The Last Man on Earth (1964) | Vincent Price | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | Full Length Movie
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The movie that inspired "I Am Legend" with Will Smith. When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant ...

The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The film was produced by Robert L. Lippert and directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and stars Vincent Price and Franca Bettoia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_on_Earth_(1964_film)

    • perishthethought@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      Oh, I didn’t realize The Omega Man was also based on this book. I’ll have to track down a copy somewhere.

          • livus@kbin.social
            2·
            7 months ago

            I don’t want to live in a world where I am forced to choose between Omega Man and Soylent Green. But yes.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      I knew I’d recognized that Will Smith movie as an old story, I just couldn’t place it! Thanks for the reminder.

      Yea, Omega Man is a bad 70’s-soaked remake, unfortunately.

      70’s dystopian stuff was typically overly dramatic/melodramatic, and tried to bludgeon you with “look how bad this is”, instead of letting it come to you in it’s own time/subtle way.

      As much as I criticise cinema today, that’s one area where a lot has improved (the melodramatic stuff is usually pretty obvious and more avoidable today).