Critic Reviews

I greatly prefer this cleverly sustained and efficiently relentless remake to the '73 edition. It is lean and simple.

It’s a thrilling rollercoaster designed for the theatre made by one of the few working directors who truly knows how to make movies for a theatre.

The big difference between Mr. Romero's film and Mr. Eisner's--which is so intelligent you fear the fanboys will scatter--is that Mr. Eisner never gives us the military's point of view. All we know is what David and Judy and Russell know, which for a long time isn't much. And The Crazies is all the scarier for it.

You may not remember The Crazies in a month, but you'll have a grand time watching it.

Does what an exploitation movie should: It gets in, it scares you silly, and it gets out, all while playing fair by the audience.

Despite a midfilm lull of his own, Eisner stages a series of nifty action sequences, nearly all of which feature a moment of surprise, as well as gruesome wit.

A lot of fun for horror fans, a nice little jaunt through paranoia and conspiracy theories.

Part zombie movie, part apocalyptic bioterror, part military conspiracy thriller, the refit hybrid doesn't stint on the visceral kicks demanded by contemporary audiences while remaining reasonably true to those Romero roots.

Delivers the essential suspense goods with overall skill and a modicum of intelligence.

It lacks the fevered sincerity (and the political timeliness) of Romero's original, but it's tightly scripted, cleverly cast, consistently scary, occasionally funny--everything you could ask from a well-made and completely unnecessary remake.