Couldn't last the movie. I wasn't feeling any tension or the later hysteria. The situation in the movie was handled too ridiculously. That banging military drum music was awful. The acting was atrocious and included people bursting into shouting (not even convincing shouting) for a few seconds to try and create tension.

Apparently, I'm not very fond of The Crazies. It was never one of my favorite Romero film, but this time around this didn't really do it for me at all. It's not all bad, but for some reason it feels a bit too uneven. Some scenes are great, but most of the film is rather rough. Rough editing, rough acting, etc. etc. You get the point... It pains me to say this, but I'm going to recommend that you watch the remake instead.

Absolutely awful. Just completely awful. At some points, it was so bad it was _almost_ funny but for the most part, it was just completely awful. I sometimes "enjoy" (in a masochistic manner) watching these old movies from the 1970's (being a child of the 1960's myself, the 70's were my adolescent/teen years) in spite of how bad they are by today's standards. But this...this was just bad. The story, the acting was absolutely some of the worst I've sat through, the dialogue, the entire thing... There was no "great cinematography" in this one, and even the soundtrack was a nightmare. What was with the constant military drumbeat anytime something was going on? NOTHING about this film made any sense at all, and the conclusion was just as bizarre and confusing as all the rest of it. I won't say I'm sorry I watched it because I watched it mainly to compare it to the reboot that came years after, but wow...this was absolutely one of the worst movies I've ever sat through in its entirety. Just completely bad. Do yourself a favor and avoid this one; it is NOT worth two hours of your life. Take my word for it. This was just BAD.

Not good. It is chaotic to the point of having the effect of a guy yelling on a street corner. Pretty soon you are ignoring him and the effect is just detachment.

When your baby brother makes up a stupid story and you're surprised it's not totally stupid. Look, this early Romero about a small town infected with a virus too big for its breaches (😉) is embarrassingly amateurish: actors not good enough to be extras and editing cuts so violent your eyes bleed. Still, the story moves along quickly, eschewing the modern day cinematic devices of romance and long, dramatic breaks in the action for soul searching heart-to-hearts. Not to mention the parallels to the current pandemic are fun to spot. So all in all, yes, it's a total waste of time, but at least it's a pleasant one.