Review – The Fan

Here’s a member of the non-overlapping Venn diagram club: a movie aimed at fans of silver screen royalty from Hollywood’s golden age and slasher movie buffs. Even assuming you do possess some measure of both these tastes, you’ll also need a stomach strong enough to stand the hammy acting and absolutely dreadful script. The plot was less cliché back when this was first released than it is now: a middle-aged actress (Lauren Bacall later in her career) is being stalked by a deranged fan (Michael Biehn early in his). Further, I suspect that the gore and homosexuality were a lot more scandalous in the 70s than they are today. Whether this is a good movie done in by the passage of time or just a hunk of junk to begin with (and I suspect the latter), this production’s more laughable than suspenseful now. See if desperate