October 14, 2025 • 19 mins
Coming in at number 18, 2010’s “The Crazies.” Each day in the month of October we will count you down to Halloween with our favorite, not-so-obvious guaranteed horror hits! We’ll tell you why each one made the list, what the critics say, who should watch it and who should NOT and what food/drink/atmosphere to pair it with each night…. And of course, where you can watch it.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hey, everybody, it is Tuesday, October the fourteenth, And if
you like government conspiracies, small town heroes, and one of
the funniest lines you will ever hear in a horror movie,
have we got a doozy for you? Everybody? Welcome to
this number eighteen now as we count down our horror
(00:28):
hit lists of our favorite horror movies that you probably
don't even know and rose this. This is a favorite.
And if you like this is apocalyptic, right.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yes, right movie. I love apocalyptic horror movies. This is
one of my favorite ones, all time favorite ones. It's
The Crazies. Release date twenty ten, runtime an hour forty
one and rateed R. It's perfect. It is so much fun.
It's got just the right amount of gore and horror
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and dissipation. You're rooting so hard for the main couple
in this, and we love the acting. We love the actors.
It's just an awesome movie. So the synopsis is this
anarchy reigns when an unknown toxin turns the peaceful citizens
of Ogden Marsh into blood thirsty lunatics. In an effort
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to contain the spread of the infection, authorities blockade the
town and use deadly force to keep anyone from getting
in or out. Now trapped among killers, Sheriff Dutton and
his wife and two companions must band together to find
a way out before madness and death overtake them.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
That's a pretty good synopsis.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It's a great concept because not only are you afraid
of your fellow townspeople who are now monstrous, infected, flesh
eating crazy people, you're also afraid of the US government
that's trying to take you out because they're afraid you
might be infected.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You have no friends in this and it is it's
I'll get through the some of the details of it,
but right it's once it starts. This is another one
that keeps you on the edge of your seat because
there's no relief at any point this movie.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
And the opening baseball game, oh yeah, If that doesn't
reel you in that scene, then nothing will. I mean,
that is such an iconic start to a movie. Every
time I've watched this movie, we've watched it together at
least five times probably, and I have watched it countless times,
and it never gets old.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
This is one why I would say, if you have
your doubts about it or doubting us give it ten minutes.
This is one I just please ask, Give this one
ten minutes and you'll be in.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, And it did well at the box office. At
the time twenty ten, it had a reported twenty million
dollar budget, but it made fifty four point eight million,
so it did well. So a lot of folks went
out to the theaters to see this one. And we
mentioned the stellar cast. We mentioned the stellar acting Timothy Olafant. Yeah,
I mean, just a remarkable anytime I see him, and
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he's done it all rom comms. He always plays law enforcement,
I feel like, and this time it's no different. He's
a sheriff. He's the sheriff of the small town. Perfectly
plays it so well. Roda Mitchell. I didn't necessarily know
her name, but man, do I know her face. Every
time I see her, I'm like, Oh, this is gonna
be good. And so they're the couple. She's the town doctor,
I believe, and he is the town sheriff. And together
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they take on the world.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
And there they make a perfect duo. They make a
perfect loving duo that you're really because I'm usually sometimes
not a fan of getting so much into some personal
family story in a horror movie. This is one I
really appreciate it because you're rooting for him so hard
because of what he had to go through to get
to her. It's a really it's a cool love story
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in the.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Middle of this thing there is I do appreciate that
she does end up alone and abandoned quite often, but
he does usually get there just in a nicked time,
which we love. Joe Anderson also plays basically he's his
deputy correct in this Joe Anderson, he's like the sidekick,
but he's great.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
You know, yeah, you'll know here is another one. You'll
know the face, but even if you don't know the name.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
So here's something I found out about the movie that
I did not know having watched it so many times
feeling like I know this thing backwards and forwards. Did
you know that this is a remake? I did not
know that it is, Yes, a remake. So the director,
Bret Eisner, actually brought in George A. Romero, who wrote
and directed the original, to have him serve as an
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executive producer on the remake, which is really really cool.
