Essays on Crazies

“Shocking cinemas of the seventies “by Xavier Mendik focuses on specific films from the 1970s, and I feel that majority of those films lie forgotten or hardly discussed. He sheds light on the social and cinematic issues that made the films from that era. Mendik provides the information to attract both consumer and academic readers. However, at times, his style becomes a bit too wordy and lengthy. Still, the book is readable, maintains a consistent tone and most readers can dig into useful information on the movies from the seventies. The chapter –“Another one from the fire” is from ...

“Another One for the Fire” by Linnie Blake considers the philosophy of George A. Romero’s films of the seventies in the context of the time and from the sociological perspective. The author dwells on three Romero’s films of the period – “The Crazies” (1973),”Martin” (1976), and “Dawn of the Dead” (1978). Blake asserts that all three films by this director have similar peculiarities as well as similar main ideas due to the tendencies which were in the American society of the time and as a result of the changes which had taken place just before the beginning ...

In her essay, “Another One for the Fire: George. A. Romero’s American Theology of the Flesh” Linnie Blake talks about how Romero’s horror movies was a reflection of the decay in the American civic body. She discusses his movies such as ‘ The Crazies (1973)’, ‘Martin (1976)’ and ‘Dawn of the Dead (1978)’and argues that these movies were not only an allegorical depiction of the horrors of the seventies but also embodies an historical sense that can be traced to Winthrop, a former governor of New England. Blake begins the essay quoting Winthrop who called for a ...