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The Fan
Directed by
Ed Bianchi
R
1981
1h 35m
Drama
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5.8
37%
35%
5.8
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Douglas is a lonesome record salesman and a true fan of the actress Sally Ross. Every day he writes her gleaming letters of love. But the only response he gets are formal letters. So his love turns into hatred.
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Cast of The Fan
Lauren Bacall
Sally Ross
James Garner
Jake Berman
Maureen Stapleton
Belle Goldman
Héctor Elizondo
Police Inspector Raphael Andrews
Michael Biehn
Douglas Breen
Anna Maria Horsford
Emily Stolz
Kurt Johnson
David Branum
Feiga Martinez
Elsa
Reed Jones
Choreographer
Kaiulani Lee
Douglas' Sister
Charles Blackwell
John Vetta
Dwight Schultz
Director
Dana Delany
Saleswoman in Record Store
Terence Marinan
Young Man in Bar
Lesley Rogers
Heidi
Parker McCormick
Hilda
Robert Weil
Pop
Ed Crowley
Caretaker
Gail Benedict
Assistant Choreographer
D. David Lewis
Pianist
The Fan Ratings & Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...enjoyably familiar subject matter that is, at the outset, employed to entertaining effect by Bianchi...
Gay Community News (Boston)
Michael Bronski
The Fan is junk.
Bloody Disgusting
Joe Lipsett
Regardless of which way you want to look at it, though, this film is queer. A young man stalking an older star who is past her prime?...Throw in a...musical, replete with glittering, sequined costumes and go-go boys and you have a stock recipe for camp
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Many of the risible moments come courtesy of the scenes in which stage star Sally Ross (Bacall) is preparing for a new musical -- the glimpses we see of the kitschy show designate it as the unholy lovechild between 1980's Xanadu and 1983's Staying Alive.
Spectrum Culture
Pat Padua
As Douglas closes in on his Broadway prey, The Fan ramps up the horror movie tropes just as it ramps up the Broadway schmaltz of the finished show.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
What started out as a taut thriller has somehow evolved into unintentional burlesque, with killer and victim functioning as a second-rate comedy team.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Chilling but unrealistic stalker film.
Fantastica Daily
Chuck O'Leary
An unsettling thriller about a celebrity stalker that only falters at the end. Good work by Bacall and especially Biehn.
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Michael A. Smith
Creepy Michael Biehn is memorable.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Enjoyably campy trash.
Apollo Guide
Scott Weinberg
Those looking for a tight thriller will be bored; those looking for effective horror will be annoyed.
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