The True Terror of THE CRAZIES

[@RyanHollinger]

*What should I cover next? ... Is there a remake you think is worth comparing to its original?* Go to expressvpn.com/ryan to take back your Internet privacy TODAY and find out how you can get 3 months free.

[@Hiro_515]

I don't know, I am just commenting cause this video was uploaded not that far ago, and I want attention! I didn't like my own comment though!

[@axelcordova8262]

How about comparing the remake of Night of the Living Dead from the 90's to the original version? Oh and here's my requests for Night in the Woods and Pink Floyd's The Wall.

[@wstine79]

How about a look at another George Romero gem, Martin?

[@Godzillafan1980]

POON ALERT!!!!! Do GODZILLA

[@schulzbrianr]

I don’t have many remakes or reboots in my IMDb ratings, especially in the horror genre, but “The Manchurian Candidate” is one I recently re-watched and really appreciated a lot more, Denzel Washington turns in a very good performer, and Liev Schreiber is great in one of his early roles, and there were a lot of lesser known actors who are big these days (Pablo Schreiber, Liev’s half brother I believe, who was great in Den of Thieves, and American Gods, and Jeffrey Wright who was a great Felix Leiter in the Daniel Craig Bond series, and Westworld).

[@wstine79]

When George Romero himself likes the Crazies remake, you know it's good. I like both.

[@MrClemons92]

Only if George r Martin had the same love of his interpretation

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

He’s pretty accurate. He said the first fifteen minutes of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead were unforgettable and the rest was completely forgettable. I think we all felt that.

[@31webseries]

I didn't even know it was a remake. I feel like I should turn in my nerd card. :(

[@Sm0k3turt]

Both are good. Different styles different times.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@lewiskazinsky7334 I actually liked the remake of Dawn. Day of the Dead remake was utter shit though.

[@garyking1986]

I love how genuinely annoyed Olyphant’s character gets throughout the remake. Just watch the car wash scene, he emanates such “dad on holiday” energy.

[@thepanpiper7715]

In his defense it starts off with him having to shoot a guy that he knows in front of their entire small town. He's already having a hard time. He doesn't this pseudo-zombie bullshit on top of everything else.

[@jgraninger5748]

And he has a wife that's, just evert awful horror movie wife trope ever. She exhausted me.

[@L.r.e_motorsport]

Car wash scene is a perfect example of him getting annoyed like a real like person, 3 times he snaps, when his deputy is constantly on at him to start the car, at his wife about what road can the helicopter not see them, and again at the deputy for “everything is fukin moving”

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

@@jgraninger5748 To be fair, his wife just got preggo. Her hormones were off the roof.

[@mandodiaz7647]

There's something much more disturbing about people going crazy and killing rather then zombies. With zombies it's more animalistic. A scene with a person using drill on a person head is way more terrifying then if they rushed the person and started eating them.

[@jthememeking]

And you get solid moments like that only crazy family wanting revenge and actually talking and the two buddy cops tension slowly starts to rise. It offer unique takes that zombie movies just can't give ya

[@StatiCRjm]

And that's exactly why films in the same vein as The Purge, Saw and Hostel are terrifying.

[@Largentina.]

@@StatiCRjm Unfortunately, besides the first Saw movie, all those other movies are awful.

[@BetaBreaking]

@@Largentina. unfortunately only the first films were the good ones. Although I do consider the rest guilty pleasures

[@StatiCRjm]

@@Largentina. Saw 1-3 are good, the rest are terrible.

[@aydenvavra2153]

I love Romero’s version the most but that remake was surprisingly solid.

[@JSSell25]

I actually like the remake better

[@aydenvavra2153]

@@JSSell25 I can’t argue with that it’s well made and it has creepy atmosphere to boot.

[@Pewpewpew182]

Both are very good. I had no idea the the 2010 film was a remake till I walked out of the theater and listened to the spill review later that day. Saw the original later that week and was pretty happy with both films!

