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Synopsis: Harry Baldwin takes his wife Ann and two teenagers, Rick and Karen, on a camping trip in Sierra, Nevada. While on they are on the road, nuclear war breaks out, wiping out their home in Los Angeles as well as other major cities and quickly throwing the world into chaos. Determined to keep his family safe, Harry drives them as far from civilization as possible and they take up residence in a cave. However, he soon learns even hiding in the deep wilderness isn't enough to protect them from danger. Who's in it? The movie stars Ray Milland , Jean Hagan , Frankie Avalon , Mary Mitchel and Joan Freeman. Review: I overslept a bit this morning and realizing I couldn't remember the movie I had planned on watching, randomly selected one from my library. This ended up being Panic in Year Zero! I've seen plenty of end-of-the-world movies and some are much better than others. This is one I would describe as one of those better ones. One of the things I liked most about t...

Synopsis: Dr. James Xavier develops a serum that will increase human vision to allow people to see ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths. With his primary sponsor threatening to shut down his research funding, Xavier takes the drastic step of testing the serum on himself, only to lose the funding anyway after it works too well, and he winds up hospitalized as a result. Soon after, he accidentally kills one of his colleagues and while a fugitive from the law attempts to raise money for further research by using his X-ray vision to pretend to be a mind reader, run an underground medical clinic and win money at a Las Vegas casino. Who's in it? The movie stars Ray Milland ,  Diana Van der Vlis , Don Rickles , John Hoyt and Harold J. Stone. Review: I came across the Roger Corman-directed X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes last night and thought it sounded interesting enough to give a try. After watching it this morning, I concluded it was an OK film, though maybe not quite what I was expec...