# The Crazies (2010)

> When a mysterious toxin turns an Iowa town violently insane, its sheriff and a small group of survivors race to escape both infection and official containment.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/18126

## Facts

- Runtime: 101 min
- Genres: Mystery, Horror, Action
- Director: Breck Eisner
- Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Reegan, Glenn Morshower, Gregory Sporleder, Lynn Lowry
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455407/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, paranoid, bleak, horror movie night, late night thriller viewing

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