The Crazies (2010)

About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of authority and societal collapse in the film The Crazies.

This week on The Killer Point of View Podcast, we step into the quarantined town of Ogden Marsh to break down The Crazies, directed by Breck Eisner. On the surface, it’s a viral outbreak thriller about a small town descending into madness. But beneath the infection lies something far more unsettling. In this remake, the real contagion isn’t the virus — it’s the collapse of authority. When leadership falters, when systems fracture, and when those sworn to protect begin to panic, the horror stops being about what’s spreading… and starts being about what’s failing.

People in this episode

Host: The Killer Point Of View Podcast

Topics covered

• viral outbreak
• thriller
• collapse of authority
• horror
• small town
• madness

Keywords

• The Crazies
• Breck Eisner
• viral outbreak
• horror film
• authority
• Ogden Marsh

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Crazies

Places: Ogden Marsh

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