And so people who were big fans of the original,
which by the way, was in nineteen seventy three, it
was listed as an action horror sci fi film. It
did pretty well. It got sixty eight percent on Rotten
Tomatoes back in the day in nineteen seventy three. But
people who loved it, it's pretty cool why they loved
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the remake because there was really a nod to the
original throughout. People said it didn't have a major departure.
It was changed for more modern time, but all in
the right ways. So it was that's very rare where
you have a beloved original. People who loved it also
loved the remake, and so actually their Rotten Tomato score
for the One We Love in twenty ten did really well,
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seventy two percent on Rotten Tomatoes. I don't understand the
audience score fifty seven percent. Wow, how can you explain that?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Okay, well you look through some of the reviews. How
do you explain it? How were they what was their
problem with the movie?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
I guess I think that they just felt like it
wasn't scary enough. But I actually disagree. I Oh my gosh,
the tension the pitchfork alone. If you look at the art,
the cover of this film, The Crazies, anywhere you go
to stream it, you'll see the pitchfork, and that in
and of itself is frightening, and then the way it's
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used in the film Hello, the.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Pitchfork scene might be the most terrifying. Terrifying is the
word I would use for that scene, because it takes
so long to build up, and nobody's jumping out at you.
There's no scare. You see it, you feel it, and you're, oh, well,
a great scene. So yeah, I don't know. Sometimes people
in the horror movies expect jump scares they I don't know,
maybe to each his or her own.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I often, really, I've said this before, rely a lot
on audience score versus critics score. But sometimes I am
baffled by what people expect out of a movie, and
maybe just I think it's I've noticed it in the
zombie genre or apocalyptic genre, people have very high expectations.
It just seems like they hold those movies to a
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higher level of They want it to be extra scary,
they want the graphics to be beyond reproach, they want
the zombies to be a certain way, and if it's
not exactly, if there's too much comedy, if there's maybe
even too much romance in this one, if there's too
much of another subplot they get upset, So I'm just
thinking that could possibly be the reason for the lower
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audience score. Don't out. But the critics consensus, I think
is perfectly put, tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent. The
Crazies is a horror remake that unusually works.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I thought this was smart. Again, I didn't know it
was a remake, so when I was first seeing it
and seeing how right. We've seen a lot of zombie
and apocalypse stuff, and it's usually something in nature. The
government was behind this one, and there was I guess
there was something more practical about, you know what. I
could see them possibly having something in a lab they're
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developing that gets out and causes all kinds of terrors
of the community.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Hello wuhan COVID nineteen. I mean this is well before
any of obviously our common or our present day or
our recent pandemic, but man, it did kind of sound
a little bit like that. Some Here are some of
the critic reviews, and again most of them are good.
I've got one bad one in here, just to throw
it in, But The Crazies is a genuinely good film,
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deserving of its namesake, and bolstered by confident, muscular direction
and some fine performances from the cast.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Yes, great cast. Once again, it.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Was so good all right. While this does have many
beats that are similar to films in this genre, the
leads were strong and there was some haunting imagery that
makes this an interesting watch. The opening baseball scene is
really effective.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, to say the least. That is probably one of
my favorite opening scenes of any movie. It's got to
be at least in my top ten.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
And terrifying as well, because it was in broad daylight,
it was in front of a crowd. Was how long
did that? Okay? It played out for a little bit.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
That tension was great because it was a scene that
normally would be nothing but fun and light and wholesome
and family oriented. And then to have it turn on
its head the way it does, Oh my goodness, all right.
Another critic review one of those rare cases where the
remake lives up to the original, if not exceeds it.
(08:55):
Nice see, And I thought, again, I thought that was
so cool. Now here's here's one of the bad reviews.
Without the rotting ickiness of proper zombies, they just seem
like methed Out Iowans looking for a fix that's scary,
but not scary enough.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
That's kind of exactly what it is. These are just
normal people who they do. They get drugged up on
something and they absolutely go crazy. So I think that's
maybe accurate, but it scares me.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Meth Out Islands, if that's what you want to call it.
