George Romero's The Crazies (1973) on TCM
Thanks
once again to TCM (Turner Classic Movies) for a great weekend of late
night TV viewing. It was a double shot of fright flix by one of
horror's greatest directors, George Romero; Night of the Living Dead, followed by The Crazies.
The Crazies
was classic Romero. Once again there is the potential for global chaos,
but this time instead of zombies, the threat is from military
biological weapons that threaten a small Pennsylvanian town. The
townspeople become crazy, violent and kill.
The
military roars in and there's a lot more killing, stylishly done by the
master. His multiple camera angle shots are edited by Romero himself
once again, delivering his fantastic, recognizable style of film-making
as see in NotLD and later in Martin and Dawn of the Dead.
Romero
shows how society can easily fall apart and how fickle fate can be. He
makes statements on government and military. You'll recognize some
Romero "Living Dead"
actors in this one including Richard Liberty (Logan or Dr. Frankenstein
from Day of the Dead) and Richard France (Dr. Milliard Rausch from Dawn
of the Dead, "dummies, dummies, dummies.")
You'll
find your share of gore in this, including an exploding head shot;
grant it, it is no way near as fantastic as Savini's "Miguel the
zombie" shot from Dawn of theDead, but still, an exploding head is an exploding head.
If you've never seen George Romero's The Crazies and are a fan of the master, I highly recommend you check this one out.
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