Panic (1982)

Name: Panic
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1982-12-07
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 4.2
Cast: David Warbeck, Janet Agren, Roberto Ricci, José Lifante, Miguel Herrera

Panic (1982), directed by Tonino Ricci, starring David Warbeck and Janet Agren.

12/07/1982 BR Horror and Science Fiction 1h 30m

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Synopsis

A scientist's experiment with a deadly bacteria goes awry and leaves him horribly deformed. The monstrous man then runs amok in his town.

Giovanni BergaminiCinematography
Tonino RicciDirector
Marcello RomeoProducer
Marcello GiombiniOriginal music

About the film

Panic (Italian: Bakterion) is a 1983 science fiction horror film directed by Tonino Ricci, and starring David Warbeck and Janet Agren. It was an Italian and Spanish co-production.

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Panic (Italian: Bakterion) is a 1983 science fiction horror film directed by Tonino Ricci, and starring David Warbeck and Janet Agren. It was an Italian and Spanish co-production.

Plot summary

A scientist is accidentally mutated into a blood-drinking monster by the pathogens upon which he was experimenting. The government, fearful that the disease may be contagious, orders an airstrike of the small town where the monster operates. With the lives of over a thousand people on the line, a lone agent must race against time to kill the monster before the airstrike takes place.

Cast

David Warbeck as Captain Kirk

Janet Agren as Jane Blake

Roberto Ricci as Professor Adams

José Lifante as Sergeant O'Brien

Miguel Herrera as Professor Vince

Eugenio Benito as Father Braun

Ovidio Taito

José María Labernié as Colonel Rutledge

Ilaria Maria Bianchi

Fabián Conde as Drunk

Vittorio Calò

Franco Ressel as Mr. Milton

Production

It was an Italian and Spanish co-production between the Rome-based companies European Films Distribuzione

and Nuova Galassia Film and the Madrid-based Arco Film. Along with Hell of the Living Dead (1980) and Nightmare City (1981) one of the handful of Italian and Spanish co-productions of the era about accidents caused by scientists that lead to attacks from monsters.

An entire sequence of Panic was re-used in the later film, Il mostro di Firenze a film that went through several production problems and only released on home video years after its release.

Release and reception

Panic was released in Bologna as Bakterion in Italy on March 24, 1983. The film grossed 290 million Italian lire. The film was also released as being part of the Zombie film series, as Zombi 4 in Greece. It was released in Spain on August 5, 1985 as Pánico.

In 1984, the Paris-based La Saison cinématographique reviewed the film saying its screenplay was confusing and incoherent and found that it was relatively soft in terms of gory special effects and lacking depth in its ecological themes. The reviewer summarized that it was a film to be forgotten nearly immediately.

References

External links

Panic at IMDb

Panic at Variety Distributions

Panic is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

Text from Panic (1983 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_(1983_film)

Trivia

It premiered on December 7, 1982, a Tuesday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Bakterion".
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.