HorrorScience Fiction

Panic

- PRAY it doesn't happen HERE

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

Release Date : 1982-12-07

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Arco FilmsEuropean Film DistribuzioneNuova Glassia Films

Production Country : ItalySpain

Alternative Titles : PanicMonster of Blood

Cast

Character Name : Captain Kirk

Original Name : David Warbeck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane Blake

Original Name : Janet Ågren

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor Adams

Original Name : Roberto Ricci

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant O'Brien

Original Name : José Lifante

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Vince

Original Name : Miguel Herrera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Braun

Original Name : Eugenio Benito

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ovidio Taito

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Rutledge

Original Name : José María Labernié

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ilaria Maria Bianchi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk

Original Name : Fabián Conde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Vittorio Calò

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Milton

Original Name : Franco Ressel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Distraught Man Outside Cinema

Original Name : Goffredo Unger

Gender : Male

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

I have to give full marks to an Italian movie, set in a small town in England, that starts off with infected experimental rats going amok in an aspirin-manufacturing company's laboratory, then straight to two of the monster's first victims having sex in a car--all in the first five minutes. That's fine pacing for a low-budget film. It was certainly enjoyable and a fun watch--too bad the film was uneven, and that breakneck (pardon the pun!) pace of its start couldn't be maintained. An intriguing premise, of a clandestine germ-warfare experiment gone awry, and both the government and police being in on the ultimate 'Plan Q'--destroying all life (people and animals) in the city--claiming it's 'better to kill 1,000 early than have to kill 1,000,000 later'. With the right budget for makeup and acting, and in the right screenwriting and directorial hands, this could have really been something, far more than the 'so-bad-it's-good' territory 'Panic' holds. I thoroughly enjoyed the attempt, however--the homages to 'Psycho', 'The Third Man' and other great films really brought a smile to my face. Movies like THIS, in which the ambition far outrun the result, are ones that should be remade, in my humble opinion.