# The Crazies (1973)

> A small Pennsylvania town becomes a battlefield between a weaponized epidemic, collapsing sanity, and an increasingly authoritarian military response.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/18124

## Facts

- Runtime: 103 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Action
- Director: George A. Romero
- Cast: Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lynn Lowry, Lloyd Hollar, Richard Liberty, Richard France, Harry Spillman
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069895/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: paranoid, oppressive, visceral, late night horror marathon, social horror double feature

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- [Mulberry Street (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/10391)
- [The Crazies (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/18126)
- [Diary of the Dead (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/7459)
- [Night of the Living Dead (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/5426)
- [Shivers (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/16514)
- [Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/12556)
- [The Omega Man (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/6248)

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