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{{Infobox film
| name           = Panic
 
| image          = Panico_bakterion.jpg
| caption        = 
| director       = [[Tonino Ricci]]
| producer       = [[Marcello Romeo]] (producer)
| writer         = {{ubl|[[Víctor Andrés Catena]]|[[Jaime Comas Gil]]}}
| narrator       = 
| starring       = See below
| music          = [[Marcello Giombini]]
| cinematography = [[Giovanni Bergamini]]
| editing        = [[Vincenzo Tomassi]]
| studio         = 
| distributor    = [[Variety Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|1982}}
| runtime        = 90 minutes
| country        = {{ubl|[[Italy]]|[[Spain]]}}
| language       = Italian
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Panic''''' (Originally '''''Bakterion''''', also released as ''[[Zombi (film series)|Zombie]] 4'' in Greece) is a 1982 Italian / Spanish film directed by [[Tonino Ricci]].

== Plot summary ==
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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

==See also ==      
* [[List of Italian films of 1982]]

== Soundtrack ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0075035|title=Panic}}
*[https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/bakterion/ ''Panic''] at [[Variety Distribution]]s
*{{Internet Archive film|id=ShockerInternetDriveIn-Week12MassacreDoubleFeature|name=Panic}}

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[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:Italian science fiction horror films]]
[[Category:Spanish science fiction horror films]]
[[Category:1982 horror films]]
[[Category:1982 Italian-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Tonino Ricci]]
[[Category:Films scored by Marcello Giombini]]
[[Category:1982 Italian films]]
[[Category:1982 Spanish films]]
[[Category:Films about viral outbreaks]]
[[Category:Italian-language science fiction horror films]]


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