Tag Archives: Post Apocalyptic
The Omega Man (1971)
In looking at the first film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth (1964), I noted that the casting of Vincent Price was too much for Matheson, who had asked to be credited with … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Action, Anthony Zerbe, Charlton Heston, Post Apocalyptic, Rosalind Cash, Science Fiction, Vampire
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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend is one of the 20th century’s most influential pieces of genre fiction, the saga of a weary, grief-ravaged man who believes that he’s the last of his kind on Earth, all others having … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, horror, Post Apocalyptic, Richard Matheson, Vampire, Vincent Price
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In the Aftermath (1988)
Perhaps the strangest entry in the post-apocalypse genre is In the Aftermath (1988), a hybrid of live action and Japanese anime patched together for the home video market by Roger Corman’s New World Pictures – though it feels like the … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Animation, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Surreal
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