The Last Man on Earth
May. 06,1964When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
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Thanks for the memories!
One of my all time favorites.
Just perfect...
Absolutely the worst movie.
the last man on earth one of my favourite movies and has a very sad theme. the film is self- explanatory but there are parts where even I get sad and feel for the main character. the film is about dr.Robert Morgan who is trying to survive in a world that has been overrun by vampires. Morgan is a very likable characters and the film gets you to feel and has sympathy for him. he is played by Vincent Price who is very convincing alone in this film but there is his background of him once being happy and then having everything he loves taken away from him. in the movie I am surprised he didn't just stick a gun outside the window and shoot the $h!t out of the one vampire that always calls his name and taunts him. but int he end it is a good and in a way touching the story of survival, insanity, and in the end loneliness.
Morgan (Vincent Price) believes he is the last man on earth after a virus creates zombies who act like vampires, hating crosses, garlic, and mirrors. Go figure on the crosses. A group of zombies come after him every night, at the same location, which for some reason never changes. He also owns a Hanukah generator that can run 8 days on a cup of gas. He kills zombies by day with a stake through the heart while he "shops" This film has been redone and modernized several times. I did like "The Omega Man." There are also scenes that have been copied such as the ending of "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" and this is a must see for sci-fi appreciation. It has been redone and colorized and is also available, not restored, on multi-packs.
The often filmed tale of doomsday, of one man's efforts to avoid the undead, occurs after man destroys themselves, leaving only Vincent Price as human, hiding from cannibalistic mutants. Yes, the same role played by Charlton Heston and Will Smith, played by one of the true kings of horror. He's hoping to find others who survived cataclysmic destruction involving the most diabolical plague in history. It's eerie and lonely, tragic because how often do we wish to be alone, yet fear it. But loneliness isn't his only woe, and each day and evening bring on the same concerns. Blocking his house from being invaded, reopening it upon the beginning of sunlight, then getting rid of the corpses of murdered mutants, too weak to fight off other fellow mutants, not caring whose blood they end up with.A dead city, regardless of its location, is hell on earth, and Price must travel it every day to stay ahead on supplies and prevent the dead from creating disease. This is a science fiction movie that will make you think, possibly depress you, and even make you grateful for civilization. Price narrates mostly, as if talking to ones self in an empty city was surely the key to insanity. Price travels the city as a modern day Van Helsing, killing off the living dead. This looks pretty low budget, but it seems far too gruesome to have been a TV film and too far from the mainstream to have been anything but nearly a grindhouse, or maybe even art-house being so avant garde.When the walking dead do appear, it's as if every evil creature on earth smells Price's fresh blood, obviously a treat over human plasma. The fact that the attackers in life were people he knew is a frightening twist. Price is fascinating to watch, expressing his despondence silently, turning to spiritual guidance, then being caught in the dark amongst these creatures, easy to fight off when it's one or two but virtually impossible when it's an army of them. This isn't something I could find myself watching over and over, regardless of the version, and each one has its strengths and weaknesses. There's a bit of sentiment as Price flashes back to the "living" fays of civilization, and it makes me realize that as much as I like to chill back alone with my old movies and TV shows (like he does here with brief laughter turning into tears), I could not entirely be without humanity, especially for the three years he recalls being in this position.
Undeniably Influential, This Apocalyptic/Vampire/Zombie Original was the First, and Best, Adaptation of Richard Matheson's "I am Legend". It Stars Horror Icon Vincent Price with a Non-American Cast and is Highlighted by Some Stunning Cinematography and Atmospheric Dread.The Reason for its "Cult Movie" Status is Clear. There Just wasn't Anything Like it In its Time, and for 1964 was Unusually Bleak, Relentlessly Downbeat, and Scary for the Youth Audience it Targeted. Anyone Seeing it in '64 or on Late Night TV in the Sixties Could Not Forget It. But it was Forgotten by Some and has been Resurrected by Film Buffs as a Bonafide B-Movie Classic. It's Not the Smoothest Movie Ever Made and has some Pacing Problems but No Problem Delivering a Sombre Message Movie that is Impressive.The Story has been Remade Twice and Neither the Silly, Stupid "The Omega Man" (1971) or the Will Smith (2007) Version are as Good, Objectively. Beware Public Domain Prints that are Murky and Plain Awful and Do Not Present the Original Widescreen Ratio that is a Must See for Complete Appreciation.