The Crazies (1973)

1973 · 103 min · Science Fiction, Horror, Action

The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.

Directed by George A. Romero. Starring Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lynn Lowry and Lloyd Hollar.

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