maniac 2. References External links 1982 films 1982 horror films Troma Entertainment films Cannes Film Festival American slasher films American serial killer films Films set in castles 1980s