'The Crazies' mini trailer shows new footage

A new mini trailer for Breck Eisner's remake of the 1973 George A. Romero horror flick "The Crazies" is now online, and while it does look similar to its predecessors, it sure boasts a bit of brand-new footage. Check it out below.

"The Crazies" focuses on what happens to the people in a small American town hit by a deadly virus that enters the local water supply and turns many of the town's residents into creepy freaks feeling the urge to kill and destroy.

Timothy Olyphant stars as the town's sheriff and Radha Mitchell plays his wife. Danielle Panabaker, Preston Bailey, Justin Welborn and Joe Anderson co-star in the film written by Ray Wright and Scott Kosar. It opens Feb. 26, 2010.

I'm generally not the biggest fan of horror remakes, but I admit the trailers for this one look interesting enough to get me a little excited about it. From what I've seen so far, this looks like a well shot horror flick. I hope it turns out well.