Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Wordiezett So much average

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

BA_Harrison Of the many Euro horror films I have seen over the years, Panic, from director Tonino Ricci, has got to be one of the worst. It's pacing is leaden, the direction uninspired, the acting atrocious, and the pizza faced monster so risible that it is wisely kept hidden in the shadows for almost the entire movie.Janet Agren (City of the Living Dead, Eaten Alive!) plays lab assistant Jane Blake, whose boss Professor Adams is turned into a bloodthirsty mutant after he is exposed to dangerous chemicals. As the prof goes on a killing spree in the small English town of Newton, cop Captain Kirk (David Warbeck) tries to hunt down the rogue scientist before the whole town is wiped out by a warplane carrying deadly nerve gas.With no atmosphere, no tension, no decent gore, and no gratuitous nudity (unless you count the vague form of a naked woman through her frosted glass shower door), Panic is a letdown on every level, except for the occasional unintentional laugh, the daftest moments including the discovery of a giant mutant guinea pig hiding under a manhole cover (no reason is given for it being there and it is never heard of or seen again), the creepy priest handing out sweets to his choirboys, a couple making out in a cinema while the worst film in the world (yes, even worse than Panic!) plays to a packed audience, the most unconvincing drunk in movie history, and the damp squib of a finale that sees the monster killed by a few blasts from a fire extinguisher (it's supposed to be a deadly toxin) which leads to the pilots of the advancing aircraft receiving a last minute message to call off their mission. 'It's all over, ahhhh ha ha ha ha!'.

Bezenby Tonino Ricci strikes again! If I described Tonino as 'a poor man's Bruno Mattei' you'd know what I mean, right? And that certainly says something about Tonino Ricci (although I will add that Tonino doesn't steal footage from other films as far as I know). I've already watched Tonino's all-over-the-place-but-great 'Night of the Sharks', and his brain damaging action flick 'Days of Hell' (which is worth a look) and clawed my eyes out while waiting for something to happen in 'Encounters in the Deep'. Here, Tonino takes on the horror genre, throws in a mutated scientist and a mutated guinea pig, sets the film in England but films most of it in Spain. David Warbreck is an MI5 agent and Janet Agren is a buddy of the scientist now growling his way around England, and they're out to stop the guy before the government nuke the town where he's on the loose. Our mutated scientist turns periodically to tear people to pieces, well, at least that's what the cops tell us as we don't see much apart from some bloodied bodies. The (suspiciously Spanish looking) army turn up to lock down the town and the residents aren't happy. Can chain-smoking Warbreck and his nifty coat, and Agren and her nifty afro sort all this nonsense out? What do you think?Tonino Ricci films are a bit of a hard slog, and although parts of Panic are good (the mutated scientist was pretty groovy), other parts just drag and drag. I thought the film was almost over and then I realised it still had an hour to go. The shots of the obviously in a hangar but supposed to be flying army plane were hilarious, as was the usual sudden ending, but, as we're talking Tonino here, everything is filmed rather flat. It's okay if you're running out of Italian films to watch. I nearly forgot - the inter-cutting of English town footage with the army driving through a town in Spain was pretty funny too.

bkoganbing When you've got a lead character in the person of an army captain named Kirk, this should give you some idea of how seriously to take this film. I don't recall in the film whether his first name was mentioned.David Warbeck is Captain Kirk and he's on a mission for the British Army which is in Panic mode in Panic. It seems that a certain scientist got badly exposed to some of his bacterial experiments and turns into a flesh eating fiend. Fortunately for the human race his experiments were in a small English town. Not so fortunate for the residents of said town where the army is seriously considering just euthanizing the place lest the spread grow. As it is they've quarantined the joint.Janet Agren plays the scientists assistant who would like to help her boss if possible. She's working on the antidote, but will Captain Kirk let her use it. He'd like to save the town, but he's not terribly concerned about the scientist.Panic is a strange Italian made film that was shot in England concerning an English subject and locale. Getting a couple of British players to do the film in David Warbeck and Janet Agren gave it a British veneer of sorts. Still it really doesn't rise beyond most slasher flicks.

TheExpatriate700 Panic is a lame monster on the loose tale that suffers from a number of flaws, ranging from obvious production goofs to a terribly paced ending. Its basic premise is that a failed scientific experiment turns a scientist into a blood drinking monster while simultaneously unleashing a deadly virus (although how the virus factors in is something of a mystery, as we see no signs of an epidemic.)The most comic aspects of the film are how its claim to be set in England clashes with the Spanish / Italian production. For instance, the police and military featured in the film wear Italian style uniforms. Furthermore, large sections of the dialogue are clearly dubbed in. These comic elements are the most enjoyable parts of the film.Unfortunately, the film's drawbacks more than match its comic value. The monster itself is poorly done, with bad make up and obvious gloves standing in for its hands. The pacing toward the climax is lethargic, so that I had to fast forward out of boredom. Furthermore, you'll be able to guess what happens several minutes in advance.