{"id":6045,"date":"2009-02-25T19:35:31","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T02:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2021-01-29T13:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:21:21","slug":"panic-in-year-zero-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6045","title":{"rendered":"Panic in Year Zero (1962)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;For the next few weeks, survival is going to have to be on an individual basis.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Poster-666x1024.png 666w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Poster-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Poster.png 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, a Los Angeles father (Ray Milland) places the survival of his wife (Jean Hagen) and children (Frankie Avalon and Mary Mitchel) above all else.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jean Hagen Films<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>Post-Apocalypse<\/li>\n<li>Ray Milland Films<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRay Milland starred in and directed this earnest yet disappointing low-budget AIP flick about a family struggling to survive after a nuclear bomb hits Los Angeles. Post-apocalyptic dramas have the potential to explore a rich array of societal and psychological issues, including racism, loneliness, and despair &#8212; see <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=769\">Arch Oboler&#8217;s <em>Five<\/em> (1951)<\/a>, for instance, or <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1989\"><em>The World, the Flesh, and the Devil<\/em> (1959)<\/a> &#8212; but <em>Panic in Year Zero<\/em> remains squarely in the realm of exploitation films, with a gang of marauding young hoodlums (led by Richard Bakalyan) representing the primary force of evil, and &#8220;every man for himself&#8221; serving as its rather uninspired theme. Milland isn&#8217;t great at directing his cast (not even spirited Jean Hagen or teen heartthrob Frankie Avalon emerge with much personality):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Still5.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the film&#8217;s ultra-low budget inevitably hurts its veracity as well &#8212; most egregiously in the use of high-speed freeway footage to represent local two-lane roads (!). Despite its historical relevance as one of the first &#8220;atom scare&#8221; films to be released in America, <em>Panic in Year Zero<\/em> isn&#8217;t must-see viewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A compelling premise<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise-1536x651.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Panic-in-Year-Zero-Premise.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; feel free to skip this dated flick. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056331\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1571pani.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/panic-in-year-zero\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For the next few weeks, survival is going to have to be on an individual basis.&#8221; Synopsis: In the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, a Los Angeles father (Ray Milland) places the survival of his wife (Jean Hagen) and children (Frankie Avalon and Mary Mitchel) above all else. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Jean Hagen Films Nuclear Holocaust Post-Apocalypse Ray Milland Films Science Fiction Survival Review: Ray Milland starred in and directed this earnest yet disappointing low-budget AIP flick about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6045\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66776,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045\/revisions\/66776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}