We are always told to love thy neighbor, but what if your neighbor turned into a psychopathic monster. This is the premise of The Crazies, a remake of George A. Romero's 1970's original (and forgotten) film. I had never heard of The Crazies; however, this film made me realize that I didn't have to remember it at all because, like the Dawn of the Dead remake back in 2004, this film actually proved itself to be better than the original film.
The film tells the story of an Iowa farming community, called Ogden Marsh, that suffers a very strange epidemic after a U.S. military aircraft crashes into a local bog that happens to connect to the town's water supply. The scares occur immediately and build up throughout as a group of civilians, including the sheriff, his pregnant wife, his deputy, and a teenage girl, try to escape alive. However, they find that these infected town folk are not their only worries as the government steps in ordering a massacre on the town's infected and immune citizens. Thus we get the realization that we can no longer love thy neighbor, but fear him/her instead.
This film is very frightening and produces many successful jump scares, while building up tons of suspense and tension. One particular scene involved people strapped down on medical tables as an infected citizen carrying a pitchfork impales people continuously leading up to some of our leading characters. The whole time you can taste fear. It also brings about the idea that there is no safe place to go when you are being watched constantly by big brother.
The film is also very emotional as some very likeable characters are killed; however, this shows how the horror genre is unforgiving in certain situations. By the time viewers reach the finale, you think that the shocks have all ended, but believe me when I say that you haven't seen anything yet! This film has so much tension and atmosphere that by the end, you are completely blown away. I mean that quite literally!!! Check it out when you get the chance!
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