Event Info
(George A. Romero, USA 1973, 104 mins) + LYNN LOWRY Q&A
When a plane carrying a secret biological weapon crash-lands near a small, rural town, the area descends into chaos. Infected with a virus that sends them into a homicidal frenzy, the locals turn on each other in an orgy of bloody violence. As the army cordons off the town and government agents clash with scientists over the appropriate course of action, a small band of survivors attempt to make their way to safety.
A film that remains as timely as it ever was, and which with the passing of time appears all the more influential, The Crazies is an unsettling portrait of fear and incompetence.With a truly iconic turn from our guest Lynn Lowry, The Crazies marks the first time – somehow! – we’ve ever screened a George A. Romero film at Abertoir. Crazy, right?
