Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn) is a deranged young man who innundiates Sally Ross (Lauren Bacall) with fan letters.
The letters get increasingly creepy and Sally's secretary Belle (Maureen Stapleton) shields them from her which makes Douglas angrier.
The disturbed Douglas attacks Belle. Later he stalks Sally as she rehearses for a new musical and she get close to her ex husband Jake (James Garner.)
The Fan should had been an exploration of weirdly obsessed celebrity stalkers and the impact it has on the stars. It actually starts out as darkly humorous as Douglas provides the narration via the letters he types.
It becomes a tawdry slasher thriller and is so oddly paced. Apparently the producers decided to make it into a slasher film after the success of movies such as Dressed to Kill.
It ends up as hokey when you add the camp musical scenes. Then there is a bizarre scene where Douglas hooks up with a man in a gay club. He then sets him as the stalker by killing him and burning his body. It gives it a homophobic vibe.
Biehn is effectively freaky as Douglas Breen. Bacall and Garner look miscast and some of the scenes between them seem to belong to another movie altogether.
The letters get increasingly creepy and Sally's secretary Belle (Maureen Stapleton) shields them from her which makes Douglas angrier.
The disturbed Douglas attacks Belle. Later he stalks Sally as she rehearses for a new musical and she get close to her ex husband Jake (James Garner.)
The Fan should had been an exploration of weirdly obsessed celebrity stalkers and the impact it has on the stars. It actually starts out as darkly humorous as Douglas provides the narration via the letters he types.
It becomes a tawdry slasher thriller and is so oddly paced. Apparently the producers decided to make it into a slasher film after the success of movies such as Dressed to Kill.
It ends up as hokey when you add the camp musical scenes. Then there is a bizarre scene where Douglas hooks up with a man in a gay club. He then sets him as the stalker by killing him and burning his body. It gives it a homophobic vibe.
Biehn is effectively freaky as Douglas Breen. Bacall and Garner look miscast and some of the scenes between them seem to belong to another movie altogether.