The Last Man on Earth (1964)

A group of infected figures attempts to break into Vincent Price’s barricaded home in The Last Man on Earth (1964).
A group of infected figures attempts to break into Vincent Price’s barricaded home in The Last Man on Earth (1959)

How the Nightmare Starts

Vincent Price wakes up in a world overrun by the undead—alone, armed, and running out of time. The Last Man on Earth is the first film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, and it’s a stark, eerie take on the apocalypse. Price plays Dr. Robert Morgan, a scientist who spends his days staking the infected and his nights surviving their attacks. Bleak, minimal, and haunting, this 1964 cult classic helped define the modern vampire/zombie hybrid film.

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