Panic in Year Zero!

Panic in Year Zero!

1962 · 93 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (88 votes)
Dir. Ray Milland · Starring Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel, Joan Freeman, Richard Bakalyan · Music Les Baxter

An orgy of looting and lust!

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While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be first casualties.

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This film feels like a chillingly plausible, low-budget descent into chaos. It's a stark, grim look at how quickly civilization crumbles, leaving only primal instincts and desperate survival in its wake.

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