63
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleLike Night of the Living Dead, The Crazies offers no hope, no comfort and sure as hell no happy ending.
- 75The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsRomero doesn’t have the best handle on the film as a whole, but he still manages some perfect moments that bring the era’s potential horrors into the heart of America, like a man losing his mind, then his life, against the misty backdrop of a small-town bridge at dawn. The suggestion is inescapable: one small push, and this could be your life.
- 75Slant MagazineEric HendersonSlant MagazineEric HendersonThe Crazies lacks the nightmarish momentum of Romero’s best zombie flicks, but it’s no less astute with its allegorical potshots.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineRomero paints a bleak picture of a bureaucracy that has nothing but contempt for the lives of private citizens, zealously harbors secrets, and gives unbelievable power to a basically incompetent military.
- 40The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyAn inept science-fiction film from George A. Romero, the Pittsburgh man who established himself as the Grandma Moses of exurban horror films with The Night of the Living Dead.