History Film / TheFanatic

''The Fanatic'' is a 2019 horror movie directed by [[Music/LimpBizkit Fred Durst]] starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/DevonSawa as an autistic stalker and his idol, respectively.

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly is the deal with Moose is never made clear in-universe, but [[WordOfSaintPaul Travolta said in an interview]] that he played him as being on the autism spectrum.

Moose (Travolta) idolizes action star Hunter Dunbar. When his chance for an autograph from the man himself slips through his fingers, Moose pulls out all the stops to get what he feels entitled to. When Hunter snaps at Moose for hounding him in his private life, Moose's obsession spirals further out of control, to the point of violet retribution.

* AmbiguousInnocence: Moose is a very innocent character. However, he is so innocent that some of the things he does aren't so innocent.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Moose doesn't appear to have any meaningful relationships with anyone and his friendship with Leah is more of a working one than anything, but his fanaticism towards Hunter has him lean towards being gay, especially after he breaks into his house where he kisses him on the head while he's sleeping and later [[spoiler:ties him up and lies next to him.]] Another special mention is when Moose finds a home video of Hunter with his ex-wive, Moose is noticeably hurt and jealous.
* AntiVillain: Moose isn't really evil or malicious, he's more stupid and oblivious than anything due to his HollywoodAutism.

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Not Moose, who, despite his stalking tenancies, does not have any desire to hurt or kill anyone, and is more child-like and simple-minded. Hunter, on the other hand, turns out to be this, ironically enough, where, near the end, he decides to shoot off Moose's fingers with a gun, and then stabs him in the eye with a knife, and the worst part is that Moose was completely defenseless in that scene, and Hunter maimed him to satisfy his own blood-lust rather than out of self-defense. Thankfully Hunter shows remorse what he does to Moose, but still.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Moose loses all respect for Hunter and turns against him after Hunter freaks out at Moose and threatens to shove a shotgun up his backside, even though that was because Moose came to Hunter's property a second time despite being told by Hunter never to come again, which results in Moose burning up his Hunter Dunbar collection and later sneaking into Hunter's house a second time where he ties of Hunter while asleep and terrorizes him as revenge for being nasty to Moose.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster above shows Moose holding a bloody knife, suggesting that he's a psychotic murderer. In the actual film, however, Moose is neither mentally-ill or murderous, if anything, he is more mentally challenged and simple-minded, and he never seeks out to kill anybody. He does kill Hunter's housekeeper, but even then, that's by accident, and while he actually does use a knife pictured in the poster, he only uses it to pretend to stab Hunter as a way of scaring him.

* InsistentTerminology: Moose denies that he's a "stalker" of Hunter and prefers to be called a "fan".

* HollywoodAutism: Moose's autism is portrayed extremely unrealistically, with his lack of social skills being turned UpToEleven to the point where the portrayal crosses from hilarious into outright offensive.

* HollywoodAutism: Moose's autism is portrayed extremely unrealistically, with his social awkwardness being turned UpToEleven to the point where the portrayal crosses from hilarious into outright offensive.

* AntiVillain: Moose isn't really evil or malicious, he's more stupid and oblivious than anything due to his autism.

* AmbiguousInnocence: Moose is a very innocent character. However, he is so innocent that some of the things he does isn't so innocent.

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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Not Moose, who, despite his stalking tenancies, does not have any desire to hurt or kill anyone, and is more child-like and simple-minded. Hunter, on the other hand, turns out to be this, ironically enough, where, near the end, he decides to shoot off Moose's finger with a gun, and then stabs him in the eye with a knife, and the worst part is that Moose was completely defenseless in that scene, and Hunter maimed him to satisfy his own blood-lust rather than out of self-defense. Thankfully Hunter shows remorse what he does to Moose, but still.]]

* InsistentTerminology: Moose denies that he's a "stalker" of Hunter and is prefers to be called a "fan".

* TooDumbToLive: Moose, dear god Moose... he has almost zero common sense and is just incapable of understanding the consequences of what he does. He not only think it's okay to intrude in someone's private home, but also take photos of himself within said person's home and broadcast those photos online for everyone to see on social media. Though is deconstructed, in that he miraculously [[IdiotHoudini gets away with it all by luck]], though he does [[spoiler:lose an eye and fingers.]]

->''This is ''Film/ForrestGump'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Film/TaxiDriver.''''
-->-- '''Mike''', ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag''

* TooDumbToLive: Moose, dear god Moose... he has almost zero common sense and is just incapable of understanding the consequences of what he does. He not only think it's okay to intrude in someone's private home, but also take photos of himself within said person's home and broadcast those photos online for everyone to see on social media. Though is deconstructed, int hat he miraculously [[IdiotHoudini gets away with it all by luck]], though he does [[spoiler:lose an eye and fingers.]]