The Crazies (1973)
A nurse and her husband try to get out of their infected town full of viruses that find their way into the town's drinking water, turning everyone who is exposed to it into a murderous lunatic. But the Army has it sealed off.
5 May 1938, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
19 June 1942, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
6 October 1913, New York City, New York, USA
21 December 1920, USA
15 October 1947, East St. Louis, Illinois, USA
December 2, 1928 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
25 November 1944, Steubenville, Ohio, USA
August 21, 2008
Though it sounds like it ought to have more in the way of exploitation and gore, Romero shoots it straight, hoping his social commentary will carry it. It works superbly.October 28, 2006
Thought-provoking horror film about the effects of a biochemical disaster.March 03, 2010
It's tough for a dyed-in-the-wool George Romero apologist to observe that a film of Romero's in good repute is an amateurish, exploitative piece of shitJuly 14, 2003
The movies Romero produced during his heyday were as ferocious, uncompromising and provocative as those of Peckinpah, Altman and Scorsese...February 21, 2010
While George Romero would come to redefine horror once again with his brilliant Dawn of the Dead, this interesting action thriller illustrates the talent it took to be such a consistent genre visionary.April 06, 2010
It may be a second-tier Romero film, but hell, it's still a Romero film.September 05, 2009
Even with no ghouls, Romero exposes a nightmareFebruary 21, 2010
An uncommonly interminable piece of work...April 09, 2007
Edited at a sprint, the movie is often shocking, occasionally gory, and never boring.April 22, 2017
Putting the "gory" in "allegory", Romero's film shows the madness of the Vietnam war in all its viral contagion.August 19, 2004
Outbreak movie that devolves into yet another zombie knockoff.