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The Last Man on Earth (1964)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:11

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Based on Richard Matheson's SF thriller I AM LEGEND, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH is about a man who survives a global plague only to be stalked nightly by zombielike victims who call out his name.... Based on Richard Matheson's SF thriller I AM LEGEND, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH is about a man who survives a global plague only to be stalked nightly by zombielike victims who call out his name. Vincent Price stars as Robert Morgan, a scientist who tried desperately to come up with a cure for an airborne virus that was killing people around the globe. Although he could not develop a serum in time to save his family, he himself seems to be immune from the disease. Thus, he is left to wander the streets by day, staking zombies, then barricading himself in his house each night as the zombies try to break in and kill him. Price is excellent in the role, going about his horrible business as if it were just another day: waking up and eating breakfast, putting on a suit, calmly staking the zombies, making dinner, listening to records at night. But when he suddenly sees what looks like another living soul out in the daylight, his world is suddenly turned inside out. [More]

Starring: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoya, Emma Danieli, Giacomo "Jack" Rossi-Stuart

Starring: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoya, Emma Danieli, Giacomo "Jack" Rossi-Stuart

Director: Sidney Salkow

Director: Sidney Salkow

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This first-ever adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend is easily the most faithful of the three; unfortunately, it is also the least entertaining.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/14/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

price is grand

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
03/11/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Price retrata com talento a angústia e o cansaço de seu personagem, mas os vampiros ridiculamente estúpidos e a dublagem capenga boicotam seus esforços.

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01/04/08
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Where the film fails as a narrative - and it fails rather mightily in places - it succeeds as a mood piece.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
12/19/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

A chilling study of loneliness and an acting tour de force for Price as the last survivor of a dead race, and not exactly the feel-good movie of 1964.

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12/10/07
Jerry Renshaw
Jerry Renshaw
Austin Chronicle

Price plays a scientist who is the last survivor on Earth after a plague has turned the rest of the population into vampires.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment 1 Comment
12/10/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Some would consider this version better than the 1971 remake with Charlton Heston, The Omega Man, but that isn't much of an achievement.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/10/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Worth seeing for fans of older genre movies, even though the film's pacing is often a bit too languid for its own good.

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11/06/07
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

The best Vincent Price movie.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
04/20/06
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

One of Vincent Price most peculiar films, made in Italy, with poor dubbing of the Italian actors and cheesy special effects

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07/22/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Lesser known Price yarn has its moments.

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11/01/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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05/14/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

If you are a fan of the way Vincent engages such tacky post-apocalypse fantasy subjects, this one should catch your fancy.

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09/29/03
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Flawed, but nicely grim sci-fi horror with a miscast Price

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Instead of frights it offers a somber look at an entropic world

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01/01/00
Shane Burridge
Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews
 
 
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December 12, 2007: Total Recall: I Am Legend and the Work of Richard Matheson
This week, Will Smith plays a guy who discovers he's the last man on earth in I Am Legend. So it's a good time to take a look at the movie work of Richard Matheson, who penned... More...

November 30, 2006: Faked (?) "I Am Legend" Posters Hit the Wire
Those who are breathlessly anticipating the new-fangled Will Smith rendition of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" should be pretty psyched for about 8 seconds: A... More...

July 03, 2006: Johnny Depp, Futuristic Vampire??
Now here's a juicy piece of casting gossip that just might be true: Johnny Depp as a (semi-)vampire, playing opposite Will Smith, in Francis Lawrence's "I Am Legend."... More...

April 26, 2006: "I Am Legend" -- Finally!
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