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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > The Last Man on Earth
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A well-done B-movie, based on the book I Am Legend.
Plot Synopsis (may include spoilers):
Vincent Price is the last survivor after a plague has turned the human race into vampires.
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Directed by Ubaldo Ragona
Featuring Vincent Price, Emma Danieli & Umberto Raho
American International Pictures (AIP)
Released: 2004-02-10
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Vincent Price gives an atypically restrained performance as the sole survivor of a worldwide plague that revives its victims as bloodthirsty vampires. During the day, he canvasses his abandoned hometown, tracking down and stalking his former friends and neighbors, always making sure to return before nightfall, when the dead rise to assault his fortified house. Hope arrives in the form of an apparently normal young woman (Franca Bettoia), but her agenda proves to be even more sinister than that of the vampires. Based on the 1954 novel by coscripter Matheson (whose displeasure with the final product spurred the use of a pseudonym), this Italian-made production is best known for its influence on George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. The similarities between the two films go beyond the presence of shuffling zombies and housebound heroes; both feature taboo-breaking scenes of interfamilial murder, and both end on bleak, dystopian notes. While The Last Man on Earth lacks the political and darkly satirical shadings (and graphic gore) that make Night of the Living Dead a more memorable experience, the combination of Bava-esque Gothic atmosphere and bleak, documentary-style camerawork by directors Ragona and Salkow (the brother of Price's agent Lester Salkow) lend themselves to moments of pure frisson that compare laudably to Romero's film. Matheson's novel also provided the source material for the awkward 1971 Charlton Heston vehicle The Omega Man. A planned third version, helmed by Ridley Scott and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, was shut down in its earliest stages due to skyrocketing budget costs. --Paul Gaita
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Directed by Ubaldo Ragona
Featuring Vincent Price, Emma Danieli & Umberto Raho
American International Pictures (AIP)
Released: 2003-03-04
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Vincent Price gives an atypically restrained performance as the sole survivor of a worldwide plague that revives its victims as bloodthirsty vampires. During the day, he canvasses his abandoned hometown, tracking down and stalking his former friends and neighbors, always making sure to return before nightfall, when the dead rise to assault his fortified house. Hope arrives in the form of an apparently normal young woman (Franca Bettoia), but her agenda proves to be even more sinister than that of the vampires. Based on the 1954 novel by coscripter Matheson (whose displeasure with the final product spurred the use of a pseudonym), this Italian-made production is best known for its influence on George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. The similarities between the two films go beyond the presence of shuffling zombies and housebound heroes; both feature taboo-breaking scenes of interfamilial murder, and both end on bleak, dystopian notes. While The Last Man on Earth lacks the political and darkly satirical shadings (and graphic gore) that make Night of the Living Dead a more memorable experience, the combination of Bava-esque Gothic atmosphere and bleak, documentary-style camerawork by directors Ragona and Salkow (the brother of Price's agent Lester Salkow) lend themselves to moments of pure frisson that compare laudably to Romero's film. Matheson's novel also provided the source material for the awkward 1971 Charlton Heston vehicle The Omega Man. A planned third version, helmed by Ridley Scott and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, was shut down in its earliest stages due to skyrocketing budget costs. --Paul Gaita
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Panic in the Year Zero/The Last Man on Earth
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Directed by Ubaldo Ragona
Featuring Franca Bettoia, Christi Courtland & Carolyn De Fonseca
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Released: 2005-09-20
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Disc 1 Side A: Panic In Year Zero WS Disc 1 Side B: Last Man On Earth WS
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An Evening with Vincent Price and Friends
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Featuring Vincent Price & Basil Rathbone
Released: 2002-07-01
DVD
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Vincent Price was among filmdom's greatest villains as well as one of the horror genre's most beloved stars. This 3-DVD boxed set features three of his classic films, "The Last Man on Earth" (widescreen edition), "House on Haunted Hill," and "The Bat." It also features two films starring Price's close friends Boris Karloff in "British Intelligence" and Basil Rathbone in "The Magic Sword." 6 hours of digitally restored film-fun! DVD #1 The Last Man on Earth (widescreen edition) 1964 Starring Vincent Price. In a post-epidemic nightmare world, scientist Robert Morgan is the only man immune to the plague, which has transformed the entire population of Earth into vampire-like creatures. (86 min.) DVD #2 House on Haunted Hill 1958 Starring Vincent Price. Suave millionaire Frederick Loren offers five of his enemies $10,000 each if they agree to spend the night in his recently acquired "haunted" old mansion. (75 min.) The Bat 1959 Starring Vincent Price. A killer, nicknamed "The Bat" is running loose in a small town. Suspects abound, but who is the killer? (80 min.) DVD #3 British Intelligence 1940 Starring Boris Karloff. During WWI, pretty German master spy Helene Von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a British cabinet minister. (61 min.) The Magic Sword 1962 (color) Starring Basil Rathbone and Gary Lockwood. In this sword-and-sorcery fantasy, Sir George, a young knight, embarks upon a valiant quest to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil sorcerer Lodac. (80 min.)
