The Crazies invade theaters, games and comic books

Overture Films’ new horror release The Crazies is getting some good buzz. Longtime genre fans will remember the original, a film by George Romero about a small Kansas town driven to the brink (in violent fashion) by a contaminated water supply. Romero’s flicks have influenced a whole generation of both film makers and video game designers, with games including Resident Evil and Dead Rising paying the director homage. The characters from this horror remake have now turned up in comic book and video game form. Among the game tie-ins are a Facebook “tower defense” game, a viral application that allows you to battle friends and an iPhone app that lets you “Crazify” photos.