Title | The Crazies |
Year of Publication | 1973 |
Publication Type | Screenplay |
Language | English |
Authors | Romero, George A. [Andrew], McCollough, Paul |
Keywords | biological warfare; farms; firefighters; microbiologists; nuclear weapons; nurses; physicians; police; priests; Roman Catholics; U. S. Army; veterans; viruses |
Abstract | When a plane crashes and releases a biological weapon into the water supply of Evans City, inept authorities and trigger-happy soldiers cannot help the citizens infected by the virus that was designed by the military to quickly cause insanity or death. |
Author Biography | George Romero (1940—2017), born in the Bronx and educated at Carnegie Mellon University, was a filmmaker and pioneer of the horror film genre. Paul McCollough is a composer and cinematographer. |
Time | 1970s |
Published | unpublished |