They were pretty damn scary to me, and I don't
want to be anywhere near anything or anyone that looks
or acts like that. It was creepy, creepy, creepy, all right,
and we're.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
I just pointing at you Iolands met Out anything scared
right right.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Right right. But when I saw that review, I did
I did laugh. I thought that was pretty funny for
a bad review. It was. It got a chuckle out
of me, all right. The audience some of what they said,
and some of these were recent ones, because again in
the streaming world now people are discovering movies that they
had never even heard of before. That's part of the
reason why we're doing this series, because there are so
many good horror flicks out there that you might not
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have heard of that didn't necessarily get the big box
office splash that some others did so this one reads
fantastically entertaining flick. Timothy Oliphant will forever be one of
the greatest Hollywood stars that has been greatly overlooked, and
he brings his a game as usual, and so does
the rest of the cast YEP, particularly Joe Anderson as
Olafan's cohort. The movie has an intriguing start, maniacal middle,
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and an awesome ending. Brilliantly directed, edited, and really well written.
I thought that was so true.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
And you can't say enough about Timothy Olafant. What was
What was the show he was just on when he
was a sheriff?
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Deadwood?
Speaker 1 (10:39):
No, that's not him, this one is. I think it
was on FX. We're gonna have it in two seconds.
But he has been in several things. Again I say
the name. You might not know it off the top
of your head, but he starred as the bad guy
in one of the die Hard four livet for your
die Hard he played and gone in sixty seconds.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
As he wasn't Deadwood by the way, this.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
He was in debt he starting Deadwood? Yeah, Oh, what's
this other sheriff show? I am bugging.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
I was gonna say, I just I don't know what
that one is, but I knew he was in Deadwood.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Oh really, are you doing this now?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Well, I don't know which one you're referring to.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Oh my god, I put justified. Jeez, justified.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
He started in Never Seen It?
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Okay, that was there, it is. That's the one I'm
thinking about about that break. But my point is this
guy is a face you know and know well. Even
goes back to uh scream two.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Oh yes, I loved.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
As well, so you know his face really well. But
he does everything. He's just such. I don't want to
say he should be typecast at all. But if you
need a small town sheriff with heart who's gonna love
his woman and defend his this is your guy.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's awesome, all right this song. I wanted to add
this little funny review from an audience member because it
just made me laugh. I remember the name of the movie,
The Crazies, right. Here's his review, very misleading. When I
saw the title and watch the movie, I was confused
that not one of my ex girlfriends were in this
but an he would ah well, enjoyable movie and definitely
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weren't the watch but it did make me laugh. I
thought that was very funny. Something else that made me
laugh was a line from the movie that you anticipated
right at the exact time it was about to be delivered,
and I heard it for the first time in a
way I hadn't before.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
See, I don't know, I should we I don't know.
I can't give that line away. You know what, I'm curious.
We should have folks right in if you watch this movie,
please reach out because there is a line in this movie.
I think it's unmistakable as the because not a lot
of humor in this movie. No, and even when he
delivers the line, nobody deadpans, right, But it is the
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funniest thing. But yeah, I don't know how I remember
so much stuff from movies that I love. I know
it annoys you, Like any scenario that happens in our day.
How annoying is that day to day?
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I can get Well, mostly it's annoying when you can
remember exactly what I said and how I said it
when I remembered it very differently from the day before.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
But I'm just trying to talk about movies. You turned
into relationship, is all right?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
When we come back, how about we give you the
line and then we'll talk about why it made our list,
who it's for, who it's not for, and what's a
pair with. Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. This
is our deep Cuts, our Halloween horror hit list, and
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we have made it to number eighteen and the craziest
one of our all time favorite movies. And TJ pointed
out one of his all time favorite movie lines, there's.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Not a lot of humor in this movie. I actually
cannot remember another moment of humor, any moment of levity.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
I didn't remember that there was a moment at all
until you pointed out. Truly, it went right past me.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
So all this is going on, it's just a moment
where there's desperation. The authorities are trying to get people
out of town, and they're separating people who have a fever.
They put you over there in another group because they
think maybe you're infected. So Timothy Oliphant, the lead, gets
separated from his wife and he's desperate to get to her,
but he's walking along another townsman who's like, dude, don't
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waste your time. He's like, it's a fool's errand to
even go back and try to get your wife out,
they're gonna shoot you. They're gonna kill you. Timothy Oliphant's
asking him about his wife, like this guy seemed perfectly
fine leaving his wife behind, at which point Timothy Olaphant
delivers the funniest line of the movie, and he says,
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to the man, tell you what. You don't ask me
why I can't leave without my wife, I won't ask
you why you can leave without yours. It was just wonderful.
