@thedevilsrockstxr2309 it's definitely an underrated gem. It's not the best movie ever made but its a really solid film thats likely not considered as highly as it should be that's what underrated means
I watched this and had low expectations. Because I didn't hear a lot of great stuff about it. I was amazed how much I liked it. Not the greatest movie ever and you could predict a lot of it, but it was well done, and outside of People looking like zombies, seemed semi realistic.
That man with the pitchfork stabbing people in the school was actually the same principal who was sitting still at the empty baseball game. The hunters who were only hunting animals are now hunting humans. Rory's grieving family actually try to enact revenge and went as far as to squat around in the main character's home and wait. The poster for this movie had the words "Fear Thy Neighbor" for a reason.
This is definitely the most insightful comment linking the tag line of a movie to the events that took place in that movie that I’ve ever read. I love how the movie never actually spells that out for you but instead makes you figure it out for yourself……or have some UA-camr like this guy explain it to me. Thanks Mr. Vincentveryvile!
@@purplejakman Considering the content in the video, adding these details would have been apropos. Still, I had no recollection of this movie until I watched this video and now, I really want to see it. Kudos must be given for that! Not your average jump scare flick. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
One of the things I found the most interesting was how the government guy clarified that not only was this whole mess an accident, the virus was being transported to an incinerator in Texas, but just how unapologetic he is. The guy says to the sherrif 'look, we lost a plane what do you want me to say?' The way he treats this like a small chemical leak rather than the destruction of an entire community is harrowing.
In a way, it's similar to the tension that plays out whenever the senior FBI Agent with the authority complex shows up and starts throwing their weight around because they're convinced working for the Federal Government makes them superior to some pleb of a Local Law Enforcer. You know, the old "Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Special Agent Foster and,as of now and until such time as I tell you otherwise, you now all work for me. Don't like it? Don't tell me because, frankly, I don't give a shit!" routine
and the worst thing is ... he's right . There is nothing he can say . They can't do anything else . It was an accident and they are desperatly trying to stop the disaster from spreading ... and they are failing .
As somebody who works in a city council of a large American city, the mayor’s lack of response is very relevant. The thing about crisis response is that most city problems are slow motion, long term - until they aren’t. And a lot of bureaucrats are not well equipped to deal with these situations, especially when re-election is on their mind.
100% and it's too bad most people don't understand that. The system is built to not fulfil its stated function - its just to reward those who work in it.
90% of your neighbors just want to be left alone and don't care about anyone or believe in anything. The other 10% just want their cut. I found out the hard way.
The starting adventure for the Cthulhu horror RPG Delta Green features the town water supply and something funky with the town council. The players can learn that the entire town council has not left their room in weeks. In DG you play from the point of federal agents who usually know more than the locals. You need to decide which locals you trust to enlist as help.
As a former soldier, you would be scared to death if you knew some things we have a plan for. Just do some digging and look what Fauci is working on now. That's some horror movie stuff right there.
People sleep on Russell, loved how despite the illusion of safety he went back into hell and even when struggling with a extremely violent virus he sacrificed himself for his friends
I always felt that Russell was an example of the ability to, perhaps just for a while, to overcome the virus' effects. That a good person, a real good person, not someone who postures that they are good, might react to the virus' effects. He still had the violent impulses. He still struggled to contain them. He realized he wouldn't be able to hold out forever. He was a "good person" and maintained control till the end, even if it was just by his fingernails and died a good person. One of my favorite characters. In some ways it was like hinting that the virus didn't make you evil, it just disregulated your self control. Which is a social commentary saying that those people who fell into violence and evil had that evil inside them all along and the movie used Russell as that contextual foil. Which is internally consistent with other behaviors seen in the movie, such as the hunters internal cooperation or the family waiting in ambush. The crazies were not "randomly" crazy. It was specific in each case. A hidden evil. Something nursed and concealed now exposed through disregulation. Their "true" nature revealed if you will. Romero loved social commentary like that.
The original Romero version is about how the government & scientist deal with it from their perspective and this one, the remake is about the town/citizens. Im glad the remake isn't a 1:1 remake. They're great companion pieces
Honestly, I think limiting the perspective to just the townsfolk makes the remake a much better watch. The OG isn't bad by any means, but imo it really suffers from having too many plotlines going on at once. Romero should've either focused on just the survivors, or just the military. Both are interesting on their own, but when they get meshed together they detract from one another.
Agreed. They're both good in their own ways, but surprisingly different. I think Romero's version was more about all the propaganda and control that the military and government employ. This one was more of a traditional thriller, but did have some of those aspects in the satellite and the propaganda during the credits.
Honestly, I feel like "Crazies" has the scariest zombies ever. They're not mutants like in Resident Evil, demons like in Evil Dead or rabid infected from The Rec, but just angry and heartless people with desire to kill. No scene of zombie eating somebody alive has made me nearly as nervous as guy slowly stabbing every tied up human
If you like this concept, you might also enjoy a Taiwanese movie called The Sadness. The infected in that movie are arguably scarier than The Crazies because, although the Crazies can still think, they're somewhat 'out of it,' like people with dementia. The infected in The Sadness are 100% completely aware and have full brain function, but their impulse control and morality are completely gone. Be warned, it's *much* more intense than this movie, though, and it includes scenes involving sexual assault. Themes and gore-wise, it makes The Crazies look like a PG-13 family friendly picnic movie...
I will also add. It's probably the more realistic bad guys. I don't know if they're really zombies, but they kind of look like it at the end. This is a much more realistic scenario than any of the other classic horror zombie movies, Which to me makes it scarier.
@@LP-PADICIAthat’s just the most TV friendly iteration of Crossed by Garth Ennis. He made The Boys and Crossed makes that show and comic look like a cake walk. But that was actually directly inspired by the Crossed comics. If you haven’t read them, do so at your own discretion, but it’s the same general premise
This movie was filmed in Iowa near where I live. At the time it was filmed, we all thought it would be some terrible B movie with a plotline along what is stated at the beginning of the video. No one films anything seriously in flyover country, so we didn't have high hopes. We were pleasantly surprised. The fact that the apocalypse starts in a small rural town really hit home. We always think of ourselves out here as insulated from all of the crap that goes on in the cities.
@@pexfmezccle we don't. there are posers who wish they were real hillbillies though. iowans usually have a vanilla american accent. the only thing that would ever give it away is something like calling soda "pop"
David has a great line for when he decides to go back for his wife and tells a fellow town member who argues against it "Don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can."
The water supply plot point is absolutely genius in how realistic it is, and something sort of similar happened to me years ago. I used to live in a building where the water supply was pretty much contaminated due to old tanks and extremely rusty pipes from the 50s which were made with toxic materials that arent used anymore. When I moved in I had no idea about this so I would drink the water normally from the sink. One week all of a sudden people inside my building started getting extremely sick, elderly had to be taken to the hospitals, and I started puking my guts out without warning. Turns out that the terrible manteinance of the water supply made a bacteria show up that got everyone sick in the span of 48 hrs, added to the rust within the pipes becoming toxic and that in contact with water at a certain temperature would release a toxin into the air, which filtered into each flat, making even those who didnt drink the water sick on a lower level but still having diarrhea and other bad symptoms. The building was fortunately cleaned but it took a long time, and its safe to say I never drank water from the pipes again and always kept a window open in case the toxins come back. It seems so stupid, but its insanely truthful to how many building ends up quarantined.
Sure it is... when is the last time you were worried about your water being poisoned? Yeah such an ancient worry that only crazy people worry about it... even when it actually happens people aren't worried about it. smh
Americans love to ask this from each other, especially when they're obviously NOT okay. The other funny thing is when they say everything will be all right, while it's obviously not true, or at least the future cannot be seen at that point.
@@flagshipbowtie Yep. It's much better when they say "I'm not gonna lie..." and then they explain the situation, including the real dangers, which needed to keep everyone's attention and survival instincts sharp.
Honestly this concept of military members having to kill people who are infected that don’t look infected to essentially save humanity is such a scary concept. It’s exactly what made the Last of Us intro scary for me.
It kinda makes you think what people would be willing to do if the stakes were this high. On one hand, they seem like antagonists because you’re following a main character and usually the soldiers can’t take the risk that your main character might be infected. On the other hand, in real life you’d want this effective “cut off the hand to save the body,” approach if a few million meant the survival of billions. If a soldier was told he had to exterminate a small town, knowing probably a quarter of them are healthy, but if they don’t die there’s a chance our future as a species is over, how would they live with those actions? I always found the idea that in a hopeless situation like this, the heroes seem like villains, was such an interesting and realistic take.
@@watch.v-dQw4w9WgXcQ im talking about the infected. they were studying the infected. The survivor are just evidence to governments fuck up. Not surprised they were eliminated
I guess it comes down to the lesser of two evils. Is it right to kill a thousand people to prevent thousands or even millions more from dying horrible deaths because you chose to do nothing when you had a chance? It’s still messed up because those thousand people are still human beings and most of them probably weren’t infected, but you gotta make tough calls when the stakes are high.
