10 Great Sci-Fi Horror Movies (No One Ever Talks About)
2. The Crazies
Remade in 2010 as a surprisingly solid film to come from Sahara director Breck Eisner, The Crazies is a lesser-known George A Romero effort which seriously needed to be given a post 9/11 update around the time.
Why? Because it's one of the best anti-war satires in sci-fi horror history.
Intense and satirically sharp, the Night of the Living Dead director's original, underrated 1973 film is an apocalyptic thriller which sees a small town quarantined when a dangerous chemical agent is released and begins infecting the civilian population.
Not "be polite, wear a mask" quarantine, either. More "wave goodbye to civilisation and civil liberties" quarantine.
A huge influence on Danny Boyle's postmodern zombie classic 28 Days Later, this is a tense and terrifying film where the military are as, if not more, dangerous as the infected. A counter cultural film released during a period of intense anti-Vietnam protests, the movie follows civilian survivors as they deal with the twin threats of infected civilians and the power-mad troops, resulting in a potent and brutal piece of sci-fi horror cinema which has unfortunately retained its relevance and prescience.