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Last Man on Earth
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Directed by Sidney Salkow
Featuring Vincent Price, Emma Danieli & Umberto Raho
American International Pictures (AIP)
Released: 1996-10-25
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Vincent Price gives an atypically restrained performance as the sole survivor of a worldwide plague that revives its victims as bloodthirsty vampires. During the day, he canvasses his abandoned hometown, tracking down and stalking his former friends and neighbors, always making sure to return before nightfall, when the dead rise to assault his fortified house. Hope arrives in the form of an apparently normal young woman (Franca Bettoia), but her agenda proves to be even more sinister than that of the vampires. Based on the 1954 novel by coscripter Matheson (whose displeasure with the final product spurred the use of a pseudonym), this Italian-made production is best known for its influence on George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. The similarities between the two films go beyond the presence of shuffling zombies and housebound heroes; both feature taboo-breaking scenes of interfamilial murder, and both end on bleak, dystopian notes. While The Last Man on Earth lacks the political and darkly satirical shadings (and graphic gore) that make Night of the Living Dead a more memorable experience, the combination of Bava-esque Gothic atmosphere and bleak, documentary-style camerawork by directors Ragona and Salkow (the brother of Price's agent Lester Salkow) lend themselves to moments of pure frisson that compare laudably to Romero's film. Matheson's novel also provided the source material for the awkward 1971 Charlton Heston vehicle The Omega Man. A planned third version, helmed by Ridley Scott and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, was shut down in its earliest stages due to skyrocketing budget costs. --Paul Gaita
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The Last Man on Earth
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Directed by Sidney Salkow
Featuring Vincent Price, Emma Danieli & Umberto Raho
American International Pictures (AIP)
Released: 2002-06-25
VHS Tape
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Vincent Price gives an atypically restrained performance as the sole survivor of a worldwide plague that revives its victims as bloodthirsty vampires. During the day, he canvasses his abandoned hometown, tracking down and stalking his former friends and neighbors, always making sure to return before nightfall, when the dead rise to assault his fortified house. Hope arrives in the form of an apparently normal young woman (Franca Bettoia), but her agenda proves to be even more sinister than that of the vampires. Based on the 1954 novel by coscripter Matheson (whose displeasure with the final product spurred the use of a pseudonym), this Italian-made production is best known for its influence on George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. The similarities between the two films go beyond the presence of shuffling zombies and housebound heroes; both feature taboo-breaking scenes of interfamilial murder, and both end on bleak, dystopian notes. While The Last Man on Earth lacks the political and darkly satirical shadings (and graphic gore) that make Night of the Living Dead a more memorable experience, the combination of Bava-esque Gothic atmosphere and bleak, documentary-style camerawork by directors Ragona and Salkow (the brother of Price's agent Lester Salkow) lend themselves to moments of pure frisson that compare laudably to Romero's film. Matheson's novel also provided the source material for the awkward 1971 Charlton Heston vehicle The Omega Man. A planned third version, helmed by Ridley Scott and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, was shut down in its earliest stages due to skyrocketing budget costs. --Paul Gaita
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