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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Still from "Don't Panic" (1988) Dir. Rubén Galindo Jr.
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Don't Panic

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The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents classic film and contemporary cinema each weekend in the Hammer's Billy Wilder Theater. Archive tickets are $9 general admission and free for UCLA students.

This is the greatest movie you’ve never seen about a 30-year-old teenager who wears dinosaur pajamas while battling a satanic demon named Virgil. Don’t Panic is one of dozens of Mexican horror movies from the late 1980s that transformed familiar American tropes into beautiful abstractions. Using A Nightmare on Elm Street and Saved by the Bell as jumping off points, this movie has an awe-inspiring ignorance of its own flaws. Deny all forms of human logic and catch a wave on Don’t Panic—your one-way passport to la muerte de su cerebro. (1988, dir. Rubén Galindo Jr., 35mm, color, 90 min.)

In person: Joe Ziemba, Sebastian del Castillo, Alicia Coombs, Bret Berg, American Genre Film Archive; Rebekah McKendry, Robert Galluzzo, Elric Kane, Shock Waves Podcast.

Part of the series Catch a Thrill! Celebrating 10 Years of the American Genre Film Archive

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