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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Crazies holds an approval rating of 70% based on 27 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, " The Crazies isn't top-shelf Romero, but its blend of genre thrills and social subtext should still be enough to satisfy discerning horror fans."
A group of strangers band together in order to survive while military scientists work on a cure. What Works: Filmmaker George Romero was best known for his zombie films which included Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead.
Mar 16, 1973 · The Crazies: Directed by George A. Romero. With Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar. The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
- (15K)
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- George A. Romero
- 1973-03-16
The Crazies Review. A biological weapon has been set loose in Pennsylvania. The insanity infection spreads the US military attempt to curb the destruction it causes. by Adam Smith |....
Set in the real life town of Evans City (whose residents Romero praised for their cooperation), the film is quick to lay its cards on the table: a small plane has crashed in nearby hills and a biological agent it was carrying has leaked into the water supply.
Feb 25, 2010 · Eisner, working off of George A. Romero's 1973 original The Crazies, uses a believable story with the required scares and thrills without succumbing to sheer absurdity or grotesque violence.
Feb 22, 2010 · Romero’s 1973 film The Crazies came between his two most renowned films, Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, when the director was slowly realizing that he had a particular story he wanted to tell. And so, the film plays out like a thinly veiled zombie horror spectacle, with flesh-eating undead replaced by victims of a disease that ...