[@lucasb7705]

Agreed. Ole timothy oliphant or whatever needs to do more. He's good. Matter of fact fuck netflix for cancelling the santa clarita diet

[@boogerman908]

Is that not also romeros version

[@Sm0k3turt]

Ryan Talks about Horror And Death like he’s in a therapists office. And I love it

[@rabenvater2455]

I think Tarantino once talked about this movie in an interview and that he had a conversation with Romero himself about the movie. Tarantino called the people in the movie Zombies, but Romero was upset about it and told him in heavy italian accent "These aren't Zombies, they are infected people!"

[@jasonhunter2819]

Romero was born in the Bronx, he didn't have an Italian accent...unless you want to out EYE-talian. Was he putting it on to imitate Fulci or something?

[@martincann5052]

@@jasonhunter2819 More like Argento, since they actually collaborated.

[@jasonhunter2819]

@@martincann5052 fair

[@rabenvater2455]

@@jasonhunter2819 you might be right, that's only how I remember the story.

[@Largentina.]

@@rabenvater2455 You're misremembering the story and you've got some names mixed up. Cool story, either way though.

[@0parko9]

The remake is what made me realise just how good of an actor Joe Anderson is. Clank's character arc is amazing and his death scene is absolutely gut wrenching.

[@identifymenot]

The lead actress in this movie cameos in the remake, as the woman singing while riding the bike. Pretty awesome Easter egg

[@whitephillip6997]

That's epic haha

[@GuessWho7197]

I've never seen either before, but watching that clip of the nuke in the remake, I can't help but think the couple didn't survive for much longer due to radiation poisoning. That looks way too close for them to be safe.

[@MrJstorm4]

In the remake they tried to cover up the nuke by blaming it on a oil refinery that went up so I assume that they used green nukes

[@elitemook4234]

The rule of thumb is, hold up your hand, If the mushroom cloud is larger than your thumb then you're dead.

[@MyScorpion42]

@@elitemook4234 I mean, one guy survived both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so anything's possible

[@Lilachh]

The government actually tracks the couple going into the next town and starts planning to do the same thing to the next time. The ending shows that they’ll never be able to escape.

[@coolsceegaming6178]

Actually, they’d be in the safer regions of the blast give or take. At least pit of the radiation area for long enough to flee

[@Magnegro]

I know this is knid of an odd thing to comment about but I cannot get over how nice it is to have ad breaks timed so perfectly between segments and not interrupting the essay mid-sentence. If you have control over that, thank you so damn much dude.

[@shawyo5]

The remake had a few scenes filmed in my town in Macon, Ga. every time I go to that car wash you can see photos from the movie in it. It’s called fountain car wash. They pulled into it a couple of counties out and filmed the inside scene in my city. Even got to see the girl who got killed in it. (Danelle Panabaker) loved that movie! Great video though ryan! Keep up the good work.

[@Grimdark_Replays]

that would be why it didnt resemble the area it was supposed to take place in at all. Which ruined the experience for me.

[@WarhammerGeek]

The military’s white hazmat suits make the simple blood seem like so much more.

[@paladinboyd1228]

And made them stand out as something so alien and hostile to the town.

[@ninakaytel4532]

I did not know The Crazies 2010 was a remake.

[@yoshifrazzled7628]

I clicked the video thinking it was the 2010 one and how I'm soo happy he's talking about it cause it's underrated just to be shocked it's a remake

[@PerishingPurplePulsar]

Yea same, and I feel ashamed tbh

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

I saw it in the cinema and the next day my grandpa tried convincing me he’d seen the same movie in the 70s. “Haha ok grandpa sure.” I can’t put into words his smugness when I finally looked it up.

[@Largentina.]

Kids....

[@vivalaminion2936]

Of a George Romero movie, no less.

[@frejahertz3675]

I’m a hardcore Romero fan and mostly hate that people try to make remakes, because the original is great if you view it from the time it was made and was very much a start of a lot of horror. I did really like the remake. On thing is the body horror, which I love, but it was somehow more urgent and panicked. The scene in the hospital with the two women trying to get out of their restraints truly made me feel icky, and although I didn’t really find the ending great, I really enjoyed the movie a lot - it was truly (to me) a very authentic homage to Romeos ideas and creative look into the human psyche.