I really like that FINALLY army is not shown as an incompetent bunch, they see the infected - they shoot them, end of story, no asking around, no teary eyes, you got one job. Also i probably gonna watch this, seems like developers ACTUALLY tried to write an interesting story.
The lead actress is Radha Mitchell. She's Australian and is one of the most underrated horror scream queens ever: "Pitch Black", "Phone Booth", "Silent Hill", "Rogue", "The Darkness" at first, you take her for the pretty, generic blonde but she brings an intensity to everything she's done.
This movie has one of the most ruthless military can think of in the zombie apocalypse. In zombie movies or shows the military is shown to either help or ignore the main characters and the communities but here they aren't taking chances with the virus being airborne, as shown with the evacuated people, Scotty and his mom, and the car the helicopter saw.
True, But to be fair to them, The townspeople had just attacked the military camp right before, and Scotty came running out like a lunatic, screaming and yelling. They were a little jumpy at that point
@@GR-bn3xjGood point. It’s harder to determine whether someone has the virus compared to World War Z and The Walking Dead, or at least at times with The Walking Dead. Pretty sure they were going to kill them both anyway without Scotty running toward them with the virus being airborne.
@@ConnorWiederich-hr4zu Yes, I meant to add in at the end. He was dead, no matter what lol, but They may not have shot him on the spot and burned him. I just imagine being a trooper there, And seeing some guy pop Out of the barn out of nowhere and come running at them, Screaming and yelling and not making sense. At that point in the movie, I thought he Brought it on himself but later we find out They would have killed him later.
Even ignoring Scotty, his mom was with them and they knew she hadn’t become a crazy yet but they still killed her immediately after Scotty. The military’s actions against civilians feels both understandable and cold-blooded. I believe Russell cursed them for what they did before they shot him.
My dad was an extra in The Crazies which was filmed in Georgia near where we're from. He was one of the soldiers in full MOP gear when they first get to the school and are attempting to separate the infected from the healthy. Good movie for sure.
It was NOT filmed in Georgia. The 2010 remake of The Crazies was filmed in many locations in Iowa, including Lenox, Hornick, Whiting, Salix, and Sergeant Bluff. Lenox, in particular, was a prominent setting for the movie, with many locals serving as extras. The picturesque Loess Hills region provided a backdrop for the film, and iconic scenes were filmed at the baseball field, Iowa State Savings Bank, Ritchie Funeral Home, the school, and Main Street
The Crazies and The Sadness are probably two of the closest things we can get to a live action adaptation of a Crossed comic. A mystery virus that turns people into downright psychopaths, they're the most terrifying kind of ''zombie'' as a concept and it's heavily under utilised in movies.
Crossed is exactly what I thought of except this is way better because the Crossed are so over-the-top and completely over-powered compared to just normal deranged people. The Crazies is much more tense and enjoyable because the survivors actually have a fighting chance. Also Crossed is just edgelord shit for the sake of edgelord shit.
The Thing, The Blob, The Fly, Last House on the Left, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, House of Wax, Let Me In, The Ring, The Hills have Eyes are all remakes that are better than the originals. and for me personally, unpopular opinion I'm sure but I find 2003 TCM better than the original.
@@TheLastSamurai813 I can agree with most of those actually. The Blob remake is my favorite horror film of all time but I don’t think I could say TCM is better more like on par with the OG. The only one I fully disagree with is The Ring. The original Ring scares me shitless to this day.
@@Rubybutterfly666-k6g Dawn of the dead is a horrible movie compared to the original…the only thing it has going for it are special effects. The original dawn of the dead was scarier, way more tense, and actually had a story. Characters actually had time to be a character and have an arc. The remake had way too many characters, not enough time to flesh them out, and not enough tension compared to the action. The original movie was slow, methodical, had a couple of good messages and themes, and a good story. The remake was just, an action movie about people dealing with zombies.
The one thing I really love about this movie is that they don't paint any group as some one-dimensional trope. Like in any other movie every military member in the movie would just be some faceless robot that just kills everyone for no reason. This one showed that they were actually people and that they don't actually want to be doing this but thought they were preventing an outbreak, so to save more people basically. So they can be the antagonists without actually being bad, which is a fine balance that a lot of other movies, especially in this genre, do not get right.
Your argument is quite ironic, when precisely this consecutive subordination will eventually turn the individual into a killing machine, incapable of understanding any command other than to point a gun and shoot. The uncomfortable (although known) truth of the military-industrial complex dehumanizing troops exists, regardless of who it is. The reason why the representation of the army in The Crazies was so popular with the American public, as evidenced by the comments on this video, was precisely that: it was not critical of the true consequences of the systematic subordination exerted on soldiers. But hey, what good patriot wants to be truly critical, right? 😉
@@yaruyaru This was incredibly funny to read. Thank you for simply revealing you're prejudiced! Also, this film had virtually no impact, it isn't popular in the US. Good job demonstrating your intellect by judging a country by a comment section!
I watched this movie a few years back, knowing it was a remake. Both movies honestly hold up really well, but this version does a fantastic job. The four main characters are what make the movie, and their dynamic. I think it's time for a rewatch.
Thank you for that. I have never seen the original and didn't even know. It was a remake when I watched it when it came out. Sometimes I don't watch movies from the seventies because they don't hold up well. I do enjoy watching what life was like back then, and looking at the cars and the clothes and things like that. I will try and watch it when I can
i like the way Russel sacrifices himself. In most movies/shows, when someone realizes theyre infected, they fight back, or they ask someone to kill them. Russel instead stays with them and takes the chance to not only save them from himself, but from the military people too. Real nice change from the usual.
one of the better horror remakes.. Also Romero was just listed as a producer as a legacy credit, the crew and director already stated he has literally nothing to do with this remake and never was involved
@@rons_seb We don't know. Just because he's worth 1 gorllion $ doens't mean he doesn't have hot takes. Even though I wouldn't even call this a hot take. I've spent a lot of my life loving movies and it seems way more of it is personal drama then bringing fans fun things. Artists are touchy. Sometimes literally. Don't look up the little girl from Polterghiest that's a a whole rabbit hole yes I'm trying to cleverly quest you into knowing about it. Now you'll always wonder why she died irl spoilers.
An interesting little fact is that the infected woman on the bike is portrayed by Lynn Lowry. She played the character “Kathy” in the original 1973 movie.
Less than 2 minutes in, and I've already heard that stock "something suspicious is happening" sound effect 5, maybe 6 times. It's gonna drive ME crazy.
I’m 4 minutes in, and I love the sound effects. The dramatic brass instrument every time you say “crazy.” The gun cocking when you transition from summary to explanation/interpretation. 10/10 content.
I know how much we complained about the over saturation of zombie movies during this era, but I kinda miss it. Also kinda reminds me of the taiwanese zombie movie called the sadness. It has a similar zombie type with how they're essentially crazy people (insert sound effect). I must warn you though, its VERY dark and gory, not for the faint of heart, especially if you're sensitive to SA topics and gore.
It really was the glory days for zombie entertainment. I'm a big fan of the genre. Along with apocalypse movies. But even i could see it was getting done to death🧟♂️🧟♀️ good times😂
@@frejahertz3675 Yeah it's such a great movie. I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but I believe you can see one of the infected shed a tear while smiling, and I love the ambiguity of whether they're crying out of pure joy or if they're actually trapped inside, helpless to what is happening. I'm not quite sure which is more unsettling. But yeah some of the scenes were a little wild, but I guess they wouldn't have had such an impact if the themes were watered down
In hindsight, Zombie era film is underrated. These eras have a name, and I call it the high concept challenge: filmmakers create the same high concept with different plots.
Watched this a ton as a kid/teen. Everyone dismissed it as "bad" for whatever reason...I always loved it though, glad to see it get some critical analysis
A move where a quote left huge impression on me for whatever reason. "Don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can." I don't know why I remember it after all these years. It didn't change my life or anything, but it definitely left an impression.
