Friday Fused Film Classic: The Omega Man
The Omega Man
Tag line: Pray for the last man alive. Because he’s not alone
Director: Boris Sagal
Starring: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Paul Koslo, Rosalind Cash, Eric Laneuville
Genre: Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic
Release Date: August 1, 1971
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: PG
Charlton Heston plays Robert Neville, one of the last “intact” survivors of a biological war that’s ravaged Earth’s population in this Boris Sagal-helmed sci-fi thriller based on Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend. Armed with an experimental vaccine for the disease that’s turned everyone into light-averse zombies, Neville roams the empty streets of Los Angeles by day and fights off the mutated “subnormals” at night.
Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend has had at least two other adaptions:
The Last Man on Earth (1964) — a film that’s said to have inspired George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead — Vincent Price is the only human left alive after a deadly global plague turns its victims into vampires.
I Am Legend( 2007) PG-13
A terrible virus has spread across the planet and turned the human race into bloodthirsty monsters. Mankind’s only hope for survival is scientist Robert Neville (Will Smith), the one person left unaffected by the epidemic. When he’s not fighting for his life against the hordes of the infected, Neville searches for a cure to reverse the virus’s effects — all the while battling his own doubt and despair as he spends every day alone.
I recommend all three for a fun night of Vampires, and the end of the world. As usual The Omega Man is available on Netflix for instant down load.
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