1973 · outbreak · military · cult
The Crazies
Directed by George A. Romero1h 43m1973
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
Our read: The Crazies (1973) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded outbreak · military · cult entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme outbreak / military, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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