Am I the only one seeing a connection between this movie and the game "Project Zomboid"? - both are set in the 90s - both are set in a small rural area in the US - In both the movie and the game, the military seals off the infected area without telling anyone inside or outside the perimeter - both have a misterious sickness that turns people crazy - both have the helicopter event from which you have to hide from - both have the overunning of the refugee camp, forcing the military to flee - In the older versions of the game, you had to take care of your blond wife who was injured
This movie is quite good and I really recomend the comicbook tie-ins Image published before the premiere. Each issue is from the point of view of one of the crazies so you get more insight into how the virus works. The desease isn't like the typical zombie virus that kills all the higher functions of the brain or the viruses on _Blackgas, Crossed,_ and _The Sadness_ that shut-down all the impulse control instincts of a person turning them into an increasingly deraged psycho, the virus of _The Crazies_ comicbook is scarier because it starts by just intensifying any mental or emotional problem the infected already has: the guy in the baseball field had a past histoy of paranoia and allucinations so they cameback in full force, he was seeing the people on the game as shadow creatures and things like that; meanwhile the coroner was talking to his dead mother about how he would show her that he could become a doctor and that's why he started doing horrifying operations on random people; and even the hunters have some nuance because the town was descending into chaos and madness when their started to show syntoms so a lot of their early acts of violence where justifyed to the point that the reader could wonder if the hunters were really infected or just suffering from a regular mental breakdown (untill you see the film, in their last scenes those guys were clearly sick)... the comics are an awesome short reading
This movie is definitely in the re-watchable category. Anytime I see it or it’s on TV I watch it. I think it’s a great flick. Very underrated. I would’ve liked to have seen a sequel
I still watch this when i can. Used to watch it at least once a year on a good lazy day. Would even buy comfort food and just sit at home and eat while watching this. This and the Dawn of the dead remake are so good. I need to bring back that tradition.
that still has to be one of the coolest shots in movie history when the camera pans out and shows the plane. Especially back then people flying drones wasn't a thing so it was a great reveal.. It's an awesome movie.
I never realized how underrated this movie is tho I saw it in theatres, it really is unique in its storyline and storytelling....and of course, the Olyphant effect
I don't understand how this movie didn't do better when it came out. Maybe the saturation of zombie like movies at the time? But it was Highly underrated
This is the first movie you’re covering I have no knowledge on so I bought the movie on prime and watched it, and boy was it a fun movie and really makes you wonder could this happen.
I did the same thing! It was on my watchlist but I never got around to watching it. Thrifty comes out with a video on it, so obviously I had to watch it first so I can then watch his video 😂
First watched this as a teenager and it's one of my all-time favorite horrors. The concepts at play are just so unique, even in comparison to today. As you stated, 'zombies that don't necessarily want to eat you, but just want to kill you, are terrifying'. Especially since they have cognitive capabilities, can use tools, weapons, etc. Always wished it got a sequel in that next city. The only two people that know what's about to happen trying to salvage the situation in a city with a much larger population and a lot more potential battlegrounds against The Crazies. I think it could have been great.
I didn't realize how well trained I am. It made me think something bad was about to happen, then I'd laugh. But it took about 10 times before I stopped expecting something bad to happen
This has been one of my favorite apocalypse stories for a while and it's awesome to finally see someone covering it. I thought the scene where they capture the soldier was great. It turned what had previously been a bunch of masked goons into a characters with some level of depth. Seeing the soldier just being some scared kid from the south made it feel all the more real.
This was the first time I ever saw Tim Olyphant, and what an introduction to him it was! Dude absolutely killed this role. And the movie is just good. There was a time right around 2010 where horror movies were knocking it out. This, Pandorum, The Strangers, Paranormal Activity, and Sinister all stick out in my memory as being from this same era and it was definitely a high point for the genre.
For anyone who likes this sort of theme as far as infected that still retain skills I’d recommend the retreat series by Craig Dilouis and Stephen knight. It has a similar premise and follows a us army unit that is trying to fight and survive through the us while most of the population is infected with a virus that turns them into bloodthirsty sadistic killers who laugh uncontrollably. It’s a dark story and very graphic with the details but it’s also really intense following this unit that is trying to keep the wheels on the bus while they change goals after each one is shown to be already gone when they reach it.
this movie is very underrated... I did enjoy it when first watched it some time ago, (more than once even) wanted to studied the "zombies" movements and behavior patterns and Russell's whole character, from start to finish was was best, my favorite character and you really felt for him- when he realizes he's infected but asked if he could still walk with them while he's still "him" with the sorrow and regret in his expression... and how he sacrifices himself to distract the military personal so the other two could escape.
A guy called Roanoke Gaming here on UA-cam, who is a virologist that does breakdowns of diseases, mutants, etc, in games and movies did this film. He actually broke down how the virus was not actually airborne, but being initially waterborne, it would also be carried in body fluids, thus making it difficult to keep in one area is used on an enemy population. He broke down the physical signs of the infection and its general pathophysiology, really cool stuff, I highly recommend it!
I loved Russell. A true ride or die homie. Even after learing he is probably infected, he decided to go out like a G to help his friends escape. Everybody needs a Russell.
I really liked this movie!! It’s super unique to see a small town devolve into absolute chaos. People are mistaken that small towns are safe from scenarios like this. The fact they’re so isolated from the rest of the population is what makes it scarier. I absolutely could see our government just wiping out a small town for the “greater good”
Yeah I have nothing against living in a small town at all I think living in a small town sounds incredibly peaceful but at the same time I'm not comfortable with the idea of your neighbors potentially knowing your business and plus like you said if something like this ever did happen then the rest of the world would have no idea and you and everyone you know is more times than not incredibly fucked
The real drawback of small towns liket his one is the lack of services, my husband lived in a tiny village in New Mexico for a few years, and one of the most frustrating things was a lack of emergency services. Yes, there was a fire station, but the police force was maybe 4 or 5 people and there was no emergency medical care. Things happened up there all the time and no one ever knew; there were even people in the bigger city over the mountain that didn't even know there was a village up there. It's really, really isolating, and I could see something like this happening there, but with the mine everyone worked in instead of a plane crash. If you want the peace of small town living without everyone knowing your business, you'd love a place with around 10k people. I grew up in a town of about 12k, and it was big enough to have just about everything, but I very rarely knew people I saw on the street.
tbh the only plus of being from a small town in situations like this is because you can deal with it as a town meaning it will only get out of y’all lose
@@zzzzzdagod8973 yeah that's true in a situation like this in a small town you just need to stick close with people you know and trust or stick on your own and you should be fine and if you can stop situation then it won't spread to the rest of the world
Proud of your growth over the last year man. Been a passive watcher of your channel since your episode on Joel being a bad person. Seeing your growth has been insane and is honestly inspiring
The way this movie was in a small rural town reminded me a lot of Project Zomboid since its set in rural Kentucky and started in a small town and later the whole surrounding county (and later Louisville) So I got a lot of Zomboid vibes from this movie, great video!
I recently watched Blindness starring Julian Moore and Mark Ruffalo. It's a really solid apocalypse caused by a mass blinding event. Really interesting movie!
First had a college friend show me this movie I've never heard of late one friday night when most of our dorm went home for the weekend... still one of the best zombie outbreak portrayals I've ever seen, just fully immerses you like few others. Gotta say I was scared shitless walking back to my room after at 3 am, with a thunderstorm outside no less 😂
This movie honestly is a tamer depiction of how people who've turned crazy will act. This movie reminded me of a comic series I've read two years ago, I think it was called Crossed, where the crazy people there aren't just killers they do _anything_ that's depraved onto others or to themselves. The infection works when the infected people infect others with their bodily fluids (saliva, blood, piss, ect.). They are smart enough to use that knowledge to coat their weapons - including bullets - with it to infect people. They engage in torture, not just physical but also mental before they kill their prey, and will use them to also lure more people to be slaughtered. The comics are, obviously, very graphic, so much so that even the people who are into gore in movies and shows will understand why this series _shouldn't_ and _neither will be_ adapted.
I can't remember the name, but there's a European (sorry I forget which nation) movie about a family living in a bunker because an outbreak turned people into monsters, but the twist ending is the "monsters" are military personnel hunting the family. And when they get caught.... the dad monsters out. Turns out THEY were the infected the whole time.
@@dogerio It's possible David and Judy became carriers of the virus since they were the only ones who hadn't started showing symptoms, which is pretty chilling if you think about it since they might spread it in Cedar Rapids if the virus mutated into an airborne strain.
Sooo much better than the original. Definitely in my top 10-20 horror movies of all time. High praise considering how many I’ve seen. The characters are so well written, cinematography, actors, premise, suspense, like everything.
My favorite thing about this movie is that they got the real KCRG news anchor, Bruce Aune, to do that news segment at the end! If you were born and raised in Cedar Rapids like me, you know damn well who Bruce Aune is.
My favorite quote in the movie is in the car wash. Russell fires out the window and David shouts out what are you doing? Russell repliies I saw movement. To which David says Everything is F**king moving!
Here’s a show recommendation “between” staring Jeanette McCurdy it’s about a small town isolated after a virus thing that kills al the adults it’s a bit like lord of the flies and has two seasons and it’s a pretty good show worth checking out for sure. (Also I think I’ll check out this films seems like one I’d enjoy)
I love this movie! Danielle Panabaker is so so underrated. I actually was so sad at her death. Plus Timothy Olphant and Radha Mitchell continue their horror genre careers. Such a good movie.
Saw this one in theaters with my x. I'm not a fan of scary movies. But this one stuck with me. I still give it a watch now and again. Truly unsettling.
