SCI-FI B Movies “The Last Man on Earth”

Made in 1964 this movie is the first movie adaptation of the book 'I Am Legend,' which centres on a lone scientist who has survived a worldwide pandemic that has turned human beings into mindless nocturnal flesh eating zombies.
by September 19, 2014
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Our movie for the weekend is ‘The Last Man On Earth’ starring Vincent Price.

Made in 1964 this movie is the first movie adaptation of the book ‘I Am Legend,’ which centres on a lone scientist who has survived a worldwide pandemic that has turned human beings into mindless nocturnal flesh eating zombies. Two further movie adaptations of  ‘I Am Legend’ came after this with 1971 film ‘The Omega Man,’ which starred Charlton Heston and the 2007 film ‘I Am Legend,’ which starred Will Smith.

‘The Last Man On Earth’ is considered by many to be an under appreciated classic.

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by Ian Cullen - Sep 19, 2014

by Ian Cullen - Sep 19, 2014

Ian Cullen is the founder of scifipulse.net and has been a fan of science fiction and fantasy from birth. In the past few years he has written for 'Star Trek' Magazine as well as interviewed numerous comics writers, television producers and actors for the SFP-NOW podcast at: www.scifipulseradio.com When he is not writing for scifipulse.net Ian enjoys playing his guitar, studying music, watching movies and reading his comics. Ian is both the founder and owner of scifipulse.net You can contact ian at: ian@scifipulse.net
2 Comments on this post.
  • Rockitscience
    20 September 2014 at 12:22 am -

    I read recently that Richard Matheson didn’t like any of the adaptions of his work but that this one he considered closest to what he wrote.

    • Ian Cullen
      20 September 2014 at 6:17 pm -

      Doesn’t surprise me. It seems that Hollywood have all manner of creative license when it comes to adaptations, but when you read some of the books that are adapted you usually find yourself wondering how much stuff could be adapted. Lord of The Rings being a prime example. I never thought for a moment that we’d see an adaptation of that on film that folk would like. But that said its amazing how much is actually missing from those adaptations.