Nobody laughed, no deadban and you would the line if
you weren't paying attention.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
I had up until this. You literally said, here's my
favorite line, and you pointed to it right before he
said it, like you knew when he was about to say.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
It was hilarious. But it's again to somebody's point. A.
Critics said, great writing.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, So that is one of the
many reasons why the Crazies made our list. It's well acted,
an amazing plot that pitchfork and yes, some excellently delivered
lines by Timothy Oliphant. Amazing. So who is this for?
If you love as we all do? And apocalyptic style
horror film, a classic kind of zombie infection, We're all
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gonna die kind of movie. Yes, this is the movie
for you. I think that is absolutely who this is for.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Yeah, and it does it well. Some could even think
it's a it's a tire genre. You don't see a
lot of new stuff. Yeah, there's new stuff in here.
And even if it does follow a formula, the leads,
the characters make this such a compelling watch. Oh yeah,
but right, I guess we qualify zombies.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Right, yeah, yeah, yeah, because they have to be they
have to be killed and like stopped. You have to
like shoot them in the head. It's not like they're
going to get better, so yes, they're done. Who is
this not for? I think if honestly, if you don't
want to be entertained, if you don't want crazy fun,
if you don't want NonStop thrills, if you don't want
to be on the edge of your seat, don't watch
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this movie because you will be all of those things.
I can't even think of. Who wouldn't like this? Is it?
It's not that gory. I mean, there's a lot of
horror anticipation about what might happen, certainly, and obviously there
are some gruesome deaths, but I don't recall this being
exceptionally gory.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
No, you're right, I'm trying to think through. No, you're right,
but look there's blood and guts. Oh, these folks going
after each other. But nah, again, I wouldn't watch it
with your middle schooler.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
But no, no, no, no, I would not either. Maybe if
you're pregnant, you might not want to watch this wow
because the lead character is.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Oh yes, that's right. Yes, I thought you were saying
it wasna not gonna be good for the health.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Oh no, I just think it might just freak you
out a little bit, like just how extra vulnerable you
are as a pregnant woman. But that would just be
the only thing. Now. In terms of food, drink and pairing,
maybe skip the water.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Yeah, there's a reason for that.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Yeah, maybe don't drink water out of the tap. Drink
anything you want out of a can or a bottle.
And I would also say, because it's set in Iowa,
there's corn fields everywhere, pop some corn, have some popcorn, popcorn,
and anything but tap water.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
You know what, In our we work together hours upon
hours every day. I don't see you put any more
creative effort into anything than you do the food pairings
on this You actually give some real thought, I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
You know what if you if you'd like to like
really go all in and theme this out where you
feel like, yeah, I am watching this movie and I'm
gonna pair it with this and I'm gonna watch this one.
You could also watch. There are a lot of daylight
hours for this. I think the last half it is dark. Yeah,
probably want to watch it at night, Yeah, definitely. Yeah,
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don't be fooled. The first part of it's in the daytime.
We're like, oh, I can watch this with the lines
up and daylight. It starts to get dark and then
you can't see and it's frustrating. So people are probably
laughing at us, like, no one has time to watch
horror movies during the day except for us. Oh, we
squeeze it in.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
We prioritize Oh, because we usually are done with work
by the time the sun comes up.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
That's true, that's true.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
We don't.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Yeah, we're going sleep by seven pm, just when it
gets dark. So yes, our kids make fun of that constantly.
Where you can watch this just about anywhere, Stars, Hulu,
AMC Plus, you stream it. It's there. So this should
be readily available to anybody who would like to watch this,
and we highly, highly highly recommend that you do. All right,
teasing ahead to our next episode, the next movie that
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we'll be making our list tomorrow. If you think marrying
into the family of your spouse was tough, if you don't,
if you don't have a great relationship with your in laws,
this movie is gonna put your experience to shame.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Yes, oh yes, stop complaining about your in laws. After
you see this movie, you will for sure that's gonna
be number seventeen.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Yeah on our lists. All right, with that, thank you
for listening. We hope you enjoyed the Crazies as much
as we did. I may be Robock alongside TJ. Holmes.
