The Crazies (1973) Poster

(1973)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man takes his clothes off to change, he is fully nude but the camera angle does not show his front below the waist.
  • Judy and David make out in bed. Judy's breasts are briefly exposed. She then goes to the closet exposing her bottom.

Violence & Gore

  • There is a considerable amount of violence in this film, most of it mildly graphic and bloody.
  • A man starts to trash his own house. His daughter finds the body of her mother murdered. The father later sets the house on fire which kills one person. (There is blood on the sheets and woman.)
  • The military declares martial law and forces everyone to comply at gunpoint. There are several gun battles throughout the film between the military and civilians, some of them bloody. (The most graphic scenes are a neck spurting blood and a head shot.)
  • A soldier shoots and kills a police officer in self-defense. (Blood drips to the floor)
  • Peckem assaults the mayor.
  • A woman stabs a soldier several times with a knitting needle.
  • A large fight between the soldiers and civilians. Several people die.
  • A soldier shoots and kills a running civilian.
  • The soldiers are shown burning the dead.
  • A soldier shoots another soldier (who is sick with Trixie) with a flamethrower.
  • A helicopter crashes and explodes.
  • Two soldiers shoot an animal.
  • Clank kills five soldiers.
  • Clank assaults Kathy's father.
  • A gun battle between several civilians and David.

Profanity

  • Profanity: "fuck"(1), "ass"(8), "asses"(3), "bullshit"(1), "butts"(1), "Christ"(3), "Christ's sake"(4), "damn"(8), "God"(2), "goddamn"(12), "God's sake"(1), "hell"(15), "Jesus"(4), "Jesus Christ"(3), "screw"(1), "screwed"(1), "shit"(4), "shithouse"(1)
  • Insults: "asshole"(1), "bastard"(1), "boy"(1), "chick"(1), "lunkhead"(1), "mother"(1), "mothers"(1), "pigs"(3 - as in sleazy), "poor schmucks"(1), "rednecks"(1), "sick son of a bitch"(1), "son of a bitch"(7)
  • One person does an "up yours" fist.
  • "Screw" is written in dust on a window.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The Major, Clank, and several extras smoke - but not very often.
  • Clank and others are shown drinking alcohol.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

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Sex & Nudity

  • A mentally unwell girl and her father kiss and he begins to sexually assault her before getting caught. Blood is shown coming from her mouth and crotch. There is no nudity but the scene is very disturbing.

Violence & Gore

  • The priest sets himself ablaze as an act of protest. (His charred body is shown)
  • Kathy's father commits suicide by hanging, maybe.
  • Several soldiers shoot and kill Kathy.
  • Dr. Watts falls down a staircase. His head cracks open and there's a pool of blood.

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