The Crazies 1973  R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Code Name: Trixie
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Richard Liberty, Lynn Lowry, Richard France, Edith Bell, Harry Spillman, Will Disney
A plane carrying an untested, top secret biological warfare virus crashes near a small town in Pennsylvania, infecting the city's water supply with the virus. Exposure results in instant death or irreversible insanity. While scientists frantically search for a cure, the Army is sent in–complete with biologically-safe suits–to round up the city's inhabitants and isolate them in the local school. Non-infected citizens attempt to escape from both the Army personnel and local authorities. A strong anti-government, anti-military statement.
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Dawn of the Dead 1978  R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Gaylen Ross, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, David Emge, David Crawford, David Early, George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Richard France, Howard Smith, Daniel Dietrich, Fred Baker, James A. Baffico, Rod Stouffer, Jese Del Gre
A grotesque onslaught of human flesh is portrayed in this film as corpses hunt for their favorite meal: human flesh. SWAT team members Peter (Ken Foree) and Roger (Scott H. Reiniger) are sent in with their units to destroy zombies in a Pittsburgh housing project. They secure the building and then flee to a TV station where they escape by helicopter with station employees Francine (Gaylen Ross) and Stephen (David Emge). They land on top of a shopping mall where the zombies have gathered, and, to make matters worse, a gang of bikers arrive on the scene. Now, the enemies are not only zombies but bikers as well. The gore is mostly confined to the first and last half-hours, but even with the gore, it is a well-made film. "Day of the Dead" follows as a sequel.
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| 1. The Crazies (1973)
aka: Code Name: Trixie
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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