We will talk to you tomorrow. A little final insult
love that have a good day, everybody,
Hey, everybody, it is Tuesday, October the fourteenth, And if
you like government conspiracies, small town heroes, and one of
the funniest lines you will ever hear in a horror movie,
have we got a doozy for you? Everybody? Welcome to
this number eighteen now as we count down our horror
(00:28):
hit lists of our favorite horror movies that you probably
don't even know and rose this. This is a favorite.
And if you like this is apocalyptic, right.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yes, right movie. I love apocalyptic horror movies. This is
one of my favorite ones, all time favorite ones. It's
The Crazies. Release date twenty ten, runtime an hour forty
one and rateed R. It's perfect. It is so much fun.
It's got just the right amount of gore and horror
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and dissipation. You're rooting so hard for the main couple
in this, and we love the acting. We love the actors.
It's just an awesome movie. So the synopsis is this
anarchy reigns when an unknown toxin turns the peaceful citizens
of Ogden Marsh into blood thirsty lunatics. In an effort
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to contain the spread of the infection, authorities blockade the
town and use deadly force to keep anyone from getting
in or out. Now trapped among killers, Sheriff Dutton and
his wife and two companions must band together to find
a way out before madness and death overtake them.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
That's a pretty good synopsis.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It's a great concept because not only are you afraid
of your fellow townspeople who are now monstrous, infected, flesh
eating crazy people, you're also afraid of the US government
that's trying to take you out because they're afraid you
might be infected.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You have no friends in this and it is it's
I'll get through the some of the details of it,
but right it's once it starts. This is another one
that keeps you on the edge of your seat because
there's no relief at any point this movie.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
And the opening baseball game, oh yeah, If that doesn't
reel you in that scene, then nothing will. I mean,
that is such an iconic start to a movie. Every
time I've watched this movie, we've watched it together at
least five times probably, and I have watched it countless times,
and it never gets old.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
This is one why I would say, if you have
your doubts about it or doubting us give it ten minutes.
This is one I just please ask, Give this one
ten minutes and you'll be in.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, And it did well at the box office. At
the time twenty ten, it had a reported twenty million
dollar budget, but it made fifty four point eight million,
so it did well. So a lot of folks went
out to the theaters to see this one. And we
mentioned the stellar cast. We mentioned the stellar acting Timothy Olafant. Yeah,
I mean, just a remarkable anytime I see him, and
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he's done it all rom comms. He always plays law enforcement,
I feel like, and this time it's no different. He's
a sheriff. He's the sheriff of the small town. Perfectly
plays it so well. Roda Mitchell. I didn't necessarily know
her name, but man, do I know her face. Every
time I see her, I'm like, Oh, this is gonna
be good. And so they're the couple. She's the town doctor,
I believe, and he is the town sheriff. And together
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they take on the world.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
And there they make a perfect duo. They make a
perfect loving duo that you're really because I'm usually sometimes
not a fan of getting so much into some personal
family story in a horror movie. This is one I
really appreciate it because you're rooting for him so hard
because of what he had to go through to get
to her. It's a really it's a cool love story
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in the.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Middle of this thing there is I do appreciate that
she does end up alone and abandoned quite often, but
he does usually get there just in a nicked time,
which we love. Joe Anderson also plays basically he's his
deputy correct in this Joe Anderson, he's like the sidekick,
but he's great.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
You know, yeah, you'll know here is another one. You'll
know the face, but even if you don't know the name.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
So here's something I found out about the movie that
I did not know having watched it so many times
feeling like I know this thing backwards and forwards. Did
you know that this is a remake? I did not
know that it is, Yes, a remake. So the director,
Bret Eisner, actually brought in George A. Romero, who wrote
and directed the original, to have him serve as an
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executive producer on the remake, which is really really cool.
And so people who were big fans of the original,
which by the way, was in nineteen seventy three, it
was listed as an action horror sci fi film. It
did pretty well. It got sixty eight percent on Rotten
Tomatoes back in the day in nineteen seventy three. But
people who loved it, it's pretty cool why they loved
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the remake because there was really a nod to the
original throughout. People said it didn't have a major departure.
