Crazies

Originaltitel: The Crazies

1973
16
1 Std. 43 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

15.346

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Lane Carroll and Will MacMillan in Crazies (1973)

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

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Dark Comedy Action Horror Sci-Fi

Das Militär versucht, ein künstliches Kampfvirus einzudämmen, das Tod und permanenten Wahnsinn bei den Infizierten verursacht, da es eine Kleinstadt in Pennsylvania überfällt.Das Militär versucht, ein künstliches Kampfvirus einzudämmen, das Tod und permanenten Wahnsinn bei den Infizierten verursacht, da es eine Kleinstadt in Pennsylvania überfällt.Das Militär versucht, ein künstliches Kampfvirus einzudämmen, das Tod und permanenten Wahnsinn bei den Infizierten verursacht, da es eine Kleinstadt in Pennsylvania überfällt.

Regie
- George A. Romero
Drehbuch
- Paul McCollough
- George A. Romero
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

15.346

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- George A. Romero
Drehbuch
- Paul McCollough
- George A. Romero
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Trailer 2:57

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The burning house at the beginning of the film was a bit of serendipity for the film's crew. The local fire department was burning down an old house to practice putting out the fire, and agreed to let the filmmakers set up and film the event.

Patzer
It is stated repeatedly that the pathogen is a virus, but several references are made to it being a "bacteriological" weapon, as if viral infections and bacterial infections are the same thing. The female lead also takes an antibiotic that slows her response to the pathogen, but antibiotics are for bacteria and wouldn't help against a virus.

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Army Doctor: Okay, Colonel Peckem, last test is negative. You're all clean, virus free. We can sign you out. The helicopter will be arriving in a few minutes.
Col. Peckem: Any news from Deitrich?
Army Doctor: They're sending a new man from the Trixie project to take over as Dr. Watts' replacement. He should be here in the morning. If only we knew what Watts was working on. We checked the slides he left behind in his microscope and his notes, but we can't make heads or tails out of any of it. He was onto something, we know that. We'll dope it out sooner or later.
Col. Peckem: [sighs] Sooner or later.
Army Doctor: I understand that they found a Reeces monkey at Deitrich, immune. We'll find a human subject sooner or later.
Col. Peckem: Yeah... sooner or later.
[a soldier arrives with David, who is not showing symptoms]
Soldier: Hey, you want an immunity check on this one, Doc?
Army Doctor: [to the soldier] Are you kidding me? Put him with the others!
[both Peckem and David make eye contact with each other, in which David smirks and he is taken away by the soldier, as Colonel Peckem also walks away towards the landing zone area]

Verbindungen
Featured in The American Nightmare (2000)

Soundtracks
Heaven Help Us
Composed by Carole Bayer Sager and Melissa Manchester
Sung by Beverly Bremers
Courtesy of Sceptor Records

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A terrific low budget paranoid thriller!

Romero's zombie classics 'Night Of The Living Dead' and 'Dawn Of The Dead' are two of the best horror movies ever made, but they really cast a huge shadow over his career. Romero made two movies in between that are seriously overlooked, the fascinating character study of a vampire(?) 'Martin', and 'The Crazies', a paranoid thriller in a similar vein to the Dead movies. While not actually a zombie movie as such anyone who enjoys NOTLD or DOTD will find much to admire here. The budget is very low so the production values sometimes leave a bit to be desired and the acting is variable, but overall I think it's a terrific movie with some interesting echoes of both NOTLD and the Vietnam war. Will MacMillan (David) and Lane Carroll (Judy) aren't familiar to me, and neither is Lloyd Hollar who plays the Colonel in charge of the quarantine (he's very good), but cult fave Lynn Lowry ('Shivers') plays space case Kathy, her Dad (Richard Liberty) will be recognized by anybody who has seen 'Day Of The Dead', and David's 'Nam buddy Clank (Harold Wayne Jones) went on to appear in Romero's 'Knightriders'. And then there's the wonderful Richard France playing a similar character to the one he would memorably play in DOTD, an outraged scientist. 'The Crazies' pretty much flopped back in the 70s but looking at it now restored for DVD it's obviously one of Romero's best and a must for any horror buff. The commentary track by Romero and William 'Maniac' Lustig is also highly recommended as it offers lots of insights into the highs and lows of low budget film making.