Watched this movie on TV around 2012 or so. Wasn't expecting much and was blown away with how good it was! Wish they would make more of this quality or a sequel.
I really like this movie. Love Timothy Olyphant! I like the way it ended. It definitely did not need any cliched "the soldier comes back to help them' moments. It was great as is. To me it was fairly clear that the hunters were infected. I've seen this movie a few times, maybe I've got to go watch it again to see what you were talking about. Thanks for the review.
6:25 I lived in a small town about this size in 2020, when our little sickness kicked off. I know it's not the same at all, but it _kiiiiinda_ is? Anyway, it took 2 years for any cases to actually get to our town due to the lockdowns and restrictions. I had daydreams during the inital stages that this was gonna flip to something much worse (I'm sure everyone did at least once!) and thought about what would happen to the tiny country town if it was, say, zombies. If it started there, it would be hard to contain, honestly. People just walk into each other's houses if they know them. People can't be missing for more than a day or two before people start actively looking around, and everyone gathers at a select few places to mingle. If it started in the big city, though? *Nothing!* I bet nothing. Country towns, especially here in Australia, would be relatively fine. Way too much time to prepare for a place like that to fall. Way too many resources there to fail, imo. Cities are death traps, though. They could work for a short time, but the numbers of Zs would quickly outweigh resources.
Technically speaking if a zombie outbreak that is as bad as what is shown in films happens in a city you wouldn't have to worry to much about resources because the vast majority of the folks inside would already be dead/turned tho the number of zombies will still be an issue for a while
I was in a smaller town about 3 hours from Sydney when it started. We were watching it for a month, thinking of it as kinda a joke as most did then the first case hit and we were immediately locked down. No-one was allowed to go anywhere for about 4 months until I made it home to Queensland. But Queensland was completely unaffected because of good border control
Hey Respect to you for mentioning the minor details like the jets in the sky. That proved to be quite important in retrospect. Damn. Subscriber right here. Spreading the gospel, too.😊
Food for thought here… So I’m from Iowa and I’m proud to say I know of a town that hovers around the 1000 people mark (Milo Iowa) which is SE Warren county if you’re interested, and I’ve considered what may happen if the “crazies event” happened to my wife’s home town. It’s a great town but it’s a 4 way town meaning you got 4 ways in and 4 ways out. Nearest military large presence would probably be Camp Dodge in Johnston, and supported from my old unit in Knoxville Iowa and Oskaloosa (3654, 3655 maintenance units) Barricades on N E S W directions with Indianola being the main town about 10-15 minutes North and West In Milo I’ll say it’s a gun ratio of maybe 3 guns to 1 person. With plenty of hunters and farmers (gun enthusiasts) It’s an agricultural town for sure with a local style restaurant, 1 gas station, a public library, grade school, and a few churches… and of course one mechanic shed. Right off the bat I’d say the churches would be redemption centers for gathering people and the grade school would probably be the “prison” since the HS is in Lacona. Heavy military presence could be established in 24 hours and an effective “wall” could encircle the town pretty quick. I’d be curious to see what the results of the town being hit with some like this would be but the feed water from the town is off of the Des Moines pipes. So…. Curious!!!
I started watching you because of the twd episode analysis vids and they are all very interesting btw but now I watch pretty much everything you upload your story telling and analysis on movies and tv series are just so interesting to me and you just keep me wanting more also im excited for the twd S4 retrospective. Keep up the good work bro ❤
One of my favorite movies strctly because once david realizes shit is weird he immediately starts dumping mags instead of haplessly wandering around confused and denying
This is what happens when the script and production of a horror movie is actually taken care of and not just thrown together. An underrated gem.
Most definitely underrated!
That's because it's not really a horror movie it's a suspense thriller with horror characteristics 😂
@thedevilsrockstxr2309 it's definitely an underrated gem. It's not the best movie ever made but its a really solid film thats likely not considered as highly as it should be that's what underrated means
I watched this and had low expectations. Because I didn't hear a lot of great stuff about it. I was amazed how much I liked it. Not the greatest movie ever and you could predict a lot of it, but it was well done, and outside of People looking like zombies, seemed semi realistic.
Reminds me of Resident Evil 2 for PS1
That man with the pitchfork stabbing people in the school was actually the same principal who was sitting still at the empty baseball game. The hunters who were only hunting animals are now hunting humans. Rory's grieving family actually try to enact revenge and went as far as to squat around in the main character's home and wait. The poster for this movie had the words "Fear Thy Neighbor" for a reason.
This is definitely the most insightful comment linking the tag line of a movie to the events that took place in that movie that I’ve ever read. I love how the movie never actually spells that out for you but instead makes you figure it out for yourself……or have some UA-camr like this guy explain it to me. Thanks Mr. Vincentveryvile!
Thank you for being epic too Mr. Curtis mcdonald. I’m saving this video for later after I rewatch the movie 🦾
Yeah idk why these weren't mentioned in the video pretty obvious honestly
@@purplejakman Considering the content in the video, adding these details would have been apropos. Still, I had no recollection of this movie until I watched this video and now, I really want to see it. Kudos must be given for that! Not your average jump scare flick. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
@@curtismcdonald6838 this dude is a nazi apologest you should know before you start defending him
One of the things I found the most interesting was how the government guy clarified that not only was this whole mess an accident, the virus was being transported to an incinerator in Texas, but just how unapologetic he is. The guy says to the sherrif 'look, we lost a plane what do you want me to say?' The way he treats this like a small chemical leak rather than the destruction of an entire community is harrowing.
The indifference of the government is so real as it happens often.
In a way, it's similar to the tension that plays out whenever the senior FBI Agent with the authority complex shows up and starts throwing their weight around because they're convinced working for the Federal Government makes them superior to some pleb of a Local Law Enforcer.
You know, the old "Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Special Agent Foster and,as of now and until such time as I tell you otherwise, you now all work for me. Don't like it? Don't tell me because, frankly, I don't give a shit!" routine
and the worst thing is ... he's right . There is nothing he can say . They can't do anything else . It was an accident and they are desperatly trying to stop the disaster from spreading ... and they are failing .
You should look deeper into the FEMA horror stories from hurricanes
@@Dirt-Fermer Oh I can imagine
As somebody who works in a city council of a large American city, the mayor’s lack of response is very relevant. The thing about crisis response is that most city problems are slow motion, long term - until they aren’t. And a lot of bureaucrats are not well equipped to deal with these situations, especially when re-election is on their mind.
Sad
100% and it's too bad most people don't understand that. The system is built to not fulfil its stated function - its just to reward those who work in it.
90% of your neighbors just want to be left alone and don't care about anyone or believe in anything. The other 10% just want their cut. I found out the hard way.
The starting adventure for the Cthulhu horror RPG Delta Green features the town water supply and something funky with the town council. The players can learn that the entire town council has not left their room in weeks. In DG you play from the point of federal agents who usually know more than the locals. You need to decide which locals you trust to enlist as help.
As a former soldier, you would be scared to death if you knew some things we have a plan for.
Just do some digging and look what Fauci is working on now. That's some horror movie stuff right there.
People sleep on Russell, loved how despite the illusion of safety he went back into hell and even when struggling with a extremely violent virus he sacrificed himself for his friends
I always felt that Russell was an example of the ability to, perhaps just for a while, to overcome the virus' effects. That a good person, a real good person, not someone who postures that they are good, might react to the virus' effects. He still had the violent impulses. He still struggled to contain them. He realized he wouldn't be able to hold out forever. He was a "good person" and maintained control till the end, even if it was just by his fingernails and died a good person. One of my favorite characters. In some ways it was like hinting that the virus didn't make you evil, it just disregulated your self control. Which is a social commentary saying that those people who fell into violence and evil had that evil inside them all along and the movie used Russell as that contextual foil. Which is internally consistent with other behaviors seen in the movie, such as the hunters internal cooperation or the family waiting in ambush. The crazies were not "randomly" crazy. It was specific in each case. A hidden evil. Something nursed and concealed now exposed through disregulation. Their "true" nature revealed if you will. Romero loved social commentary like that.
The original Romero version is about how the government & scientist deal with it from their perspective and this one, the remake is about the town/citizens.
Im glad the remake isn't a 1:1 remake. They're great companion pieces
I actually love both versions, they have their own charm.
I don't mind when a remake is able to do something different with its screenplay as long as the tone a feel is mostly the same.
Oh that’s actually really cool getting to see how both sides dealt with it
Honestly, I think limiting the perspective to just the townsfolk makes the remake a much better watch. The OG isn't bad by any means, but imo it really suffers from having too many plotlines going on at once. Romero should've either focused on just the survivors, or just the military. Both are interesting on their own, but when they get meshed together they detract from one another.