It was changed for more modern time, but all in
the right ways. So it was that's very rare where
you have a beloved original. People who loved it also
loved the remake, and so actually their Rotten Tomato score
for the One We Love in twenty ten did really well,
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seventy two percent on Rotten Tomatoes. I don't understand the
audience score fifty seven percent. Wow, how can you explain that?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Okay, well you look through some of the reviews. How
do you explain it? How were they what was their
problem with the movie?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
I guess I think that they just felt like it
wasn't scary enough. But I actually disagree. I Oh my gosh,
the tension the pitchfork alone. If you look at the art,
the cover of this film, The Crazies, anywhere you go
to stream it, you'll see the pitchfork, and that in
and of itself is frightening, and then the way it's
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used in the film Hello, the.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Pitchfork scene might be the most terrifying. Terrifying is the
word I would use for that scene, because it takes
so long to build up, and nobody's jumping out at you.
There's no scare. You see it, you feel it, and you're, oh, well,
a great scene. So yeah, I don't know. Sometimes people
in the horror movies expect jump scares they I don't know,
maybe to each his or her own.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I often, really, I've said this before, rely a lot
on audience score versus critics score. But sometimes I am
baffled by what people expect out of a movie, and
maybe just I think it's I've noticed it in the
zombie genre or apocalyptic genre, people have very high expectations.
It just seems like they hold those movies to a
(06:30):
higher level of They want it to be extra scary,
they want the graphics to be beyond reproach, they want
the zombies to be a certain way, and if it's
not exactly, if there's too much comedy, if there's maybe
even too much romance in this one, if there's too
much of another subplot they get upset, So I'm just
thinking that could possibly be the reason for the lower
(06:51):
audience score. Don't out. But the critics consensus, I think
is perfectly put, tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent. The
Crazies is a horror remake that unusually works.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I thought this was smart. Again, I didn't know it
was a remake, so when I was first seeing it
and seeing how right. We've seen a lot of zombie
and apocalypse stuff, and it's usually something in nature. The
government was behind this one, and there was I guess
there was something more practical about, you know what. I
could see them possibly having something in a lab they're
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developing that gets out and causes all kinds of terrors
of the community.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Hello wuhan COVID nineteen. I mean this is well before
any of obviously our common or our present day or
our recent pandemic, but man, it did kind of sound
a little bit like that. Some Here are some of
the critic reviews, and again most of them are good.
I've got one bad one in here, just to throw
it in, But The Crazies is a genuinely good film,
(07:56):
deserving of its namesake, and bolstered by confident, muscular direction
and some fine performances from the cast.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Yes, great cast. Once again, it.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Was so good all right. While this does have many
beats that are similar to films in this genre, the
leads were strong and there was some haunting imagery that
makes this an interesting watch. The opening baseball scene is
really effective.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, to say the least. That is probably one of
my favorite opening scenes of any movie. It's got to
be at least in my top ten.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
And terrifying as well, because it was in broad daylight,
it was in front of a crowd. Was how long
did that? Okay? It played out for a little bit.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
That tension was great because it was a scene that
normally would be nothing but fun and light and wholesome
and family oriented. And then to have it turn on
its head the way it does, Oh my goodness, all right.
Another critic review one of those rare cases where the
remake lives up to the original, if not exceeds it.
(08:55):
Nice see, And I thought, again, I thought that was
so cool. Now here's here's one of the bad reviews.
Without the rotting ickiness of proper zombies, they just seem
like methed Out Iowans looking for a fix that's scary,
but not scary enough.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
That's kind of exactly what it is. These are just
normal people who they do. They get drugged up on
something and they absolutely go crazy. So I think that's
maybe accurate, but it scares me.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Meth Out Islands, if that's what you want to call it.
They were pretty damn scary to me, and I don't
want to be anywhere near anything or anyone that looks
or acts like that. It was creepy, creepy, creepy, all right,
and we're.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
I just pointing at you Iolands met Out anything scared
right right.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Right right. But when I saw that review, I did
I did laugh. I thought that was pretty funny for
a bad review. It was. It got a chuckle out
of me, all right. The audience some of what they said,
and some of these were recent ones, because again in
the streaming world now people are discovering movies that they
had never even heard of before. That's part of the
reason why we're doing this series, because there are so
many good horror flicks out there that you might not
(09:59):
have heard of that didn't necessarily get the big box
office splash that some others did so this one reads
fantastically entertaining flick. Timothy Oliphant will forever be one of
the greatest Hollywood stars that has been greatly overlooked, and
he brings his a game as usual, and so does
the rest of the cast YEP, particularly Joe Anderson as
Olafan's cohort. The movie has an intriguing start, maniacal middle,
(10:24):
and an awesome ending. Brilliantly directed, edited, and really well written.
