The previews I read about this movie did a nice job about concealing the larger plot, so I'll extend the courtesy here. It begins with the death of a farmer shortly after he appears to lose his marbles, and a small town is quickly overcome with some kind of force that transforms folksy neighbors into disease-wracked killers.
I knew this would be one of those "look-away" movies for me. You know the moments - the close up shot, the dark room, the silence... and the fact that roughly two minutes have passed since something startling happened. So you listen peacefully for the explosion of dire music, wait ten seconds for the screams to fade, and then start watching again. Does wonders for the heart rate.
The interesting twist here, unlike "The Happening" in which the entire movie was spent trying to beat the mysterious force, "The Crazies" solves the riddle early enough to allow a different kind of enemy to emerge. And even though most every character who utters a line ends up meeting some gruesome finish, it ends with a small measure of satisfaction, even though the ending isn't completely happy.
So let your imagination run with that, find someone who doesn't mind being squeezed, and head toward the back row of a theater to wake yourself up with this one!
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