The Crazies
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Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
What critics thought
This remake of Romero's 1973 film lands as a competent, lean genre exercise — efficient and tense enough that a majority of critics found it superior to its source material. The real split is between those who think the film's seriousness is a virtue and those who find it joyless, with a handful of pans arguing the premise is simply too familiar to revive.
“extremely solid stuff – about as good as you could hope from a B-movie re-tread”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“The filmmakers seem so determined to make a serious respectable horror movie, they have only the bare minimum of fun.”
Mike Hale·The New York Times
“I don't care how this premise is dressed, we saw it a jillion times.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“boasts less of the plot and fewer characters than the original, but the hairdos are spiffier and the special effects graduated from cheapo stage blood to the extravagant gross-outs horror audiences expect”
Amy Biancolli·San Francisco Chronicle
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Breck EisnerDirector
Timothy OlyphantDavid
Radha MitchellJudy
Joe AndersonRussell
Danielle PanabakerBecca
Joe ReeganPvt. Billy Babcock
Glenn MorshowerIntelligence Officer
Gregory SporlederTravis Quinn
Lynn LowryWoman on Bike
Christie Lynn SmithDeardra Farnum
Brett RickabyBill Farnum
Preston BaileyNicholas Farnum
John AylwardMayor Hobbs
Mark IshamComposer
Maxime AlexandreCinematographyThe Crazies
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
What critics thought
This remake of Romero's 1973 film lands as a competent, lean genre exercise — efficient and tense enough that a majority of critics found it superior to its source material. The real split is between those who think the film's seriousness is a virtue and those who find it joyless, with a handful of pans arguing the premise is simply too familiar to revive.
“extremely solid stuff – about as good as you could hope from a B-movie re-tread”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“The filmmakers seem so determined to make a serious respectable horror movie, they have only the bare minimum of fun.”
Mike Hale·The New York Times
“I don't care how this premise is dressed, we saw it a jillion times.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“boasts less of the plot and fewer characters than the original, but the hairdos are spiffier and the special effects graduated from cheapo stage blood to the extravagant gross-outs horror audiences expect”
Amy Biancolli·San Francisco Chronicle
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Breck EisnerDirectorTimothy OlyphantDavidRadha MitchellJudyJoe AndersonRussellDanielle PanabakerBeccaJoe ReeganPvt. Billy BabcockGlenn MorshowerIntelligence OfficerGregory SporlederTravis QuinnLynn LowryWoman on BikeChristie Lynn SmithDeardra FarnumBrett RickabyBill FarnumPreston BaileyNicholas FarnumJohn AylwardMayor HobbsMark IshamComposerMaxime AlexandreCinematographyStream
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