[@kingsadvisor18]

For people who complain about Romero being so on the nose with his social commentary "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards!" -Garth Marenghi

[@abanustrickland368]

Haha i love that Im gonna use that one

[@KatieLHall-fy1hw]

Darkplace

[@thepanpiper7715]

...that is right up there with people complaining about the Alien franchise "suddenly" getting political. (Y'know, that film series where the Xenomorphs are an incidental antagonist and the real villain is Weyland-Yutani?)

[@kingsadvisor18]

@Devil's Advocate Garth Marenghi is a writer, actor, astrophysicist, musician, professional boxer, and prophet. He's also a fictional character played by English comedian Mathew Holness on late night British television during the mid 90's

[@stevus23]

One of my favourite shows ever!!

[@renamon5658]

My favorite movie besides psycho I love how it's a remake where the main character aren't idiots or awfully written . You feel bad for them and what they are going through

[@FortyHurts]

"Rich Evans..." *shows Mike* Brace yourself, Ryan.

[@thewickedwanderer]

lol. I was gonna type the same thing.

[@deanscordilis7280]

Common misconception, as the two have been slowly melding into one, omniscient being

[@deanscordilis7280]

Ope, I misread the notes. It says “one miserable, drunk Wisconsonian”

[@Julian23455]

Is Rich Evans replacing Mike Stoklasa?

[@scapegoat8171]

Haha. Exactly.

[@senthesanguinesinner9]

The Crazies remake hit home for me because it’s set in a Midwest small town… I live in a Midwest small town. The film repeatedly mentions Cedar Rapids which I’m not far from. ‘Looking-over-my-shoulder’ energy at maximum.

[@sfm.viciousmane1374]

This could totally happen in Atlantic IA

[@lewislabuff8862]

I grew up in east Texas a small farming community (whole town is on one street) an hour or so from Houston, this movie is an active nightmare for me.

[@senthesanguinesinner9]

@@sfm.viciousmane1374 that’s LITERALLY where I live…

[@sfm.viciousmane1374]

@@senthesanguinesinner9 wtf dude really. What year u graduate

[@senthesanguinesinner9]

@@sfm.viciousmane1374 2021

[@TheBloodswordsman]

I think for this year's halloween, instead of watching "Trick R Treat" seven times (my favourite horror anthology ever), I'll rewatch all the most harrowing episodes that Ryan put out. Starting with Saint Maud, which fucks me up each time.

[@rogue-taxidermy_griffin]

I only know about this movie because of the commercial for the remake: the scene of the people tied up on the hospital beds with a man slowly walking through and impaling them with a pitchfork (or at least, the bed itself) really scared and haunted me.

[@johngutierrez9277]

I remember enjoying this movie. Kinda wanted a sequel too.

[@cooperminion825]

The sequel would probably have the virus spreading across the world via the weather

[@CDLCinder]

The 2010 remake is actually one of my favorite horror movies, but this made me wanna revisit the original once again. Thanks Ryan !!!

[@quicksilvermad]

Timothy Olyphant's face during the carwash part never fails to crack me up. "EVERYTHING IS FUCKING MOVING."

[@swagwolfgang]

Does anyone else feel like Timithy Olyphant looks different in almost every role he takes?

[@Globaldisasternetwork777]

Agent 47 :)

[@jwnj9716]

I like the original but the remake is way better. Too bad no one talks about it a lot. Although the original has its moments like the crazy lady sweeping.

[@BIacklce]

70s horror is so hit or miss

[@HorkPorkler]

@@BIacklce 70's horror acting is so bad.

[@BIacklce]

@@HorkPorkler horror was still grindhouse/drive in entertainment. There was no budget for actors. The exorcist changed things

[@HorkPorkler]

@@BIacklce oh

[@worm9862]

I'm the complete opposite because I enjoy the original as a semi B movie unintentional comedy because of the acting and red-orange blood effects. Some of the actors are great and some are just bad, but it's clear what Romero was going for and I think the overall story he presented is a bit more interesting than the remake because of the points it hits on, which don't get touched on a lot in movies from the mid 2000s to early 2010s. Still I REALLY like the remake, it's actually a really good movie and I think few Romero remakes are as good. That includes the Dawn of the Dead remake which I personally find to be more draining than anything, and not in a good way, which is a real problem when you contrast it with the original which is just a fun movie with some cool gore effects and zombie pie fights.