Agreed. They're both good in their own ways, but surprisingly different. I think Romero's version was more about all the propaganda and control that the military and government employ. This one was more of a traditional thriller, but did have some of those aspects in the satellite and the propaganda during the credits.
Honestly, I feel like "Crazies" has the scariest zombies ever. They're not mutants like in Resident Evil, demons like in Evil Dead or rabid infected from The Rec, but just angry and heartless people with desire to kill. No scene of zombie eating somebody alive has made me nearly as nervous as guy slowly stabbing every tied up human
If you like this concept, you might also enjoy a Taiwanese movie called The Sadness. The infected in that movie are arguably scarier than The Crazies because, although the Crazies can still think, they're somewhat 'out of it,' like people with dementia. The infected in The Sadness are 100% completely aware and have full brain function, but their impulse control and morality are completely gone.
Be warned, it's *much* more intense than this movie, though, and it includes scenes involving sexual assault. Themes and gore-wise, it makes The Crazies look like a PG-13 family friendly picnic movie...
There not zombie the creators of the original movie and the first zombie movies are the same man and he said there different
@@LP-PADICIAi appreciate the extreme warming at the end.
I will also add. It's probably the more realistic bad guys. I don't know if they're really zombies, but they kind of look like it at the end. This is a much more realistic scenario than any of the other classic horror zombie movies, Which to me makes it scarier.
@@LP-PADICIAthat’s just the most TV friendly iteration of Crossed by Garth Ennis. He made The Boys and Crossed makes that show and comic look like a cake walk. But that was actually directly inspired by the Crossed comics. If you haven’t read them, do so at your own discretion, but it’s the same general premise
This movie was filmed in Iowa near where I live. At the time it was filmed, we all thought it would be some terrible B movie with a plotline along what is stated at the beginning of the video. No one films anything seriously in flyover country, so we didn't have high hopes. We were pleasantly surprised.
The fact that the apocalypse starts in a small rural town really hit home. We always think of ourselves out here as insulated from all of the crap that goes on in the cities.
Do y'all speak with a southern accent like in the movie
Iowa is quite Northern
@@jacobjohnson2603 well there's a bit of a southern twang in the movie
@@pexfmezccle we don't. there are posers who wish they were real hillbillies though. iowans usually have a vanilla american accent. the only thing that would ever give it away is something like calling soda "pop"
@SuprMikey64 Eastern Kentuckians and West Virginians commonly call soda “pop” so it’s not necessarily a northern thing.
David has a great line for when he decides to go back for his wife and tells a fellow town member who argues against it
"Don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can."
When I watched this movie for the first time, that sentence hit deep man. Great dialogue all throughout this movie too tbh
"Because that harpy never shuts the F up."
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥RNS
Lame line lmao.
@@aj897Thanks for your input 🥱
The water supply plot point is absolutely genius in how realistic it is, and something sort of similar happened to me years ago. I used to live in a building where the water supply was pretty much contaminated due to old tanks and extremely rusty pipes from the 50s which were made with toxic materials that arent used anymore. When I moved in I had no idea about this so I would drink the water normally from the sink. One week all of a sudden people inside my building started getting extremely sick, elderly had to be taken to the hospitals, and I started puking my guts out without warning. Turns out that the terrible manteinance of the water supply made a bacteria show up that got everyone sick in the span of 48 hrs, added to the rust within the pipes becoming toxic and that in contact with water at a certain temperature would release a toxin into the air, which filtered into each flat, making even those who didnt drink the water sick on a lower level but still having diarrhea and other bad symptoms. The building was fortunately cleaned but it took a long time, and its safe to say I never drank water from the pipes again and always kept a window open in case the toxins come back. It seems so stupid, but its insanely truthful to how many building ends up quarantined.
Very glaad that it was not The Green Flu
The poisoning of the Town well is such an ancient worry going back to our days as villagers. Primal
Sure it is... when is the last time you were worried about your water being poisoned? Yeah such an ancient worry that only crazy people worry about it... even when it actually happens people aren't worried about it. smh
Good point 👉 ❤
@@thomgizzizIt's crazy to know your enemy's possible courses of action?
@@thomgizzizLMAO, Flint michigan ring any bells?
Somebody poisoned the waterhole! I'll get you next time One Eyed Bart 😂
"Are you okay?"
"No - not really!"
Most natural dialogue ever written
Americans love to ask this from each other, especially when they're obviously NOT okay. The other funny thing is when they say everything will be all right, while it's obviously not true, or at least the future cannot be seen at that point.
@@tomigun5180 true. The question itself is M()R()NIC
@@flagshipbowtie Yep. It's much better when they say "I'm not gonna lie..." and then they explain the situation, including the real dangers, which needed to keep everyone's attention and survival instincts sharp.
@@tomigun5180 Burgers. They can never call a spade a spade. Look where it's got them
@@tomigun5180 And Eurotrash can't help but be sanctimonious assholes when America is mentioned, but sure chief
Honestly this concept of military members having to kill people who are infected that don’t look infected to essentially save humanity is such a scary concept. It’s exactly what made the Last of Us intro scary for me.
It kinda makes you think what people would be willing to do if the stakes were this high. On one hand, they seem like antagonists because you’re following a main character and usually the soldiers can’t take the risk that your main character might be infected. On the other hand, in real life you’d want this effective “cut off the hand to save the body,” approach if a few million meant the survival of billions. If a soldier was told he had to exterminate a small town, knowing probably a quarter of them are healthy, but if they don’t die there’s a chance our future as a species is over, how would they live with those actions? I always found the idea that in a hopeless situation like this, the heroes seem like villains, was such an interesting and realistic take.
I don't think they killed them. It looks like they were monitoring/studying them
@@theMcWOPPERdid you forget the extracted civilians were found burned later on?
@@watch.v-dQw4w9WgXcQ im talking about the infected. they were studying the infected. The survivor are just evidence to governments fuck up. Not surprised they were eliminated
I guess it comes down to the lesser of two evils. Is it right to kill a thousand people to prevent thousands or even millions more from dying horrible deaths because you chose to do nothing when you had a chance? It’s still messed up because those thousand people are still human beings and most of them probably weren’t infected, but you gotta make tough calls when the stakes are high.
I really like that FINALLY army is not shown as an incompetent bunch, they see the infected - they shoot them, end of story, no asking around, no teary eyes, you got one job.
Also i probably gonna watch this, seems like developers ACTUALLY tried to write an interesting story.
bros been playing video games too much
C&C 3 Pfp?
@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 yah
@@nulledddddyou act like they wouldn't do that irl lmao , your way too naive if you think that's just "muh video games"
@@kingtachalla6181 no i'm stating the fact that he said developers instead of directors
i understand autocorrect exists, i was tryna make a joke here
I live in Cedar Rapids. In the theatre the people went ballistic when they mentioned our cities name like 3 times LOL
What was their reaction to seeing it be the next target?
@@itsyvonblitz6819 they were tripping even then too 😆
@@swamp9136 Sounds fun xd
I grew up in Solon, just to the south. I love how Iowans get ecstatic at any mention of the place in pop culture.
The lead actress is Radha Mitchell. She's Australian and is one of the most underrated horror scream queens ever: "Pitch Black", "Phone Booth", "Silent Hill", "Rogue", "The Darkness" at first, you take her for the pretty, generic blonde but she brings an intensity to everything she's done.
I think she was also on man on fire , great job on that one too
@@erichzahn3926 One of the first movies I saw her in was 1998 film called "High Art" with Ally Sheedy.
I also like Melissa George
Wow!!
Ahhhh that's why I know her! She's great
This movie has one of the most ruthless military can think of in the zombie apocalypse. In zombie movies or shows the military is shown to either help or ignore the main characters and the communities but here they aren't taking chances with the virus being airborne, as shown with the evacuated people, Scotty and his mom, and the car the helicopter saw.
True, But to be fair to them, The townspeople had just attacked the military camp right before, and Scotty came running out like a lunatic, screaming and yelling. They were a little jumpy at that point
@@GR-bn3xjGood point. It’s harder to determine whether someone has the virus compared to World War Z and The Walking Dead, or at least at times with The Walking Dead. Pretty sure they were going to kill them both anyway without Scotty running toward them with the virus being airborne.
@@ConnorWiederich-hr4zu Yes, I meant to add in at the end. He was dead, no matter what lol, but They may not have shot him on the spot and burned him. I just imagine being a trooper there, And seeing some guy pop Out of the barn out of nowhere and come running at them, Screaming and yelling and not making sense. At that point in the movie, I thought he Brought it on himself but later we find out They would have killed him later.
Even ignoring Scotty, his mom was with them and they knew she hadn’t become a crazy yet but they still killed her immediately after Scotty. The military’s actions against civilians feels both understandable and cold-blooded. I believe Russell cursed them for what they did before they shot him.
Quarantine too, no mercy for those stuck in that apartment
Timothy Olyphant willing to act without a hat is a sign of a good script
hes a sheriff too ! he should have had a hat 😅
Hitman?
