Posted on: October 1st, 2009 [TRAILER] The Crazies
This here’s an interesting concept; they’ve taken an old horror movie and recreated it under the same title but with new actors, a large budget and fancy new visual effects. Call it a “re-make” if you will. I think these will catch on!
The trailer below is for such a “re-make” of The Crazies – the 1973 George Romero film about a small American town whose people are driven violently insane after a biological weapon is accidentally released by the military.
The re-make, starring Timothy Olyphant and directed by Breck Eisner (Sahara), looks to stick fairly close to that concept. Check out the trailer:
So far it’s registering a solid ‘meh’. I dig Olyphant and I like the idea of an outbreak of crazies. The addition of the song Mad World is a bit played out after hearing it used in Donnie Darko and Gears of War 2, and although I like it it’s a few years too late. And that title… The Crazies… how am I supposed to take that seriously?
But then again… could be fun.
The flick is scheduled for release February 26, 2010.
2 Responses to “[TRAILER] The Crazies”
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Aaron Thompson Says:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 amSecond the “meh” sentiment, but now my interest is peaked in seeing the original. I agree about the ‘Mad World’ comment, although it does the trick for me…
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