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In director George Romero's THE CRAZIES, a government plane carrying a biological warfare virus crashes near the small Pennsylvania town of Evans City. The virus finds its way into the town's drinking water, turning everyone who comes in contact with it into a murderous lunatic. Firefighter David (Will McMillan) and his .. Read more

Starring	Lane Carroll, Harold Lowry, Richard France, Edith Bell
Director	George A. Romero
Genres	Horror

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- Night of the Living Dead suggested that Romero was an unusual if none too clearly defined talent; two non-horror movies... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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  Apocalypse then
  
  Having surprised the viewing public with his cult classic, "Night of the Living Dead", George Romero found a worthy follow-up in this re-working of ... read more »
  
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  - klauski
  - west sussex
  - 13 Aug 2004 at 10:31
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- - 0
  - 0
  the crazies
  
  im a very big fan of Romero but this film is not very good we are used to the zombies and other horror stuff and this is different i havent seen the remake but ... read more »
  
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- - curtis87
  - 20 reviews
  - bishops stortford
  - 31 May 2011 at 20:43
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  Actual pants
  
  Jesus, that was a waste of time !
  
  Absolute PANTS. Thought, given the fantastic & realistic storyline this movie would be a blockbuster ...... I&#... read more »
  
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- - vanilla_quiff
  - 284 reviews
  - Gatwick, England
  - 04 May 2011 at 15:40
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  Turn Off
  
  After seeing the remake I wanted to see the original. After about 15 mins I had to turn it off. Many of the scenes are overly long and seem to have been ... read more »
  
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  - Edinburgh
  - 18 Oct 2010 at 07:45
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  - 1
  dont bother
  
  Forget B film, this doesn't even rate a letter!. really painful to watch because of the boredom and bad acting. go do some ironing instead, its more ... read more »
  
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- - jeahan
  - 8 reviews
  - cheshire
  - 02 Oct 2010 at 11:35
- - 0
  - 1
  OH! (I'm dead)
  
  Low budget horror from Romero sees him re-hashing similar themes covered in Night of the Living Dead. Not much tension, a little gore, some average performances... read more »
  
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- - jesuskenevil
  - 212 reviews
  - Bruton
  - 29 Jun 2010 at 07:42
- - 0
  - 0
  VERY BORING. WHERE ARE THE SCARES
  
  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BORING FILMS I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT IS MEN SHOUTING INTO PHONES AND PEOPLE SHOOTING EACH OTHER FOR 90 MINUTES. THE ONLY GOOD BIT IS THE ... read more »
  
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  - BERKS
  - 06 Apr 2010 at 22:05
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  dont drink the water ..
  
  worth watching, its nice to remember when people bothered to make 'scary' films rather than just try to make you feel ill or disgusted (Saw, Hostel etc... read more »
  
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  - York
  - 11 Jan 2010 at 20:34
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  Crazy
  
  Like Jurassic Park but with no dinosaurs...
  
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  - Reading, England
  - 27 Jun 2009 at 15:20
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  Crap!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Was so bored I tunred it off, if it had been my DVD I would have frisbied it out the window!!
  
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- - tankgirl579
  - 7 reviews
  - Wrexham
  - 23 Apr 2009 at 13:29
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  Crazy but funny
  
  Not too long ago, I saw this in the cinema as some sort of special one off showing at the Edinburgh Film House. It was in that showing that I, and everyone else... read more »
  
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- - BimBawBagus
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  - edinburgh
  - 17 Apr 2009 at 22:36
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- - 9
  - 3
  Apocalypse then
  
  Having surprised the viewing public with his cult classic, "Night of the Living Dead", George Romero found a worthy follow-up in this re-working of ... read more »
  
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- 307616
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - klauski
  - west sussex
  - 13 Aug 2004 at 10:31
- - 3
  - 0
  Day of the not quite dead
  
  As a fan of Romero's Dead Trilogy I was rather disappointed by this slightly lack lustre effort. The plot centres around an outbreak that turns people into ... read more »
  
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- - Mark Pyne
  - St. Albans, Herts
  - 23 Jul 2004 at 11:52
- - 3
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  A little seen chiller ...
  
  A little seen chiller from George Romero. Made in 1973, it has strong echoes of his earlier "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) as well as his other ... read more »
  
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- - Andre#11
  - CANNOCK
  - 05 Jul 2004 at 14:25
- - 3
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  Romero completists only.
  
  Awful. The acting in 'Martin' is poor but it gets its point across into a coherent story. This however is dismal. Avoid.
  
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- - a customer
  - Leicester
  - 04 Mar 2009 at 21:39
- - 3
  - 2
  Patchy Seventies' Horror
  
  George A. Romero?s tale of a man-made virus which causes its victims to become homicidal maniacs and is accidentally unleashed on a small American town should ... read more »
  
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- - 'Nostromo'
  - Reading
  - 09 Mar 2005 at 00:11
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  Pants
  
  Pants, i lost interest after 5 minutes and switched off
  
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- - sakuraba1982
  - 116 reviews
  - Dover
  - 28 May 2008 at 12:17
- - 1
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  Just no!
  
  One of the worst films I've ever seen by a wide margin.
  
  Bad acting, bad effects, bad script, no tension....
  
  The only good thing is the... read more »
  
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- - missizzard
  - 1 review
  - Leeds
  - 24 Feb 2009 at 09:10
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  dont drink the water ..
  
  worth watching, its nice to remember when people bothered to make 'scary' films rather than just try to make you feel ill or disgusted (Saw, Hostel etc... read more »
  
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  - York
  - 11 Jan 2010 at 20:34
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  Low Budget
  
  This is not a horror film,it is science fiction. A secret army toxin turning all exposed people into raving homicidal maniacs would have given the movie more ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Nottingham
  - 18 Apr 2005 at 11:48
- - 0
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  For Romero fans only
  
  A mildly entertaining film with an interesting plot, but no characters for the viewer to get behind or really care about, basic acting, and some bad special ... read more »
  
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- - DJM666
  - 274 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 24 Mar 2006 at 17:29

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  In director George Romero's THE CRAZIES, a government plane carrying a biological warfare virus crashes near the small Pennsylvania town of Evans City. The virus finds its way into the town's drinking water, turning everyone who comes in contact with it into a murderous lunatic. Firefighter David (...