The Last Horror Movie

The Last Horror Movie is a cinema verite film. Done obviously on a low budget and this does show. But this really does just add to the authenticy that the film is trying to portray, a home made documentary about a serial killers life.

Starring Kevin Howarth as Max, a seemingly normal, intelligent and suave gentleman who works as a freelance wedding photographer. The problem with Max is the fact he is also a cunning, evil and cannibalistic serial killer.

This film does borrow heavily from the great Belgian film "Man Bites Dog" and even seems to have even gone so far as to steal a couple of lines of dialogue from the above mentioned movie.

This film does hold up on it's own merits. It has some very cringe worthy scenes of extreme violence. Even I, who on the whole part am quite jaded had a chill down my spine on a few occasions. Though it is not a murder fest with every scene yet another depiction of ultra violence.

Overall it has been done before, but is still a refreshing film due to the intelligence of the script and amazingly scary portrayal of Max by Kevin Howarth.

If you are into more mindless violence it really deserves a out 5 of 10

If you like a bit of story and character interaction then this gets a 7 out of 10

this is one of the best movies of that genre i've ever seen ! i've been watching it at the Fantasy Filmfest in Berlin and i have to say that Kevin Howarth as the serial killer Max is the most frightening and charismatic actor in years. I'm sure we'll see that guy soon in other movies. he's fantastic ! the complete idea of having this weird character filming his live for response from horror movie watchers is brilliant. but it's not just frightening and shocking it's more a kinda reality thrill as well as a pitchblack humor with sarcasm that makes the movie that enjoyable. i wish julian richards would have gotten the job to do the American Psycho Movie. he would have been the one to do a good film of the book. I hope "The Last Horror Movie" is going to be released on DVD soon ... if anyone knows anything about a release on video or better DVD, please email me to audiomatters at hotmail.com

And by that I mean if the last scene freaks you out or not depends on how your watching the film... For me, I had walked to blockbuster one evening and browsed the horror films available, chose this one from reading the back of it, and walked to a friends house that night and we watched it around midnight, I then had to walk home alone...

if you've seen the film, you might appreciate that this is a far more scarier way to watch this than watching now where you'll either download or order online, or watch on TV, which kind of kills the films ending.

Not sure how I'd feel had I seen under different conditions, but as a teenager and with the above circumstances, had me looking over my shoulder a little bit...

If you watch the movie on TV,it loses at least 80% of its frightening power,so take my advice and rent it.You will find out why.

You can call it bad taste ,cynicism ,but this movie is more ABOUT horror movies than a horror movie.Many people may be disappointed .Something like Michael Powell's "Peeping Tom" -which is anyway highly superior to this one and which in 1960 was already a horror movie which made the viewer ill-at-ease - revisited with a faux cinema verite treatment.Kevin Howarth is excellent as the killer who makes all the peeping toms like us feel guilty.

And "the last horror movie" could really be your last one!

Smooth talking serial killer and amateur film-maker Max Parry has made a fly-on-the-wall documentary about murder. By copying his movie onto a rental tape at his local video shop, he gets people to unwittingly start watching his opus, in which he delivers a snuff showcase of his greatest 'hits', whilst glibly commenting about the nature of killing.

Despite borrowing heavily from Belgian movie 'Man Bites Dog', the classic 'Henry: Portrait of a Seial Killer' and 'American Psycho', and ending with a gimmick which is reminiscent of Japanese ghost movie Ringu, director Julian Richards manages to deliver a grisly film that succeeds in being genuinely disturbing. The catalogue of stabbings, beatings and strangulations are filmed with a gritty authenticity that will shock all but the most desensitised; but despite all of the nastiness, there is a knowing sense of ridiculousness which will appeal to those with a very dark sense of humour. Kevin Howarth's Max is both chilling yet comic; he claims to be sane, and talks intelligently about his project and his reasons for killing, yet he is clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic. At times he is logical, calm and collected whilst going about his business, but we see just enough glimpses of his completely wacko side to know that he is far from 'mentally balanced'.

A sharp script, impressive hand-held video work and some gruesome effects (try watching the burning scene without wincing) add to the realism of the film. The Last Horror Movie is a brave plunge into the dark world of an unhinged individual. Unashamedly violent and unflinchingly graphic, it is not a movie for the easily offended.