[@aaronpop0083]

Actually it's never explicitly shown that the deputy is infected. Given the amount of time it takes to show any symptoms combined with his reasoning and decision making of emptying the gun, it's actually more likely that he was having a mental break brought on by PTSD of when the government spiked his tires.

[@augustthepineapple]

The news anchor in the midcredits sequence of the remake is a real Iowa news anchor, where the remake was filmed. I remember his presence being heavily advertised in local tv spots. It was weird, since he only pops up for like 5 seconds before the screen cuts out.

[@polsdofer]

I know some if not most of the remake was filmed in Georgia and some in Iowa. I live in Iowa and they nailed the small town Iowa look. I didn't know about the news anchor being from Iowa that's pretty interesting.

[@augustthepineapple]

@@polsdoferWhoops, I didn't know that they filmed most of it in GA, but that makes way more sense. Yeah, Bruce Aune is his name. EDIT: Found one of the ads. It was weird because it would actually seem like real news for a split second kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHKYZpWNf5h1otE

[@polsdofer]

@@augustthepineapple That's awesome. Yeah and Ogden Marsh isn't even a real town in Iowa haha.

[@augustthepineapple]

@@polsdofer Haha, yeah. I remember a local critic getting peeved about that lol

[@kelsey.targaryen]

KZbin hasn’t been putting you in my algorithm lately and I missed your content so much!! Will be binging videos to get you back in my feed

[@BlackPantherFTW]

The same feeling of chaos descending on a small town is felt in Stephen King's "Under the Dome" Its different to be sure, with the townspeople taking control while the police watch from outside. However, how the town's response to the dome gradually becomes more desperate as supplies run out and people begin to starve creates this extre feeling of unease until it all explodes, literally. Eventually, (spoilerz) the entire town is engulfed in flames as our protagonist attempts to open the dome before the fire consumes everyone and succeeded. It turns out it was a game played by some higher beings who wanted to see what happened if they dropped an indestructible dome on a small town in Maine.

[@joshuadouglas9201]

Another great analysis! Film nerd tip: One of my favorite things to do with “The Crazies” (2010) is to adjust the screen to a cool Black & White. The film looks phenomenal!

[@sarkakotkova5310]

not to be one of those people but the doctor's story of this movie reminds me a lot of this 1937 czech play "the white plague". it's an allegory to to pre ww2 germany so the allegory is entirely different, but both the play and crazies 1973 have the tragedy of a doctor FINDING the cure only to get senselessly randomly killed. it's a really good play, i think you would like it.

[@stripesb4914]

I saw the Crazies remake when I was ten when it first came out on DVD. While I’d been exposed to a teen slasher like the Nightmare on Elm Street remake, this movie will always get me because it was the first time I was exposed to something so bleakly terrifying. I’d never seen a child death on screen before then. So when the mother and kid died in the beginning, I vividly remember asking my father “they lived, right?” And when he told me no, that new feeling of bleak horror scared me more than. The rest of the movie.

[@pjkingkobra895]

You gotta be crazy to be sweeping grass while civilians and the military are having a shootout quite literally all around you. What she didn’t have a rake? Great vid Ryan.

[@jgarling]

I have only seen the remake. It takes place in a fictional town in Iowa - the state I live in. I really enjoyed the movie, but what I liked best is that the post credits scene of the "news report" uses a real eastern Iowa news anchor (and station) to deliver that report. When I saw MY ACTUAL new anchor come up in the post credits scene it felt pretty surreal. It was a real nice touch.

[@Awesomechairman]

FINALLY HE DID IT ps you have a calming voice for what you like to talk about

[@shannonjackson9778]

I put his videos on to help me sleep 10/10 calming voice

[@Awesomechairman]

@@shannonjackson9778 same he makes the movies he talks about not scary or disturbing

[@willyboods5197]

In an era of terrible remakes, this is a great example of how to do it. I remember being actually somewhat terrified watching the remake

[@warboss1100]

Shoutout to the person in the back at 1:24 whose sweeping the grass.

[@PathologicGaming]

Just realised one of the scientists in The Crazies is the Scientist guy on the TV in Dawn of the Dead - "They must be destroyed on SIGHT!"