He acted without hair too in hitman
Die Hard 4.0?
Been one of my favourite actors since Go (also no hat)
My dad was an extra in The Crazies which was filmed in Georgia near where we're from. He was one of the soldiers in full MOP gear when they first get to the school and are attempting to separate the infected from the healthy. Good movie for sure.
It was NOT filmed in Georgia. The 2010 remake of The Crazies was filmed in many locations in Iowa, including Lenox, Hornick, Whiting, Salix, and Sergeant Bluff. Lenox, in particular, was a prominent setting for the movie, with many locals serving as extras. The picturesque Loess Hills region provided a backdrop for the film, and iconic scenes were filmed at the baseball field, Iowa State Savings Bank, Ritchie Funeral Home, the school, and Main Street
@@peabuddie it was filmed in Georgia and Iowa. A quick Google search will prove you wrong. But nice try.🙄
@@patronsaintofswitchbladefi2944 It's the quick google search that proved you wrong.
The Crazies and The Sadness are probably two of the closest things we can get to a live action adaptation of a Crossed comic.
A mystery virus that turns people into downright psychopaths, they're the most terrifying kind of ''zombie'' as a concept and it's heavily under utilised in movies.
Crossed is exactly what I thought of except this is way better because the Crossed are so over-the-top and completely over-powered compared to just normal deranged people. The Crazies is much more tense and enjoyable because the survivors actually have a fighting chance. Also Crossed is just edgelord shit for the sake of edgelord shit.
The crossed is great, but the gore-pr0n will never be filmed.
This movie handles it way more grounded in reality.
The "boowuh" after every "crazy" is killing me 😭😭
Foreal 😂
Bruh. I was confused when I first saw your comment, but then… 😂💀
Me too.
No bs 🤣🤣
Jeez, you guys are a bunch of whinny babies
This movie has been in my top 10 horror movies since I was a kid. It’s so tense and dark. One of the only reboots that out does the original.
The Thing, The Blob, The Fly, Last House on the Left, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, House of Wax, Let Me In, The Ring, The Hills have Eyes are all remakes that are better than the originals. and for me personally, unpopular opinion I'm sure but I find 2003 TCM better than the original.
@@TheLastSamurai813 I can agree with most of those actually. The Blob remake is my favorite horror film of all time but I don’t think I could say TCM is better more like on par with the OG. The only one I fully disagree with is The Ring. The original Ring scares me shitless to this day.
@@christianmanka3884 yeah my opinion on TCM is definitely unpopular but the original just never resonated with me like the remake did.
Dawn of the dead best remakes ❤
@@Rubybutterfly666-k6g Dawn of the dead is a horrible movie compared to the original…the only thing it has going for it are special effects. The original dawn of the dead was scarier, way more tense, and actually had a story. Characters actually had time to be a character and have an arc. The remake had way too many characters, not enough time to flesh them out, and not enough tension compared to the action. The original movie was slow, methodical, had a couple of good messages and themes, and a good story. The remake was just, an action movie about people dealing with zombies.
That “oh brother, this guy stinks!” will always get a good hearty laugh out of me 😂
every single dam time
It’s the delivery, bro put his ALL into that line 🤣
MY LEG
@@stingerjohnny9951 it reminds me of “BOO THIS MAN!” 🤣🤣
agree
Becca's death was so out of the blue and tragic. It still makes me sad every time I watch the film
Much like death itself. It hits hard when you care.😢
"Back in 2010" made me feel old AF
This, I Am Legend, and The Mist are the only movies I know that fully immerse me into it. Nothing exists while its playing.
Same + the critically acclaimed The Happening
Ufff the mist, a masterpiece
that’s sad.
The mist was a wtf ending, good movie
@@funnimy8450i heard that movie was stupid
The one thing I really love about this movie is that they don't paint any group as some one-dimensional trope. Like in any other movie every military member in the movie would just be some faceless robot that just kills everyone for no reason. This one showed that they were actually people and that they don't actually want to be doing this but thought they were preventing an outbreak, so to save more people basically. So they can be the antagonists without actually being bad, which is a fine balance that a lot of other movies, especially in this genre, do not get right.
Your argument is quite ironic, when precisely this consecutive subordination will eventually turn the individual into a killing machine, incapable of understanding any command other than to point a gun and shoot. The uncomfortable (although known) truth of the military-industrial complex dehumanizing troops exists, regardless of who it is. The reason why the representation of the army in The Crazies was so popular with the American public, as evidenced by the comments on this video, was precisely that: it was not critical of the true consequences of the systematic subordination exerted on soldiers. But hey, what good patriot wants to be truly critical, right? 😉
@@yaruyaru This was incredibly funny to read. Thank you for simply revealing you're prejudiced!
Also, this film had virtually no impact, it isn't popular in the US. Good job demonstrating your intellect by judging a country by a comment section!
I watched this movie a few years back, knowing it was a remake. Both movies honestly hold up really well, but this version does a fantastic job. The four main characters are what make the movie, and their dynamic. I think it's time for a rewatch.
Nice, I will look for the original.
George Romero did the original. @@cherylhamilton4936
Thank you for that. I have never seen the original and didn't even know. It was a remake when I watched it when it came out. Sometimes I don't watch movies from the seventies because they don't hold up well. I do enjoy watching what life was like back then, and looking at the cars and the clothes and things like that. I will try and watch it when I can
i like the way Russel sacrifices himself. In most movies/shows, when someone realizes theyre infected, they fight back, or they ask someone to kill them. Russel instead stays with them and takes the chance to not only save them from himself, but from the military people too. Real nice change from the usual.
The woman infected who was riding the bicycle in the town street is actually a star in the original 70's movie this is a remake from.
one of the better horror remakes.. Also Romero was just listed as a producer as a legacy credit, the crew and director already stated he has literally nothing to do with this remake and never was involved
For a whole second i actually thought this was tom cruise commenting wtf happened to me lol
@@rons_seb hail xenu
@@ChromisPasqueflowerBowerbird Hail Xenu!
@@rons_seb We don't know. Just because he's worth 1 gorllion $ doens't mean he doesn't have hot takes. Even though I wouldn't even call this a hot take. I've spent a lot of my life loving movies and it seems way more of it is personal drama then bringing fans fun things. Artists are touchy. Sometimes literally. Don't look up the little girl from Polterghiest that's a a whole rabbit hole yes I'm trying to cleverly quest you into knowing about it. Now you'll always wonder why she died irl spoilers.
An interesting little fact is that the infected woman on the bike is portrayed by Lynn Lowry. She played the character “Kathy” in the original 1973 movie.
The Last of Us intro owes a lot of credit to this movie
The Last of Us intro owes alot to I Am Legend intro.
I just read the synopsis
Shit I can name 5 different movies that copied this intro and gta 5 owes them for that Ariel map shot
It’s a copy of apocalypse horror but for women
Everyone just copies each other. The real question is who did it best.
Less than 2 minutes in, and I've already heard that stock "something suspicious is happening" sound effect 5, maybe 6 times. It's gonna drive ME crazy.
You said it, you said the word 🤣
@@icypastasauce7240 huh?
@@Beblé__x 🤦🏻♂️
I’m 4 minutes in, and I love the sound effects. The dramatic brass instrument every time you say “crazy.” The gun cocking when you transition from summary to explanation/interpretation. 10/10 content.
I know how much we complained about the over saturation of zombie movies during this era, but I kinda miss it.
Also kinda reminds me of the taiwanese zombie movie called the sadness. It has a similar zombie type with how they're essentially crazy people (insert sound effect). I must warn you though, its VERY dark and gory, not for the faint of heart, especially if you're sensitive to SA topics and gore.
The sadness was SUCH a surprise for me. I loved it even though it definitely left a pit in my stomach.
It really was the glory days for zombie entertainment. I'm a big fan of the genre. Along with apocalypse movies. But even i could see it was getting done to death🧟♂️🧟♀️ good times😂
@@frejahertz3675 Yeah it's such a great movie. I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but I believe you can see one of the infected shed a tear while smiling, and I love the ambiguity of whether they're crying out of pure joy or if they're actually trapped inside, helpless to what is happening. I'm not quite sure which is more unsettling. But yeah some of the scenes were a little wild, but I guess they wouldn't have had such an impact if the themes were watered down
In hindsight, Zombie era film is underrated. These eras have a name, and I call it the high concept challenge: filmmakers create the same high concept with different plots.
I love zombie/apocalypse movies
Watched this a ton as a kid/teen. Everyone dismissed it as "bad" for whatever reason...I always loved it though, glad to see it get some critical analysis
Same👊🏽
A move where a quote left huge impression on me for whatever reason.
"Don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can."
I don't know why I remember it after all these years. It didn't change my life or anything, but it definitely left an impression.
Am I the only one seeing a connection between this movie and the game "Project Zomboid"?
