Konterr Brilliant and touching

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

mark.waltz 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.

goreilly40 While this movie was the most faithful to the novel I Am Legend, it isn't the best of the three adaptations but its not the worst either. Vincent Price doesn't do a bad job by any means and he gives us a creditable performance of someone who has been through hell and is showing signs that the sheer monotony and persistent danger of his daily routine is beginning to get to him, and the use of narration isn't badly done and it could be argued that it's needed as for the most part its just one character on his own and it lets us know what is going through his mind. The main aspect of the movie which undermines it and to a certain degree the creditably of the protagonist is the sheer slowness and clumsiness of the vampire's, that when Robert Neville, sorry excuse me, Robert Morgan is caught out after dark you don't feel he's in any real danger as all he has to do is just push them out of the way to escape. The differences from the book don't really help the story and if anything make it less compelling, making Robert Morgan a scientist I felt made him less relatable at least to me, from his book counterpart and changing the disease from an incurable plague to a curable illness took away one of the more frightening aspects of the story, and while I won't give the ending away but again changing this from the one in the book again I felt took something away from the story. That said though there were bits of this movie which were done well, the part of Ruth was well done as we got the perception of someone who was in fear of her life when she encounters Morgan, and when the chronic survivors come out in force and mercilessly slaughter the vampires and go after Morgan near the end was done rather well, as the ruthlessness of was very much in evident like it was in the novel, and the pursuit of Morgan added a dramatic feel to the climax to the movie. All in all this was a good attempt at an adaptation but I felt it was undermined by a number of poorly done elements.

Rainey Dawn It's good to see this film again - it's been a long while. This one is a must see for horror fans. In particular vampire and zombie lovers alike should be able to enjoy this wonderful film.Basically, everyone on planet Earth is dead or undead minus one man Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price). Dr. Morgan is a scientist turned vampire hunter after the spread of a plague that wiped out almost most all of the population on the planet (death) or they became a vampire. Dr. Morgan faces his daily chores of keeping his home secure from the vampires, radioing for anyone that can hear him, burning any recently dead vamp & putting a stake through the hearts of any vampires that are alive. By night, he stays secured at home resting and preparing for the next days monotonous routine.The movie is much more exciting than it sounds like it would be and quite different than most other vampire films out there.I don't know if I would like to be in Dr. Morgan place: the last human on Earth. Being the last human on the planet sounds like it would be fun on the surface but would in reality be nightmare. The film shows the torment of being alone quite well and Vincent Price's performance is outstanding! 8.5/10

LeonLouisRicci 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.