I thought that was so true.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
And you can't say enough about Timothy Olafant. What was
What was the show he was just on when he
was a sheriff?
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Deadwood?
Speaker 1 (10:39):
No, that's not him, this one is. I think it
was on FX. We're gonna have it in two seconds.
But he has been in several things. Again I say
the name. You might not know it off the top
of your head, but he starred as the bad guy
in one of the die Hard four livet for your
die Hard he played and gone in sixty seconds.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
As he wasn't Deadwood by the way, this.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
He was in debt he starting Deadwood? Yeah, Oh, what's
this other sheriff show? I am bugging.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
I was gonna say, I just I don't know what
that one is, but I knew he was in Deadwood.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Oh really, are you doing this now?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Well, I don't know which one you're referring to.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Oh my god, I put justified. Jeez, justified.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
He started in Never Seen It?
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Okay, that was there, it is. That's the one I'm
thinking about about that break. But my point is this
guy is a face you know and know well. Even
goes back to uh scream two.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Oh yes, I loved.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
As well, so you know his face really well. But
he does everything. He's just such. I don't want to
say he should be typecast at all. But if you
need a small town sheriff with heart who's gonna love
his woman and defend his this is your guy.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's awesome, all right this song. I wanted to add
this little funny review from an audience member because it
just made me laugh. I remember the name of the movie,
The Crazies, right. Here's his review, very misleading. When I
saw the title and watch the movie, I was confused
that not one of my ex girlfriends were in this
but an he would ah well, enjoyable movie and definitely
(12:15):
weren't the watch but it did make me laugh. I
thought that was very funny. Something else that made me
laugh was a line from the movie that you anticipated
right at the exact time it was about to be delivered,
and I heard it for the first time in a
way I hadn't before.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
See, I don't know, I should we I don't know.
I can't give that line away. You know what, I'm curious.
We should have folks right in if you watch this movie,
please reach out because there is a line in this movie.
I think it's unmistakable as the because not a lot
of humor in this movie. No, and even when he
delivers the line, nobody deadpans, right, But it is the
(12:52):
funniest thing. But yeah, I don't know how I remember
so much stuff from movies that I love. I know
it annoys you, Like any scenario that happens in our day.
How annoying is that day to day?
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I can get Well, mostly it's annoying when you can
remember exactly what I said and how I said it
when I remembered it very differently from the day before.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
But I'm just trying to talk about movies. You turned
into relationship, is all right?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
When we come back, how about we give you the
line and then we'll talk about why it made our list,
who it's for, who it's not for, and what's a
pair with. Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. This
is our deep Cuts, our Halloween horror hit list, and
(13:35):
we have made it to number eighteen and the craziest
one of our all time favorite movies. And TJ pointed
out one of his all time favorite movie lines, there's.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Not a lot of humor in this movie. I actually
cannot remember another moment of humor, any moment of levity.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
I didn't remember that there was a moment at all
until you pointed out. Truly, it went right past me.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
So all this is going on, it's just a moment
where there's desperation. The authorities are trying to get people
out of town, and they're separating people who have a fever.
They put you over there in another group because they
think maybe you're infected. So Timothy Oliphant, the lead, gets
separated from his wife and he's desperate to get to her,
but he's walking along another townsman who's like, dude, don't
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waste your time. He's like, it's a fool's errand to
even go back and try to get your wife out,
they're gonna shoot you. They're gonna kill you. Timothy Oliphant's
asking him about his wife, like this guy seemed perfectly
fine leaving his wife behind, at which point Timothy Olaphant
delivers the funniest line of the movie, and he says,
(14:45):
to the man, tell you what. You don't ask me
why I can't leave without my wife, I won't ask
you why you can leave without yours. It was just wonderful.
