Crazies, The (1973)

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Synopsis

Dir: George A. Romero. Science-fiction/Horror. When a highly contagious virus that causes insanity infects people in an American city, the military is called in to contain it before it spreads to the rest of the U.S.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and gory detail; frequent portrayals of corpses, some in a suicide context - some blood and detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual assault in an incest context - no nudity, some detail
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Survival
• Biowarfare
• Uncovering the truth

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence, nudity, and coarse language

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