Second Trailer for the Remake of Romero's 'Crazies'

Back in the early 1970s, director George Romero made a flick called The Crazies. Probably due to his reputation as one of the icons of low-budget scare 'ems, a mostly OK but not fantastic movie has secured a place in the director's legacy. It's fine, but not one of his best. The remake, coming out early next year, follows a similar patter used by the 2005 version of Dawn of the Dead. If it works out that well, then the film is an unqualified success. It's off to a good start, because Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell are worth having in your horror movie. And the first trailer had a few surprisingly intense moment. I say surprising because I trust director Breck Eisner about as far as I can thrown my car. Now there's a second trailer, which premiered on Friday at Yahoo!, and they're two-for-two. It might not blow you away or anything, especially if you saw the first trailer, but I'm not disappointed yet.

I will add this, though, in defense of this remake: Because The Crazies isn't as well known as a lot of Romero's films, it's easier for this film to make its own case without a lot of comparisons. There's less pressure to live up to and if you change a few things, you can probably get away with it easier. We'll see how they do on February 26th.