- both are set in the 90s
- both are set in a small rural area in the US
- In both the movie and the game, the military seals off the infected area without telling anyone inside or outside the perimeter
- both have a misterious sickness that turns people crazy
- both have the helicopter event from which you have to hide from
- both have the overunning of the refugee camp, forcing the military to flee
- In the older versions of the game, you had to take care of your blond wife who was injured
What are we, some kind of project zomboid?
This truly is the rosewood of kentucky
"i saw movement!!!"
"everything's f*&kin movin..."
great stuff
This movie is quite good and I really recomend the comicbook tie-ins Image published before the premiere. Each issue is from the point of view of one of the crazies so you get more insight into how the virus works. The desease isn't like the typical zombie virus that kills all the higher functions of the brain or the viruses on _Blackgas, Crossed,_ and _The Sadness_ that shut-down all the impulse control instincts of a person turning them into an increasingly deraged psycho, the virus of _The Crazies_ comicbook is scarier because it starts by just intensifying any mental or emotional problem the infected already has: the guy in the baseball field had a past histoy of paranoia and allucinations so they cameback in full force, he was seeing the people on the game as shadow creatures and things like that; meanwhile the coroner was talking to his dead mother about how he would show her that he could become a doctor and that's why he started doing horrifying operations on random people; and even the hunters have some nuance because the town was descending into chaos and madness when their started to show syntoms so a lot of their early acts of violence where justifyed to the point that the reader could wonder if the hunters were really infected or just suffering from a regular mental breakdown (untill you see the film, in their last scenes those guys were clearly sick)... the comics are an awesome short reading
I was waiting for a mention of Crossed lol
This movie is definitely in the re-watchable category. Anytime I see it or it’s on TV I watch it. I think it’s a great flick. Very underrated. I would’ve liked to have seen a sequel
I still watch this when i can. Used to watch it at least once a year on a good lazy day. Would even buy comfort food and just sit at home and eat while watching this. This and the Dawn of the dead remake are so good.
I need to bring back that tradition.
@@daoyang223 i do the same. Dawn of the dead's remake, the crazies, good food. I feel ya men
It was set up so perfectly for a sequel too.
The “boowuh” is killing me.
Yea same
I stopped after 5 minutes, couldn't get past it
@@SquidMantsgot halfway through but same it’s like once a minute, way too much
It's really annoying and stops being funny
@@kameronjones7139because you're lame
"The best Resident Evil movie ever made..." man, you hit the nail on the head!
that still has to be one of the coolest shots in movie history when the camera pans out and shows the plane. Especially back then people flying drones wasn't a thing so it was a great reveal.. It's an awesome movie.
One of those rare instances where a remake honors and is at least as good as the original, while still being unique enough to stand on its own
I never realized how underrated this movie is tho I saw it in theatres, it really is unique in its storyline and storytelling....and of course, the Olyphant effect
It is a remake though. Original is pretty good as well
I don't understand how this movie didn't do better when it came out. Maybe the saturation of zombie like movies at the time? But it was Highly underrated
@@GR-bn3xj the oversaturation of zombie movie, is what made this movie not go popular, that and the lack of any real famous cast.
This is the first movie you’re covering I have no knowledge on so I bought the movie on prime and watched it, and boy was it a fun movie and really makes you wonder could this happen.
I always waited for a sequel and it never came out. It annoys me that some movies get so many sequels and one that I really want to does not
@@GR-bn3xj understandable
I did the same thing! It was on my watchlist but I never got around to watching it. Thrifty comes out with a video on it, so obviously I had to watch it first so I can then watch his video 😂
Maybe not zombies but a bioweapon being accidentally released in a rural town leading to a full blown cover up could 100% happen.
dude. the sound effect after each time you said crazy, was effective for tension and perfect pun usage!
First watched this as a teenager and it's one of my all-time favorite horrors. The concepts at play are just so unique, even in comparison to today. As you stated, 'zombies that don't necessarily want to eat you, but just want to kill you, are terrifying'. Especially since they have cognitive capabilities, can use tools, weapons, etc.
Always wished it got a sequel in that next city. The only two people that know what's about to happen trying to salvage the situation in a city with a much larger population and a lot more potential battlegrounds against The Crazies. I think it could have been great.
At first, the little sound effect irritated me.
Then, I grew to love it
It makes you go a little CRAZY 🤪
I didn't realize how well trained I am. It made me think something bad was about to happen, then I'd laugh. But it took about 10 times before I stopped expecting something bad to happen
BOWUH @@thethriftytypewriter
The main actor, the setting, the fast start. Dude it’s soooooo good.
This has been one of my favorite apocalypse stories for a while and it's awesome to finally see someone covering it. I thought the scene where they capture the soldier was great. It turned what had previously been a bunch of masked goons into a characters with some level of depth. Seeing the soldier just being some scared kid from the south made it feel all the more real.
This was the first time I ever saw Tim Olyphant, and what an introduction to him it was! Dude absolutely killed this role.
And the movie is just good. There was a time right around 2010 where horror movies were knocking it out. This, Pandorum, The Strangers, Paranormal Activity, and Sinister all stick out in my memory as being from this same era and it was definitely a high point for the genre.
"...Some kind of dangerous...farming...thing."
**twitches in ag**
I know it’s a quick Google search to find out it’s a combine harvester 😭
For anyone who likes this sort of theme as far as infected that still retain skills I’d recommend the retreat series by Craig Dilouis and Stephen knight. It has a similar premise and follows a us army unit that is trying to fight and survive through the us while most of the population is infected with a virus that turns them into bloodthirsty sadistic killers who laugh uncontrollably. It’s a dark story and very graphic with the details but it’s also really intense following this unit that is trying to keep the wheels on the bus while they change goals after each one is shown to be already gone when they reach it.
Thanks
The military seizure of weapons is scary accurate, remember to take that boating trip folks
the ole "lost my gun in boating accident"
Katrina
Scary accurate? Based on what?
this movie is very underrated... I did enjoy it when first watched it some time ago, (more than once even) wanted to studied the "zombies" movements and behavior patterns and Russell's whole character, from start to finish was was best, my favorite character and you really felt for him- when he realizes he's infected but asked if he could still walk with them while he's still "him" with the sorrow and regret in his expression... and how he sacrifices himself to distract the military personal so the other two could escape.
A guy called Roanoke Gaming here on UA-cam, who is a virologist that does breakdowns of diseases, mutants, etc, in games and movies did this film. He actually broke down how the virus was not actually airborne, but being initially waterborne, it would also be carried in body fluids, thus making it difficult to keep in one area is used on an enemy population. He broke down the physical signs of the infection and its general pathophysiology, really cool stuff, I highly recommend it!
I loved Russell. A true ride or die homie. Even after learing he is probably infected, he decided to go out like a G to help his friends escape. Everybody needs a Russell.
The mayor refusing to shut off the water reminds me of when the mayor of Amity Island refused to close the beaches in Jaws.
I really liked this movie!! It’s super unique to see a small town devolve into absolute chaos. People are mistaken that small towns are safe from scenarios like this. The fact they’re so isolated from the rest of the population is what makes it scarier. I absolutely could see our government just wiping out a small town for the “greater good”
Alot of the older guys I served with in the USAF swore the Jacobs Ladder thing really happened in Vietnam. Not much different then this scenario
Yeah I have nothing against living in a small town at all I think living in a small town sounds incredibly peaceful but at the same time I'm not comfortable with the idea of your neighbors potentially knowing your business and plus like you said if something like this ever did happen then the rest of the world would have no idea and you and everyone you know is more times than not incredibly fucked
This movie hits different when you come from a small town that's for sure 😅
@@thethriftytypewriter I bet 😂
The real drawback of small towns liket his one is the lack of services, my husband lived in a tiny village in New Mexico for a few years, and one of the most frustrating things was a lack of emergency services. Yes, there was a fire station, but the police force was maybe 4 or 5 people and there was no emergency medical care. Things happened up there all the time and no one ever knew; there were even people in the bigger city over the mountain that didn't even know there was a village up there. It's really, really isolating, and I could see something like this happening there, but with the mine everyone worked in instead of a plane crash.
If you want the peace of small town living without everyone knowing your business, you'd love a place with around 10k people. I grew up in a town of about 12k, and it was big enough to have just about everything, but I very rarely knew people I saw on the street.
tbh the only plus of being from a small town in situations like this is because you can deal with it as a town meaning it will only get out of y’all lose
@@zzzzzdagod8973 yeah that's true in a situation like this in a small town you just need to stick close with people you know and trust or stick on your own and you should be fine and if you can stop situation then it won't spread to the rest of the world
The best Resident Evil movie don't have Resident Evil in its name. That is the CRAZIEST thing to imagine. Great video, Typewriter man! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Drinking game: take a shot whenever the word "crazies" is followed by the sound effect. Or don't because alcohol poisoning.