[@andu1854]

I think at the end of the remake shows that the government found them and mistook them for infected and because they were walking towards a city, that city was going to get nukes

[@danderson8431]

The Crazies remake is one of the few horror movies that truly scared me. I refuse to rewatch it.

[@EyePickCinema]

That remake scared the shit out of me when I was younger now I just just love it .

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

I always wait for the required "hoyever" in the script. You know it's coming, because it must come.

[@EmmaEquinox]

I've never seen the original but the remake is one of my fav "zombo" movies. And not just because Timothy Olyphant is a tall, lanky, beautiful piece of Hollywood's best Sheriff/Marshal actor

[@matthewjacobs2991]

Ditto that. He's one of my girlfriend's favorite actors and i ain't even jealous. She's got good Hollywood taste lol I'm kinda sad I'm only just learning the movie i liked was a remake. Time to watch the original

[@therealslimshady8945]

"Why, Raylan Givens, is that you?"

[@timebomb4562]

one thing that i thought about the scene where David and Judy find out what happened to the non infected. They weren't just killed to maintain quarantine but to destroy any evidence of the trixie virus as if word got out there would be a lot of problems internationally. Ogden marsh seemed as 'American as apple pie' and many of the town were probably quite patriotic and weren't used to seeing their town from a larger scale. They wouldn't have reason to believe their government didn't care about them. Seeing the corpses of their friends shows them how their town looks from a broader perspective in that the US government would sooner let 1200 people vanish off the face of the earth than own up to their mistakes. In some ways the horror of seeing the indifference of a larger power towards your life especially if you thought that the higher power was supposed to protect you is gonna unsettle you to say the least. I might be completely wrong on this but

[@YellowLemonRedApple]

I always watch your videos after work before my weekend, and it's become a lovely ritual

[@vampiricpig1392]

The visual of the white clas gas masl soldiers in rural famrlands will always stick witk me, i love their little mini stories throughout the movie, with encounters where they dont know if theyre infected or not

[@mint5482]

Duuuude I’ve been binging your videos recently and I’m so hyped for this one

[@fridakahlo4225]

That channel never fails me. So glad that I've found it!

[@porcuMoose]

I remember being a preteen when the remake came out and the commercial would absolutely terrify me at night watching TV before bed. I should watch this formally. (also TIL the 2010 film being a remake)

[@turma8eac]

The remake’s beginning is really good. The first death is still shocking.

[@ChristophGangrel]

So anyone feel that comic series "Crossed" was inspired by the original movie? I mean it came out 2008...

[@Globaldisasternetwork777]

I read the entire series... It got so bad i had a dream of the comic.. It was horrible

[@Vulture2264]

Yeah i read a few issues back when it came out. Didn't like it all since it was nothing, but murder porn that got stale fast.

[@BoJenfa]

@@Globaldisasternetwork777 same here. Had a dream about it last night infact and I kept thinking about it all day. The world of Crossed is probably the most horrifying thing I've ever come across

[@Kainpound]

@@BoJenfa Transferred via bodily fluids, and Acts out their worst possible desires. That's all you really need to know about crossed

[@jasonsantos3037]

The crossed is one fucked up comic book series but love it

[@tylerskiss]

The Thing. The Fly. The Blob. The Crazies. These are the remakes that always get a call out as being as good as, if not better than the original.

[@murphmanfa]

This video made me do a double feature of original and remake today before finishing the spoiler-heavy bits here. They're both so good, even if they don't really transcend the genre they're in. It's really uncommon for a remake to feel on par with its original, but this is a rare example of just that. Joe Anderson is easily one of the most impressive parts of the remake, and I'm glad you highlighted that. I felt for him far more than the dislikeable-from-the-start Clank of the original, and his character's devolution is a great element of the film.

[@taylortate8082]

I had seen the remake years ago and forgotten about it. It was a solid Oliphant performance. Great video!

[@skyounkin]

I really liked the human element between David and Russel, despite Russel becoming unhinged he is treated as a friend by David until his end. What also is really neat is that you could look at the remake as almost a sequel to the first movie.

[@sethzard]

An old friend of mine was an extra in the remake which was the only reason I watched it at the time. I had fun with it back then.

