Torture, gore and death are the three elements that are required in order to produce a high-quality bloodcurdling scary movie. My whole life I have enjoyed watching horror movies, although I will admit that I am terrified of zombies!!!! My name is Jackie and I am a student at the University of St. Francis. In my blogs I will give my opinion as well as interesting facts on various scary movies, both new and old. 
The Crazies(2010) was directed by Breck Eisner, but is actually a remake of the 1973 George Romero classic, titled the same. The whole setting of the movie takes place (once again) in a small town where something seems to be making people act strangely. The town of Ogden Marsh is a picture-perfect American town where all the citizens abide by the laws.....that is until one fateful day it all gets turned upside down.
It all begins at a children's baseball game. A local man known for his drinking problems, walks onto the field with a loaded shotgun. The town sheriff David Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) has no choice but to take the old mans life in order to save all those in attendance. After that, the plot thickens.
The town doctor Judy (Radha Mitchell), also the sheriff's wife, has a lot of people being brought to her as ill, but she cannot seem to provide an answer or a cure. The infected individuals seem to have acquired a depraved, blood-thirsty attitude towards anyone and everyone, especially those they love. One good example would be one man who becomes infected decides to lock his wife and young son in a closet. After completing that task, he proceeds to set the house on fire, killing both without so much as a sign of remorse as he walks away from the inferno.
Within days black SUVs begin to appear and the government decides to intervene and take over the town, trying to contain the disease. No one is allowed in and no one is allowed to leave. They do this by separating the infected from the uninfected. The infected are strapped to a gurney and left to suffer. Those that are not infected
are hauled away. In the midst of this chaos it is revealed to us that Judy is pregnant with her and David's first child, which could have caused the haz mat men to believe that she was infected. He and his deputy Russell (Joe Anderson) find a way to break into where she is being held, saving her and Becca (Danielle Panabaker), her assistant at the medical center. The four decide to band together and fight to try and make their way out of the town. 
One of the most interesting methods of killing by one of the infected in the movie would have to be the man with the pitchfork. As mentioned earlier those that are said to be infected are strapped to a gurney and left to suffer. The anticipation grows as the quiet is replaced by the sound of a loud scraping coming closer and closer. When it becomes clear that this is an infected person, the terror sets in. This mans walks up to a bed and plunges the pitchfork into the stomach of the detained individual. He does this to several people before he is finally killed.
Overall, I did enjoy watching this movie. The end was a very good cliffhanger that lets up know there could be a sequel in the works! If you would like to see a trailer use the link below.
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