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Full Synopsis for Overture's 'The Crazies' Remake
Thursday, September 3, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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Overture FIlms has provided Bloody Disgusting with the long synopsis for their forthcoming The Crazies, their remake of George A. Romero's classic horror film from 1973 that stars Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Reegan, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson and Justin Welborn. Directed by Breck Eisner, the film is slated for release on February 26, 2010. Read our report from the set here or check out some interviews from set here.

Imagine living in a small town where everything is safe and happy…until suddenly it isn’t. Imagine your friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane. In a terrifying tale of the “American Dream” gone horribly wrong, four friends find themselves trapped in their hometown in The Crazies, a reinvention of the George Romero classic directed by Breck Eisner from a screenplay by Ray Wright (Pulse, Case 39) and Scott Kosar (The Amityville Horror, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).

David Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens. But one night, one of them comes to a school baseball game with a loaded shotgun, ready to kill. Another man burns down his own house…after locking his wife and young son in a closet inside. Within days, the town has transformed into a sickening asylum; people who days ago lived quiet, unremarkable lives have now become depraved, blood-thirsty killers, hiding in the darkness with guns and knives. Sheriff Dutten tries to make sense of what’s happening as the horrific, nonsensical violence escalates. Something is infecting the citizens of Ogden Marsh…with insanity.

Now complete anarchy reigns as one by one the townsfolk succumb to an unknown toxin and turn sadistically violent. In an effort to keep the madness contained, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won’t let anyone in or out – even those uninfected. The few still sane find themselves trapped: Sheriff Dutten; his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell); Becca (Danielle Panabaker), an assistant at the medical center; and Russell (Joe Anderson), Dutten’s deputy and right-hand man. Forced to band together, an ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for survival as they do their best to get out of town alive.


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Keegsta
6:18pm, September 3, 2009

Release date?


Keegsta
6:19pm, September 3, 2009

Found it.


dazedsmoker
6:26pm, September 3, 2009

I can NOT wait for this movie. I haven't seen the original one yet, might check that out tonight, but the whole synopsis for this film sounds amazing.


djblack1313
7:46pm, September 3, 2009

this movie is going to be AWESOME! i freaking can't wait for this!!


brucybad
7:49pm, September 3, 2009

that synopsis sounds fuckin awesome!


Kane Soto
7:57pm, September 3, 2009

i have the original its one of romeros better movies (outside of the zombies of course) so im hoping this is good... i just hope they dont try and remake bruiser or martin.... god help us if they do


Damien31
8:00pm, September 3, 2009

Freakin Awsome!Cant Wait!!!!!!


horrorbuff2010
8:25pm, September 3, 2009

i read the script for it. it was really good. quite a few suspenseful parts.


flesheater123
8:46pm, September 3, 2009

Love the old one


PULSE101
9:17pm, September 3, 2009

MOST HYPED MOVIE FOR ME RIGHT NOW


AMPEX
9:26pm, September 3, 2009

I saw a test screening for this a couple weeks ago. Movie fuking ROCKED! You can read some quick impressions on the BD forums.


Remember Slithis?
10:44pm, September 3, 2009

Hell yeah!


DogCarcass
11:07pm, September 3, 2009

Sounds good. Dig the original... and the remake is sounding good.


James4
12:26am, September 4, 2009

Looks good. Pg-13? (joke)


MisanthropicHippie
11:45am, September 4, 2009

one of the most anticipated remakes..


Gruesome76
12:24pm, September 4, 2009

looking foward to this one. I loved the original for what it was.


horrorfan1988
1:14pm, September 4, 2009

Will definately be hitting the theatre for this one.


Insane Wolf Terror
3:47pm, September 9, 2009

It should a remake looking forward to.


salene
2:24am, November 21, 2009

who sings "Mad World" ? Can anyony help me out here?


salene
2:25am, November 21, 2009

who sings "Mad World" Can anyone help me out here? Thanks.


killerkong56
7:19pm, December 1, 2009

sounds amazing!


Rabid
2:36pm, December 2, 2009

Salene...the single Mad World was originally by Tears For Fears on their album The Hurting. It was re-done by Gary Jules as used in Donnie Darko and consequently in the trailer for The Crazies...which looks like it's going to rock by the way.


molly_myers
10:48am, December 24, 2009

looks interesting.


molly_myers
10:49am, December 24, 2009

joe anderson is a great actor.


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