The Last Horror Film in Barcelona, Spain. It was first released on home video in the USA on May 23, 1984 by Media Home Entertainment, having never gotten a theatrical release. Feeling that the lack of a DVD release was unjust for such a cult classic, Troma Entertainment re-released the film under its 'Tromasterpiece Collection' label. Now under its original working title, "The Last Horror Film" has been re-released with hours of special features including interviews, commentaries, documentaries and the unfinished 'Maniac 2', which was Spinell's last work as an actor. The Last Horror Film The Last Horror Film (also known as Fanatic) is
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) horror films that followed. Lucas noted, "It takes Corman's Freudian theories even further with a nightmarish flashback sequence that plants the seeds of Nicholas's breakdown, and would prove particularly influential on the future course of Italian horror — an influence that can be seen even in productions of the 1970s ("Deep Red") and 1980s ("A Blade in the Dark")." Writer K. Lindbergs has noted an "obvious influence" on Antonio Margheriti's "Castle of Blood" (1964) and its remake, "Web of the Spider" (1970). Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi acknowledged that Ugo Guerra and Elio Scardamaglia, the producers of Mario Bava's "The Whip and