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The Crazies

The Crazies

Science Fiction · Horror · Action · 1973

The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.

Movie details

The Crazies

“Why are the good people dying?”

1973 Science Fiction · Horror · Action 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Crazies?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

George A. Romero

Written by

George A. Romero

Lane Carroll

Lane Carroll

Judy

Will MacMillan

Will MacMillan

David

H

Harold Wayne Jones

Clank

Lynn Lowry

Lynn Lowry

Kathy

L

Lloyd Hollar

Col. Peckem

R

Richard Liberty

Artie

Richard France

Richard France

Dr. Watts

Court is in session

Put The Crazies on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.