Panic (1983 film)
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| Directed by | Tonino Ricci |
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| Produced by | Marcello Romeo |
| Cinematography | Giovanni Bergamini[1] |
| Edited by | Vincenzo Tomassi[1] |
| Music by | Marcello Giombini[1] |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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Panic (Italian: Bakterion) is a 1983 science fiction horror film directed by Tonino Ricci.[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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.[3]
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.[2]
Release and reception
Panic was released in Bologna as Bakterion in Italy on March 24, 1983.[5] The film grossed 290 million Italian lire.[4] 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.[6]
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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bakterion (1982)". Archivio del cinema italiano (in Italian). ANICA. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ^ a b Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 382–383. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.
- ^ a b Madrid, Débora. Creaciones (in)humanas (in Spanish). Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 49. ISBN 978-84-9044-536-5. ISSN 2792-4645.
- ^ a b c Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (2000). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1980 Al 1989 A/L (in Italian). Vol. 5. Gremese. p. 64. ISBN 88-7742-423-0.
- ^ "Programmazioni Cinematografichie nella stagione 1982-83" [Film Programme for the 1982–83 Season]. Giornale dello Spettacolo (in Italian). Vol. XXXIX, no. 15. Rome, Italy. April 15, 1983. p. 15.
- ^ Cebollada, Pascual; Gil, Luis Rubio (1996). Enciclopedia del Cine Español: Cronología (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Spain: Ediciones del Serbal. p. 26. ISBN 84-7628-170-6.
External links
- Panic at IMDb
- Panic at Variety Distributions
- Panic is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive