The film follows two stories, one about the civilians trying to stay alive during the disaster, having to battle both "the crazies" as well as U.S. soldiers ordered to shoot on sight. The other involves the political and military leaders trying to contain the epidemic.Set in the small town of Evans City, Pennsylvania, the central characters are firefighter David (Will McMillan), his girlfriend, nurse Judy (Lane Carroll), and firefighter Clank (Harold Wayne Jones). David was a Green Beret and Clank an infantryman, both having served in Vietnam. The town has seen a number of violent events, including arson at a local farm by a demented farmer. Judy and David are very concerned, since Judy is pregnant.Meanwhile, heavily armed U.S. troops in NBC suits and gas masks, arrive in town, led by Major Ryder (Harry Spillman), who takes over the doctor's office where Judy works. Days earlier, an Army plane carrying an untested bioweapon crash-landed in the hills near the town, infecting the water supply with a virus code-named "Trixie," causing victims to either die or become homicidal. "Trixie" is highly contagious, with anyone drinking from the Evans City reservoir becoming affected. In Washington D.C., government officials order Colonel Peckem (Lloyd Hollar) to go to Evans City to help contain the virus, while scientist Dr. Watts (Richard France), arrives to develop a cure before the virus spreads beyond the small town.Officials also deploy bombers armed with nuclear weapons, to destroy the town, if necessary. Mayhem begins when the Army quarantines the town, shooting anyone attempting to escape. The soldiers move the townspeople into the high school, and chaos happens when the sheriff (Robert Karlowsky) is shot with his own pistol. While the townspeople are being rousted from their homes, a soldier encounters a quiet elderly woman. He kindly urges the woman to come with him, but she stabs him with her knitting needle. By now, nearly all of the villagers are infected. A group of soldiers are killed by a mob armed with guns and dynamite, after which an infected woman happily sweeps the blood-soaked grass. The local priest (Jack Zaharia) is infected. Upset at soldiers rousting his flock, he douses himself with gasoline and sets himself on fire.David, Judy, Clank, teenager Kathy Fulton (Lynn Lowry), her father Artie (Richard Liberty), and an elderly man are confined to a large van by the soldiers. The van is attacked by infected people, and the soldiers try to fight them off, killing both the soldiers and diseased people. The old man wanders off, muttering about the price of gasoline before being captured by more soldiers. Clank and David commandeer the van and the remaining five try to find a way to escape from the town. They spend the night in the hiding in a building of the local country club.The next day, the group attempts to escape by traveling through the nearby woods only to encounter a patrol of more soldiers as well as a civilian helicopter that the military commandeers. David and Clank open fire on the hovering helicopter forcing it to crash land. Later that same day, they come across a farmhouse occupied by a handful of soldiers. Hiding in the woods until night, David and Clank kill the sentries outside the house and hold three of the soldiers inside the house at gunpoint where one of them tells David about the quarantine and a little about the virus which is in the town's water and that it makes people go crazy. When one of the soldiers reaches for his gun, Clank opens fire and kills all of the soldiers. Hiding out in the farmhouse for the night, David confides in Judy about the virus and that Kathy, Artie, and probably Clank are infected.Mad from the virus, Artie attempts to have sex with his deranged daughter Kathy, believing her to be his late wife. Discovering the pair, Clank beats Artie, who then apparently hangs himself. The next morning, a shaken Kathy wanders outside, only to be shot dead by soldiers. Believing himself to be infected, Clank kills several soldiers before being shot in the head while David and Judy escape. That evening, Judy, now visibly infected, is killed by armed civilians, despite David's efforts to save her. One of the civilians recognizes David and clearly identifies himself as a fellow firefighter, also uninfected and trying to escape. Angry and frightened, David surrenders to the military. David realizes that he is immune to the virus, but he spitefully keeps it a secret.The soldiers isolate Dr. Watts in the high school (the same place where the crazies are corralled) allowing him to use the simple chemistry lab. Watts' insists that he might find a cure in a proper laboratory, but he is threatened with brute force. When the doctor finally develops a possible cure, he is mistaken for one of the infected and forced into quarantine by soldiers. The camera lingers over the doctor's face, leaving open the question of whether he has truly found a possible cure or is exhibiting the first signs of infection. The test tubes containing the vaccine are shattered after the doctor is pushed down a flight of stairs by a stampede of "Crazies."The last scene shows a distraught Colonel Peckem being ordered to relocate to another infected town. He boards a helicopter, looking with sadness at the chaos of the town below.
Question: What was Dr. Watts trying to create?, Answer: A cure Question: Until when did David and Clark hide in the woods?, Answer: until night Question: Is the helicopter that David and Clark fire on hovering or has it landed?, Answer: hovering Question: What is occupied by a handful of soldiers?, Answer: a farmhouse Question: Who realizes that he is immune to the virus?, Answer: David Question: Who is immune to the virus?, Answer: David Question: Who is Kathy?, Answer: Artie's daughter Question: What does the army do to the town?, Answer: Quarantines it and shoot anybody trying to escape. Question: Who is ordered to relocate to another infected town?, Answer: Colonel Peckem Question: What was Dr. Watts threatened with?, Answer: Force Question: What crash landed in the hills near town?, Answer: Untested bioweapon Question: What does the local priest do?, Answer: He douses himself with gasoline and sets himself on fire. Question: What body part of the Dr. did the camera linger on?, Answer: His face Question: How is Kathy killed?, Answer: Shot Question: What are they forcing the doctor to do?, Answer: Find a cure Question: Who gets shot with his own gun?, Answer: The Sheriff Question: What do the "Crazies" end up doing to the doctor?, Answer: Pushing him down the stairs Question: What does Trixie cause?, Answer: The victims to become homicidal or die? Question: Where do they spend the night hiding?, Answer: a local country club Question: Who does David confide in?, Answer: Judy Question: What is the teenager's name?, Answer: Kathy Fulton Question: What was the code name given to the virus?, Answer: Trixie Question: What in the town is making the people go crazy?, Answer: A virus in the water Question: What is the name of the sheriff?, Answer: Robert Karlowsky Question: What does the mob use to kill a group of soldiers?, Answer: Guns and dynamite Question: Who is shot dead by soldiers?, Answer: Kathy Question: What is the virus code name?, Answer: Trixie Question: What is Judy's job?, Answer: Nurse Question: Who did the soldiers isolate?, Answer: Dr. Watts Question: Why are the deployed bombers armed with nuclear weapons?, Answer: To destroy the town, if necessary Question: What was the stampede the doctor pushed by full of?, Answer: Crazies Question: With whom does Artie attempt to have sex?, Answer: Kathy Question: Where does Judy work?, Answer: The doctor's office Question: How many soldiers does Crank kill when he opens fire?, Answer: All of them Question: What do David and Clank do to the helicopter forcing it to crash land?, Answer: They open fire on it Question: Where do the soldiers move the townspeople into?, Answer: Into the high school Question: What did the soldiers allow Dr. Watts to use?, Answer: Chemistry lab Question: Who does Artie attempt to have sex with?, Answer: Kathy Question: Where was Dr. Watts forced into?, Answer: quarantine Question: Who forces the doctor into quarantine?, Answer: Soliders Question: What is the name of the town?, Answer: Evans City Question: Does the helicopter make a safe land or a crash land?, Answer: crash land Question: What or who attacks the van?, Answer: infected people Question: Who wonders off?, Answer: The old man Question: What are the names of the 2 people who commandeer the van?, Answer: Clank and David Question: Where do the soldiers move the townspeople?, Answer: Into the High School. Question: What was the Army plane carrying?, Answer: An untested bloweapon. Question: What does the old man mutter about?, Answer: The price of gasoline Question: Who beats Artie?, Answer: Clank Question: Through where does the group attempt to escape?, Answer: the nearby woods Question: Who was heavily armed?, Answer: U.S. troops Question: What does the elderly woman do to the soldier talking to her?, Answer: She stabs him with her knitting needle. Question: What are the leads confined to?, Answer: A van Question: How many people are confined in the van?, Answer: 6 Question: What did the bioweapon infect?, Answer: The water supply Question: Who confines the group to a van?, Answer: Soldiers Question: What do the leaders try to contain?, Answer: Epidemic Question: Whom does Clank kill?, Answer: several soldiers Question: Who has them confined in the van?, Answer: soldiers