In recognition of George A. Romero’s tragic passing, the Fantasia International Film Festival will be presenting a free tribute screening of his under-seen 1973 masterpiece The Crazies, showing in a new 4K restoration courtesy of Arrow Films!
Writes the fest: “Imbued with an urgency that remains topical to this day, The Crazies is a work that showcases all the qualities that made Romero such a vital filmmaker – confrontational social commentary, character-driven tension, dark humour, visceral cinematography and editing and raw, humanist horror contrasted against moments of boundary-pushing shock.”
This will be the first public showing of Arrow’s recently-completed restoration, slated to be released later this year as part of a home video box set titled “George Romero Between Night and Dawn”, also featuring new restorations of Season of the Witch and There’s Always Vanilla.
In The Crazies, a nurse (Lane Carroll) and her husband (W.G. McMillan) try to get out of their infected town, but the Army has it sealed off.