Nobody laughed, no deadban and you would the line if
you weren't paying attention.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
I had up until this. You literally said, here's my
favorite line, and you pointed to it right before he
said it, like you knew when he was about to say.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
It was hilarious. But it's again to somebody's point. A.
Critics said, great writing.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, So that is one of the
many reasons why the Crazies made our list. It's well acted,
an amazing plot that pitchfork and yes, some excellently delivered
lines by Timothy Oliphant. Amazing. So who is this for?
If you love as we all do? And apocalyptic style
horror film, a classic kind of zombie infection, We're all
(15:37):
gonna die kind of movie. Yes, this is the movie
for you. I think that is absolutely who this is for.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Yeah, and it does it well. Some could even think
it's a it's a tire genre. You don't see a
lot of new stuff. Yeah, there's new stuff in here.
And even if it does follow a formula, the leads,
the characters make this such a compelling watch. Oh yeah,
but right, I guess we qualify zombies.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Right, yeah, yeah, yeah, because they have to be they
have to be killed and like stopped. You have to
like shoot them in the head. It's not like they're
going to get better, so yes, they're done. Who is
this not for? I think if honestly, if you don't
want to be entertained, if you don't want crazy fun,
if you don't want NonStop thrills, if you don't want
to be on the edge of your seat, don't watch
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this movie because you will be all of those things.
I can't even think of. Who wouldn't like this? Is it?
It's not that gory. I mean, there's a lot of
horror anticipation about what might happen, certainly, and obviously there
are some gruesome deaths, but I don't recall this being
exceptionally gory.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
No, you're right, I'm trying to think through. No, you're right,
but look there's blood and guts. Oh, these folks going
after each other. But nah, again, I wouldn't watch it
with your middle schooler.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
But no, no, no, no, I would not either. Maybe if
you're pregnant, you might not want to watch this wow
because the lead character is.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Oh yes, that's right. Yes, I thought you were saying
it wasna not gonna be good for the health.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Oh no, I just think it might just freak you
out a little bit, like just how extra vulnerable you
are as a pregnant woman. But that would just be
the only thing. Now. In terms of food, drink and pairing,
maybe skip the water.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Yeah, there's a reason for that.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Yeah, maybe don't drink water out of the tap. Drink
anything you want out of a can or a bottle.
And I would also say, because it's set in Iowa,
there's corn fields everywhere, pop some corn, have some popcorn, popcorn,
and anything but tap water.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
You know what, In our we work together hours upon
hours every day. I don't see you put any more
creative effort into anything than you do the food pairings
on this You actually give some real thought, I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
You know what if you if you'd like to like
really go all in and theme this out where you
feel like, yeah, I am watching this movie and I'm
gonna pair it with this and I'm gonna watch this one.
You could also watch. There are a lot of daylight
hours for this. I think the last half it is dark. Yeah,
probably want to watch it at night, Yeah, definitely. Yeah,
(18:10):
don't be fooled. The first part of it's in the daytime.
We're like, oh, I can watch this with the lines
up and daylight. It starts to get dark and then
you can't see and it's frustrating. So people are probably
laughing at us, like, no one has time to watch
horror movies during the day except for us. Oh, we
squeeze it in.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
We prioritize Oh, because we usually are done with work
by the time the sun comes up.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
That's true, that's true.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
We don't.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Yeah, we're going sleep by seven pm, just when it
gets dark. So yes, our kids make fun of that constantly.
Where you can watch this just about anywhere, Stars, Hulu,
AMC Plus, you stream it. It's there. So this should
be readily available to anybody who would like to watch this,
and we highly, highly highly recommend that you do. All right,
teasing ahead to our next episode, the next movie that
(18:56):
we'll be making our list tomorrow. If you think marrying
into the family of your spouse was tough, if you don't,
if you don't have a great relationship with your in laws,
this movie is gonna put your experience to shame.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Yes, oh yes, stop complaining about your in laws. After
you see this movie, you will for sure that's gonna
be number seventeen.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Yeah on our lists. All right, with that, thank you
for listening. We hope you enjoyed the Crazies as much
as we did. I may be Robock alongside TJ. Holmes.
We will talk to you tomorrow. A little final insult
love that have a good day, everybody,
Hosts And Creators
Lauren Zima
Chris Harrison
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