The Last Man on Earth (1964)
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Engrossing futuristic horror
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"Reason for the future sucking: Like Vincent Price, is a hip cat in a un hip, un cool, un groovy world, filled with gnarly vampires, who don't want to groove and freak out, by listening The Doors albums, they like want to suck blood, and it's like their scene, man! Year it takes place: The far out, groovy, year 1968, baby! Yeah! "
“Of the three films based on I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth is my personal favourite. I also liked The Omega Man, though didn't care for the 2007 film I Am Legend. This futuristic horror is very engrossing stuff, slowly paced yet deliberately so with an ending that has always moved me. There may be lapses in logic in the script, however so much compensates. The sets and filming are minimalistic and stark, and this approach adds much to the apocalyptic feel of the story. The score is haunting, the creatures are appropriately creepy, the film is beautifully directed and the story is full of suspenseful yet beautiful atmosphere. Vincent Price here gives one of his more restrained performances, often interacting to little or nothing, very different from the arch yet sympathetic roles that s” read more
"Vincent Price voice-over at its best. The story is very of this moment, which makes it scary; but the overall aesthetic and outcome I couldn't really get into."
"A plague wiped out most of humanity and the survivors, save the main character, have been turned into (essentially) vampires. "
"Not the best film on the list, but perhaps one of the better stories. This film has been remade numerous times, but this old standard is one of the better ones."