Don't Panic (film)

Don't Panic
Promotional poster
Directed byRubén Galindo Jr.
Screenplay byRubén Galindo Jr.
Produced by
  • Raúl Galindo
  • Bruce Glenn
Starring
Cinematography
  • Miguel Arana
  • Daniel López
Edited byCarlos Savage
Music by
  • Jon Michael Bischof
  • Pedro Plascencia
Production
companies
  • Dynamic Films
  • Producciones Galubi S.A. de C.V.
  • Producciones Torrente S.A.
Release date
  • 2 March 1989 (1989-03-02)[1]
Running time
90 minutes[2]
CountryMexico
LanguageEnglish[3]

Don't Panic (Spanish: El secreto de la ouija, lit. "The secret of the Ouija") is a 1987 English-language Mexican supernatural horror film written and directed by Rubén Galindo Jr., and starring Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo, Juan Ignacio Aranda, Eduardo Noriega, Roberto Palazuelos, and Raúl Araiza.[4] Its plot follows a teenage boy who unleashes evil forces using a Ouija board on his seventeenth birthday.[4]

Cast

Release

Vinegar Syndrome released the film on Blu-ray on 26 January 2021.[5]

Reception

Screen Slate writer Chris Shields notes that the film is regarded as derivative of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).[6]

References

  1. ^ "El secreto de la ouija". La Vanguardia. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Don't Panic". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Don't Panic". Music Box Theatre. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b Maxford, Howard (1996). The A-Z of Horror Films. London, England: Batsford. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-713-47973-7.
  5. ^ "Don't Panic Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025.
  6. ^ Shields, Chris. "Don't Panic". Screen Slate. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025.
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