[@jordangoodeye2604]

I love these movies. Happy to see you covering it.

[@maplebob23]

The first time I saw this film I was heavily reminded of the beginning of The Andromeda Strain. But now it has been decades since I have seen either.

[@AdrianWallflower]

Just rewatched this again last week, I love how you ended up covering it.

[@Lunastrad]

Maybe I'm just deep in my emotions rn, but living where we do, the story of the government causing a mess in a town and trying to keep it under wraps hits closer to the heart.

[@Weaponsandstuff93]

For anyone interested the gas masks in the original are British MKV masks with a small filter replacing the hose.

[@Verdun16]

As an Iowan, I can confirm this is a daily occurrence. (Also, it doesn’t take place in Pennsylvania. It’s Iowa)

[@DarKStaR350z]

Completely agree that this is one of the best remake/reboot movies I can think of, absolutely brilliant and doesn’t take anything away from the amazing Romero classic. My favourite part that illustrates perfectly the melancholy and insanity the characters must be feeling, is the car wash scene with the helicopter; reminded me of the hopelessness from films like The Mist

[@LHsweiss]

This is awesome. watch that movie yesterday and I was hoping you do a video and today boom

[@aBK1222]

I know I’m a little late to this video but the remake of “The Crazies” had parts that were filmed in my home town (like the The scenes on Main Street, the baseball field and several more) and some of my family (as well as several others from my town) were in it the two boy that ride their bikes at the beginning are two of my brothers and my dad was the umpire at the baseball field it was a big deal in my town and it brings a lot of pride to say there was a movie (that was well received) filmed here!

[@JoshuaArmell]

I always knew you’d cover this. Right up your alley :)

[@murphmanfa]

As an aside, that fucking pitchfork scene is great and is so laced with dread and helplessness. It's simple and conventional for horror but it's so effective.

[@gracenblackwelder7727]

Ryan at the end of almost every episode: I hope you go watch this movie because it's really good Me, who's a scaredy cat: I'll take your word for it

[@SonOfTegz]

I love the shot of the one soldier getting shot in the face while looking over a tree. It’s a quick cut to this white hood and gas mask THEN BAMB ! Death, love it.

[@thomassnyder3265]

Awesome to see you covering these films, I remember being in 3rd grade when the 2010 remake was being filmed in my home state near where I was living at the time. They've become some of my favorite horror films and I try watching at least one of them for the Halloween season.

[@Usagi393]

Me too. I have seen both movies multiple times and never tire of them

[@hildahilda1823]

The remake of the crazies was one of the first horror movies I watched. I watched it with my older sister in the middle of the day with the curtains in our living room closed to give that movie theater effect. We screamed the entire time and it was one of the best experiences I had ever had watching a movie but I remember feeling really sad the whole time cause I could tell they weren’t really gonna make it in the long run. Like even though they survive, it’s like at what cost though?

[@littlejimmy7402]

So, I was rolling through the video, doing something else with the video in the background when my mind hooked on to the music bed of the VPN commercial. It sounds like the internal soundtrack of someone losing their grip with reality, then that reminded me that I had something else to do.

[@eisschnee2649]

Something I realized while watching The Crazies remake wasn't that zombies are scary because they're the walking embodiments of death, or that they look human, but rather that the represent a total loss of control of one self, and that's something we as humans have learned to fear deeply.

[@mikemidwood9661]

Loved the OMG for the crazy in the diner disappearing 🤣

[@TechnicJunglist]

I got to meet Romeo. He was extremely kind and a total gentleman. One of my life's highlights

[@librarianreviews3903]

Fun fact no one asked for: The remake was my first R rated movie I payed for myself 😅✌🏽😉

[@Globaldisasternetwork777]

Lol awesome

[@thepanpiper7715]

Aw!

[@Largentina.]

This comment makes me feel ancient.

[@librarianreviews3903]

@@Largentina. I'm sorry lol

[@randallbesch2424]

Romero himself said they are not zombies they are "something else, unknown."

[@MemeMachine-po9zo]

I always really liked the remake, it tells more like a sequel than a remake, it adds on to the original instead of just the original again.

[@porco_germe0v451]

Looking back to this movie this is the closest thing we are having to something similar to the comic of “ Crossed “ talking about the movie, I gotta say is one of the best films I’ve seen of the zombie genre.

