Welcome to the first episode of Friday Night Frights. This project is my attempt to recreate some of the most enjoyable times of my misspent youth. I used to live for our local late night horror movie show. I’d wait all week to see what the movies were going to be and every Friday night I’d be up into the early hours of Saturday morning getting acquainted with Hammer, Amicus, AIP, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Caltiki the Immortal Monster and The Evil Brain from Outer Space.
These movies brought me so much joy and if, through these weekly posts, I can engender even a fraction of that excitement and anticipation, I will consider myself very luck.
And now, without further ado, lets dispense with handshakes and fleeting glimpses into my questionable childhood and get down to some serious cheese.
This evening I bring you a little Italian monster on the loose flick called Panic (AKA Bakterion) starring David Warbeck and Janet Agren, whome fans of Lucio Fulci will remember from “The Beyond” and “City of the Living Dead”, respectively.
“A British research scientist is working with various forms of bacteria when he is accidentally exposed to a deadly variety due to a lab accident. The exposure transforms the scientist into a hideous, flesh-eating monster and he begins a rampage in the local community that has the government considering whether or not to destroy the entire town to contain the problem.”
Will our leads be able to track down the bloodthirsty madman? Did the Writers of this movie actually name their main character Captain Kirk? Does this movie really deserve its 3 star rating and nearly unanimous panning IMDB? Turn out the lights, pops some corn and lets find out.
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