Proud of your growth over the last year man. Been a passive watcher of your channel since your episode on Joel being a bad person. Seeing your growth has been insane and is honestly inspiring
The way this movie was in a small rural town reminded me a lot of Project Zomboid since its set in rural Kentucky and started in a small town and later the whole surrounding county (and later Louisville) So I got a lot of Zomboid vibes from this movie, great video!
same haha. I think this video got recommended to me because I've been watching project zomboid videos lately
Also the entire world, you probably should have mentioned that.
I recently watched Blindness starring Julian Moore and Mark Ruffalo. It's a really solid apocalypse caused by a mass blinding event. Really interesting movie!
Really good book!
Great book and a very movie adaptation.
@daniellevaughn4598 never seen the movie!
Thanks for that. I've not seen that or even heard of it. I will try and check it out
And if the blindness weren't bad enough, there's the triffids to deal with....
First had a college friend show me this movie I've never heard of late one friday night when most of our dorm went home for the weekend... still one of the best zombie outbreak portrayals I've ever seen, just fully immerses you like few others.
Gotta say I was scared shitless walking back to my room after at 3 am, with a thunderstorm outside no less 😂
Randomly stumbled on this awesome video. Now I'm going to binge watch your entire channel. Keep up the good work, man!
This movie honestly is a tamer depiction of how people who've turned crazy will act.
This movie reminded me of a comic series I've read two years ago, I think it was called Crossed, where the crazy people there aren't just killers they do _anything_ that's depraved onto others or to themselves.
The infection works when the infected people infect others with their bodily fluids (saliva, blood, piss, ect.). They are smart enough to use that knowledge to coat their weapons - including bullets - with it to infect people.
They engage in torture, not just physical but also mental before they kill their prey, and will use them to also lure more people to be slaughtered.
The comics are, obviously, very graphic, so much so that even the people who are into gore in movies and shows will understand why this series _shouldn't_ and _neither will be_ adapted.
I feel like a twist where somehow the main group were all infected and everyone they killed were just normal people trying to survive would be cool.
Spoilers ahead
Guess you got one part right,
the main pair couldn't have been as immune as the government dude claimed, hence the ending sequence...
I can't remember the name, but there's a European (sorry I forget which nation) movie about a family living in a bunker because an outbreak turned people into monsters, but the twist ending is the "monsters" are military personnel hunting the family. And when they get caught.... the dad monsters out. Turns out THEY were the infected the whole time.
@@dogerio It's possible David and Judy became carriers of the virus since they were the only ones who hadn't started showing symptoms, which is pretty chilling if you think about it since they might spread it in Cedar Rapids if the virus mutated into an airborne strain.
@@goofnutgav Yeah that... that would be quite the twist..
Sooo much better than the original. Definitely in my top 10-20 horror movies of all time. High praise considering how many I’ve seen. The characters are so well written, cinematography, actors, premise, suspense, like everything.
Whats your top 5????
3:37 lost opportunity to say "something *crazy* must've happened"
My favorite thing about this movie is that they got the real KCRG news anchor, Bruce Aune, to do that news segment at the end! If you were born and raised in Cedar Rapids like me, you know damn well who Bruce Aune is.
The “Scotty” scene is lowkey one of my personal “Scariest Scenes Ever” due to the simple callousness and efficiency of it.
The buwoh is killing me why did you do this bro 💀😭
1 shot of Everclear every time homeboi says "Crazy"
Makes this all the more watchable 😂😂😂
My favorite quote in the movie is in the car wash. Russell fires out the window and David shouts out what are you doing? Russell repliies I saw movement. To which David says Everything is F**king moving!
i love the "boowimp" everytime he says crazy
Very underrated movie. Very realistic in how the government and civilians would act.
The part where you mentioned the actor is in every military type film or role had me laughing cause he really is in everything 🤣 😂
Here’s a show recommendation “between” staring Jeanette McCurdy it’s about a small town isolated after a virus thing that kills al the adults it’s a bit like lord of the flies and has two seasons and it’s a pretty good show worth checking out for sure. (Also I think I’ll check out this films seems like one I’d enjoy)
Sounds like daybreak. Also good show
0:52 ENOUGH of this sound effect!!!!
lol by the end of this video @GustavoSilva-ny8jc turned into a crazy!!!
@@xander9149 *whooomp*
I love this movie! Danielle Panabaker is so so underrated. I actually was so sad at her death.
Plus Timothy Olphant and Radha Mitchell continue their horror genre careers. Such a good movie.
Saw this one in theaters with my x. I'm not a fan of scary movies. But this one stuck with me. I still give it a watch now and again. Truly unsettling.
Watched this movie on TV around 2012 or so. Wasn't expecting much and was blown away with how good it was! Wish they would make more of this quality or a sequel.
I really like this movie. Love Timothy Olyphant! I like the way it ended. It definitely did not need any cliched "the soldier comes back to help them' moments. It was great as is. To me it was fairly clear that the hunters were infected. I've seen this movie a few times, maybe I've got to go watch it again to see what you were talking about. Thanks for the review.
7:45 It’s been a while since I’ve seen the film, but I believe her temperature is elevated because she’s pregnant, not because she’s infected.
6:25 I lived in a small town about this size in 2020, when our little sickness kicked off. I know it's not the same at all, but it _kiiiiinda_ is?
Anyway, it took 2 years for any cases to actually get to our town due to the lockdowns and restrictions.
I had daydreams during the inital stages that this was gonna flip to something much worse (I'm sure everyone did at least once!) and thought about what would happen to the tiny country town if it was, say, zombies.
If it started there, it would be hard to contain, honestly. People just walk into each other's houses if they know them. People can't be missing for more than a day or two before people start actively looking around, and everyone gathers at a select few places to mingle.
If it started in the big city, though? *Nothing!* I bet nothing. Country towns, especially here in Australia, would be relatively fine. Way too much time to prepare for a place like that to fall. Way too many resources there to fail, imo.
Cities are death traps, though. They could work for a short time, but the numbers of Zs would quickly outweigh resources.
Technically speaking if a zombie outbreak that is as bad as what is shown in films happens in a city you wouldn't have to worry to much about resources because the vast majority of the folks inside would already be dead/turned tho the number of zombies will still be an issue for a while
I was in a smaller town about 3 hours from Sydney when it started. We were watching it for a month, thinking of it as kinda a joke as most did then the first case hit and we were immediately locked down. No-one was allowed to go anywhere for about 4 months until I made it home to Queensland. But Queensland was completely unaffected because of good border control
This movie is so underrated and unique, I watched it as a kid and its one of my favorite "zombie" apocalypse films ever.
Hey
Respect to you for mentioning the minor details like the jets in the sky.
That proved to be quite important in retrospect.
Damn.
Subscriber right here.
Spreading the gospel, too.😊
Food for thought here…
So I’m from Iowa and I’m proud to say I know of a town that hovers around the 1000 people mark (Milo Iowa) which is SE Warren county if you’re interested, and I’ve considered what may happen if the “crazies event” happened to my wife’s home town.
It’s a great town but it’s a 4 way town meaning you got 4 ways in and 4 ways out. Nearest military large presence would probably be Camp Dodge in Johnston, and supported from my old unit in Knoxville Iowa and Oskaloosa (3654, 3655 maintenance units)
Barricades on N E S W directions with Indianola being the main town about 10-15 minutes North and West
In Milo I’ll say it’s a gun ratio of maybe 3 guns to 1 person.
With plenty of hunters and farmers (gun enthusiasts)
It’s an agricultural town for sure with a local style restaurant, 1 gas station, a public library, grade school, and a few churches… and of course one mechanic shed.
Right off the bat I’d say the churches would be redemption centers for gathering people and the grade school would probably be the “prison” since the HS is in Lacona.
Heavy military presence could be established in 24 hours and an effective “wall” could encircle the town pretty quick.
I’d be curious to see what the results of the town being hit with some like this would be but the feed water from the town is off of the Des Moines pipes. So…. Curious!!!
Look under your seat
.... That's right, I got you a bioweapon!!! Let's go see what it does to a small town!
when i was younger, this was one of my favorite movies for the LONGEST time as well as 30 days of night that you mentioned on the video
I love the dramatic emphasis on the "crazies" this is a well done witty review
This is one of my favorite "scary" movies. It's super underrated.
I started watching you because of the twd episode analysis vids and they are all very interesting btw but now I watch pretty much everything you upload your story telling and analysis on movies and tv series are just so interesting to me and you just keep me wanting more also im excited for the twd S4 retrospective. Keep up the good work bro ❤
"The Crazies" is non-canonically The Rage Virus from "28 Weeks Later".
One of my favorite movies strctly because once david realizes shit is weird he immediately starts dumping mags instead of haplessly wandering around confused and denying
9:10 it’s actually the principal we saw earlier, not just a random man