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.
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07/14/08
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.... [More]
Starring: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoya, Emma Danieli, Giacomo "Jack" Rossi-Stuart
Director: Sidney Salkow
Reviews for The Last Man on Earth
1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
price is grand
03/11/08
Price retrata com talento a angústia e o cansaço de seu personagem, mas os vampiros ridiculamente estúpidos e a dublagem capenga boicotam seus esforços.
01/04/08
Where the film fails as a narrative - and it fails rather mightily in places - it succeeds as a mood piece.
12/19/07
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.
12/10/07
Price plays a scientist who is the last survivor on Earth after a plague has turned the rest of the population into vampires.
12/10/07
Some would consider this version better than the 1971 remake with Charlton Heston, The Omega Man, but that isn't much of an achievement.
12/10/07
Worth seeing for fans of older genre movies, even though the film's pacing is often a bit too languid for its own good.
11/06/07
The best Vincent Price movie.
04/20/06
One of Vincent Price most peculiar films, made in Italy, with poor dubbing of the Italian actors and cheesy special effects
07/22/05
Lesser known Price yarn has its moments.
11/01/04
No review available.
05/14/04
If you are a fan of the way Vincent engages such tacky post-apocalypse fantasy subjects, this one should catch your fancy.
09/29/03
Flawed, but nicely grim sci-fi horror with a miscast Price
08/21/02
Instead of frights it offers a somber look at an entropic world
01/01/00
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