Synopsis
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
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Cast
- Lane CarrollJudy
- Will MacMillanDavid
- Harold Wayne JonesClank
- Lynn LowryKathy
- Lloyd HollarCol. Peckem
- Richard LibertyArtie
- Richard FranceDr. Watts
- Harry SpillmanMaj. Ryder
- Bill ThunhurstBrubaker
- Stephen LiskaSoldier
Recommendations
- 80
Time
Though it’s the townspeople who slowly fall victim to the epidemic, the white-suited, gas-masked military men are just as imposing as any movie virus. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Like Night of the Living Dead, The Crazies offers no hope, no comfort and sure as hell no happy ending. - 75
The A.V. Club
Romero doesn’t have the best handle on the film as a whole, but he still manages some perfect moments that bring the era’s potential horrors into the heart of America, like a man losing his mind, then his life, against the misty backdrop of a small-town bridge at dawn. The suggestion is inescapable: one small push, and this could be your life. - 75
Slant Magazine
The Crazies lacks the nightmarish momentum of Romero’s best zombie flicks, but it’s no less astute with its allegorical potshots. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Romero paints a bleak picture of a bureaucracy that has nothing but contempt for the lives of private citizens, zealously harbors secrets, and gives unbelievable power to a basically incompetent military. - 40
The New York Times
An inept science-fiction film from George A. Romero, the Pittsburgh man who established himself as the Grandma Moses of exurban horror films with The Night of the Living Dead.
