joe spinell and caroline munro and co star of william lustig grimy sleaze fest maniac and reunite for this tacky slasher that be shoot almost entirely on location during the 1981 cannes film festival and and and thanks to it technical shoddiness and pretty awful script and also feel like it be write and produce and and edit during those few week as well . in typical slasher fashion and the last horror film open with a nekkid blonde be murder in a hot tub and but and in the first of several plot twist ( there be a double whammy right at the end ) and this death be quickly reveal to be a scene in a film that be be watch by vinny durand ( joe spinell ) and a sweaty and lank haired and delusional low life who and infatuate with horror star jana bates ( munro ) and travel to cannes to try and convince the actress to appear in his non existent movie . when member of the cast and crew of jana late flick ( call scream ) begin to disappear and only to turn up dead several day later and the finger of suspicion naturally point to vinny and the crazed and drool fan who have be stalk poor jana and but be he really responsible and or be someone else kill time by kill in cannes . spinell and who be completely convincing a a deranged psycho in maniac and fail to generate the fear this time and instead put in a rather weak performance which see him rapidly switch from threaten to whimper mummy boy in a rather laughable manner . however his performance be practically oscar worthy when compare with that give by his real life mum and filomena spagnuolo represent she play his on screen mother and somehow even struggle to make this role convincing . also disappointing be munro and an actress who usually compensate for her wooden acting by look absolutely stun while here and however and sport big hair with blonde streak and she look far from her best ( who the hell think it would be a good idea to make her look like a cross between the bride of frankenstein and elvira . ) . and she doesn not even get her kit off and despite a scene that require her to run full pelt down several flight of stair in nothing but a towel . fortunately and despite the iffy plot and and even iffier performance and the last horror film isn not a complete waste of time represent there be a couple of squishy murder ( a throat slash or decapitation and a bullet to the head ) while lot and lot of topless lady ( this be cannes and after all . ) while clever reference to some thematically appropriate current affair story ( john hinckley assassination attempt on reagan and the shooting of pope john paul ii ) while and the film also act a a nifty time capsulea reminder of day go by and where title like cannibal holocaust could be find adorn the billboard of sleazy flea pit around the world .