The Crazies

The Crazies

Why are the good people dying?

Directed by George A. Romero

Produced by Pittsburgh Films

1973103 min6.1 / 10

A bleak, paranoia-soaked plague film that uses biological catastrophe to explore the breakdown of social order and the horror of institutional failure.

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

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  • Is The Crazies scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Crazies easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is The Crazies sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Does The Crazies end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is The Crazies violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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