[@xanoft5047]

The remake is such a wonderful treat and one of my favorite remakes of all time.

[@BearPawSwipe]

I definitely like both versions for different things. The part in the remake where they reveal the plane was sooooo good!

[@TheGreenEyedMoose]

I don’t think it’s ever explicitly been said but I think it’s implied Judy is infected at the end of the film as at the service station she has a sip of the bottled water and there’s a music cue that sounds negative when she does that. Might be wrong though.

[@maplebob23]

In some ways, the way you describe the protagonist trying to stop the spread in the remake reminds me of 1987’s Slugs.

[@jvever4904]

Both the original and remake are solid films and I'm glad you're finally going over them!

[@FrenchToast663]

I'd say Romero's most overlooked masterpiece is Martin(1977) but great analysis nonetheless.

[@joeudi938]

Nice to see someone else really appreciating this movie. For my money it's unequaled in certain aspects which I would find difficult to name precisely.

[@enildacoreyhaim]

The remake is good but the original is much sadder. The man holding the cure in his hand and dying and the bottle shattering is heartbreaking.

[@liamuncapher517]

"Most of you have probably seen the remake but not the original." Me only having seen the original, pausing this video to go and watch the remake so I can finish the video. It pays to have no life.

[@vivalaminion2936]

17:34 It's almost like nobody listens to scientists and chaos ensues...HINT, HINT.

[@bentramer682]

One of the most hardcore openings of a film ever. Movies need harshness like that and having it backed up by important issues makes the rest of the movie great.

[@notsure6796]

Actor at 2:17 seems to be the same guy doing the iconic Dr. Millard Rausch screaming "dummies!" on TV at the mall in Dawn of the Dead original.

[@Raicheru13]

The events of this movie and how people could behave in such a situation is terrifyingly plausible.

[@spencerkennedy1769]

I’m glad you were able to bring a nuanced view to the remake, as every time I mentioned I enjoy it as much as the OG, my friends tell me I’m dumb and the remake is trash

[@Tony_TK]

This is as closed to a Crossed movie as we’re ever gonna get.

[@skittstuff]

I'm rewatching a bunch of all your videos and realized I never watched this one!! I loved The Crazies! You always have the best views on films and I knew I'd love this video too. I know the youtube algorithm and statistics can be a real downer for people's self-confidence, know that you do have a lot of dedicated folks watching your videos and we really appreciate you for it. Keep up the great work my guy!

[@wychwoodmusic]

THANK YOU. I don't understand why everyone seems to ignore this film when discussing Romero's zombie films. Sure it's a different style of zombie - scientific rather than supernatural. But it deserves at least an honorable mention - and I'd actually rate it as second only to Dawn of the Dead.

[@kristiantumber1564]

I always found it weird that David didn't become infected after the altercation between him versus the mother and son of the guy he killed at the start of the film, I thought that virus could be spread by contact of bodily fluids, so surely when he knifes her in the neck with his stabbed hand, the blood from her neck would've entered into his open wound? Just to add a bit more tragedy to the ending really

[@maniac7770]

There's a solid possibility it did, but as we saw in the movie, there's still a period of time from infection to actually losing it.

[@vincentvalen72]

I don’t think it goes by blood, remember it was meant to be a biological weapon, likely meant to just poison the enemy water supply and nothing more. It would have been a bit messed up if they deployed in a combat zone, then their soldiers end up getting up from the enemies and bringing it home

[@maniac7770]

@@vincentvalen72 I would disagree. If anything, going by blood would make it all the more effective. After all, if you're deploying it in a combat scenario, you're already, based on the evidence from the movie, expecting to wait a couple days to see the effects, and moreover, if knowingly deploying such an agent, would make sure to maintain distance while the enemy thins their own ranks.

[@jgraninger5748]

I think he was absolutely infected. But it had an incubation period.

[@allright]

Congratulations, you just got 666k subscribers, I know it's not a Million, but the fact you're a Horror channel and 666 is very connected to Horror movies, so congratulations, and here's to the future.

[@laceyjackson8366]

Dude I'm always SO hydrated I'd be screwed in these movies.