Technically I AM LEGEND will be the third time that this classic story has been put to film. The Will Smith version opens in just a few days and my generation had the Charlton Heston classic THE OMEGA MAN but before that was the legendary Vincent Price in THE LAST MAN ON EARTH.
It's coming to DVD the first of the week and I thought you might want to know about it. Here is the press release with all the info you need:
Timed To The Theatrical Release of I Am Legend
Starring Will Smith,
MGM
Home Entertainments Vincent Price Classic Breathes New Life On DVD On December
4th
LOS ANGELES, CA By
night they leave their graves, crawling, shambling, through empty streets,
pleading, begging for his blood! The ravenous frenzy begins on December
4, when The Last Man On Earth is resurrected on DVD from MGM Home
Entertainment. In a post-apocalyptic nightmare world, there is one man, unmoved
for eons, but still filled with life. Scientist Robert Morgan is the only
human immune to the air-borne plague that has transformed the entire population
of the Earth into vampire-zombie like creatures. Alive among the
lifeless, alone among the undead, Morgan must find a way to survive in a world
that is no longer his. Featuring the unparalleled acting of silver screen
legend Vincent Price (House of Ushers, Pit and the Pendulum) in one of his finest roles, this spine tingling
horror classic is based on the chilling Richard Matheson science fiction novel I
Am Legend. The Last Man On Earth is timed to the
theatrical release of I Am Legend starring Will Smith and will be
available for the suggested retail price of $14.98 U.S.
The Last Man On
Earth Disc Specifics:
The
Last Man On Earth is presented in widescreen format with English mono
sound and features English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Synopsis:
Dr.
Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide
plague due to a mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working
in Central America years ago. He is all alone now...or so it seems. As night
falls, plague victims begin to leave their graves, part of a hellish undead
army that's thirsting for blood
his!
