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) the Body" (1963), had "shown me an Italian print of "The Pit and the Pendulum" before I started writing it: 'Give us something like this', they said." When asked if another of his films, "The Long Hair of Death" (1964), was inspired by Corman's film, Gastaldi replied, "Yes, of course! "The Pit and the Pendulum" had a big influence on Italian horror films. Everybody borrowed from it." Stephen King felt that one of the film's most powerful shocks—the discovery of Elizabeth's hideously decayed corpse—had a major impact on the genre and served as one of the most significant horror sequences