Laser Blast Film Society: DON'T PANIC
The Royal Cinema
608 College St
Toronto
ON
43.65515667481522
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DELIRIOUS DUBBING AND OUTRAGEOUS DINOSAUR JAMMIES AWAIT YOU IN THIS OBSCURE MEXICAN HORROR POTPOURRI! DON'T PANIC (1987)Dir. Rubén Galindo Jr.Cast: Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo90 min7:30 PM - PRE-SHOW REEL8:00 PM - FEATURE"A movie with an awe-inspiring ignorance of its own flaws, which ultimately only contributes to its power." - Zack Carlson, Alamo Drafthouse" …a great roller-coaster of cheesy thrills." - A Slash Above“Devilishly stupid... fun and totally enjoyable. Yes, it’s awful, but it’s the best kind of awful." - Ryan Stock Stad, Pop Culture BeastAfter Mexico's non-union equivalent of Alex Winter, Michael, spends his 17th birthday being peer-pressured into holding a seance with a Ouija Board, he subsequently gains the uncomfortable ability to see through the eyes of a demonic killer that has begun to target his friends! How ever will he save his pals and find time to woo the new girl at school with a magic rose?! In an ironic twist for a movie titled DON'T PANIC, writer/director Rubén Galindo Jr. has Michael respond to his misfortune with a heck of a lot of panicking and in uniquely prepubescent dinosaur jammies to boot!Blending slasher tropes with supernatural shenanigans reminiscent of The Eyes of Laura Mars and Nightmare on Elm Street, this late-80s cheese fest is a breathless cyclone of stolen ideas eclectically executed with bone-headed gusto and deliriously dubbed with earnest enthusiasm. And did we mention the jammies? You gotta see these dinosaur jammies!This event was made possible by the American Genre Film Archive for providing us with a DCP scanned from a rare 35mm print and the Ontario Arts Council for their generous support.