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Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide plague due to a mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working in Central America years ago. He is all alone now...or so it seems. As night falls, plague victims begin to leave their graves, part of a hellish undead army that''s thirsting for blood...his!
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Two good looks at life after the Apocalypse...,
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This review is from: Panic in Year Zero & Last Man on Earth [DVD] [1962] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
NB: As usual, Amazon have bundled all the reviews for various editions of the Last Man On Earth together. This review refers to MGM/UA's Region 1 NTSC DVD that double-bills it with Panic in the Year Zero.
Despite the author's well-known dislike of it, The Last Man On Earth is surprisingly good version of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, and makes a fascinating comparison with Chuck's insanely enjoyable version The Omega Man. It may have less action, a much lower budget, a score considerably less funky than Ron Grainer's, and what looks like the suburbs around Rome's Cinecitta Studios standing in for the USA, but it offers a much more disturbing account of civilisation gradually breaking down around its powerless hero (a restrained and very convincing Vincent Price). And for anyone familiar with the remake, the even bleaker ending here is a real surprise. Recommended - it's not an all-time great, but it's well worth a look. MGM/UA's Region 1 NTSC DVD's 2.35:1 widescreen black and white transfer is superb - easily the best on the market of this much-issued title - with a six-minute interview with Richard Matheson as the only extra. So too is Ray Milland's forgotten post-Apocalyptic directorial effort Panic in Year Zero!, which takes a surprisingly sober and convincing look at the possible effects of an unexpected nuclear attack on the survivors. Confusion and denial gradually give way to a determination to survive at any price, as Milland's family everyman, so busy looking for the darkness in others he doesn't see it in himself, takes charge with a coldly logical determination to put his family first that naturally leads to cold-blooded murder. Yet he's not a maniacal stereotype: he genuinely thinks he's helping society survive by separating himself from it and keeping any other survivors at gunpoint, insisting "The law will be back. I just want us to survive until it does" as he moves further from it and what's left of civilization. Being a low-budget AIP movie, the action is confined to the hills and mountain roads, but it's an effective and fairly unsensationalized look at the All-American post-nuclear family. Curiously the film's original trailer shows it may have been darker still, with deleted footage of one of the film's female victims all too eager to kill her tormentors, one of whom is seen sniffing her clothing while impassively watching an attack - the film itself is rather more subtle! The only extra on MGM/UA's Region 1 NTSC DVD is the trailer, but once again the 2.35:1 widescreen black and white transfer is superb.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent,
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This review is from: The Last Man on Earth (Digitally remastered in colour) [DVD] [1964] (DVD)
im not usually a giant fan of colorised films - but they have done a really good job here
this has been remastered and looks good the quality is nice and the colors look authentic for the time and the atmosphere of the film i have seen several versions of this film and this is way the best - not just for the general colorisation but of overall quality
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This Is Legend,
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This review is from: The Last Man On Earth [1964] [DVD] (DVD)
Now while it's certainly fair to say that this film isn't perfect with such stilted dialogue, unconvincing (re)acting and occasionally terrible dubbing it is still the most faithful version of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" available today.
Vincent Price is always quality entertainment and you can easily forgive him for some of his more "theatrical" moments. Whether by design or by accident the nightly attacks by Ben Cortman and the other "risen" plague victims are portrayed as more of a chore than a real danger. I think this is by design rather than just being ineffective or laughable production values and is certainly in keeping with the original story. Scenes at the "burning pit" are powerfully effective, even quite shocking by today's standards and our hero's seemingly endless weary plight is conveyed with an unusual no-frills style. Robert Morgan is a truly tragic character. (Shame about the totally unnecessary name change) Best of all is the fact that the proper ending of the story just about survives more-or-less intact which is something that can't really be said for "The Omega Man" or the tremendously disappointing "I Am Legend". Fans of the original story couldn't ask for much more than this little gem. Fans of style over substance should go elsewhere.
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