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ilovemesomevincentprice · 5 months

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Vincent Price and Franca Bettoia

Last Man On Earth (1964) // dir. Ubaldo Ragona and Sydney Salkow

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weirdlookindog · 6 months

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The Last Man on Earth (1964)

#the last man on earth #vincent price #franca bettoia #emma danieli #1964 #1960s movies #ubaldo ragowa #sidney salkow #aip #horror #sci fi #horror movie poster

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horrorcrypt12 · 6 months

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31 Day Horror Challenge:

Day 25: Vincent Price

Now Watching: The Last Man on Earth (1964)

"When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter"

Happy Halloween!

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#vincent price #the last man on earth #horror #halloween #spooky season #fall #horror movies #autumn #31 day horror challenge #31 days of halloween #Franca Bettoia #black and white

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arcanespillo · 7 months

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Giorno per giorno disperatamente (1961) "Day by Day, Desperately" directed by Alfredo Giannetti.

"Ma no perché? Gabriele, io non lo so.. parlando con te si ha sempre l'impressione di dover scegliere le parole, pesarle, ma perché?"

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schlock-luster-video · 4 months

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On December 30. 2006, Madhouse and The Last Man on Earth were screened as a double-feature on TCM Underground.

Here's some new art inspired by both horror classics!

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nerds-yearbook · 8 months

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In 1968, Dr Morgan spent his days burning corpses, gathering supplies to survive, and trying to see if there was anyone else who hadn't been turned into a vampire by a strange air borne virus. (The Last Man on Earth flm, based on the novel I Am Legend) Morgan assumed he must have been immune due to an earlier experience in his life when he was bitten by a vampire bat in Peru. Morgan’s attempts at companionship always ended in heartache. When he finally found a dog, their relationship was short as the dog came down with the virus. Later, when he finally met what he thought was a normal woman, he found out she was a spy for a new bread of vampires that were evolving into the new dominant species. The new species planned to kill him and the zombie like vampires off, and create a new world. Morgan discovered his blood could be an antidote to the plague, but was murdered by the new breed before he could let them know. ("The Last Man on Earth"/"I Am Legend", Film/Novel)

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mythcreant · 2 years

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The first adaptation of Richard Matheson’s sci-fi thriller, I Am Legend, The Last Man On Earth – featuring Vincent Price as a doctor who appears to be the only survivor of a deadly plague that turned mankind into blood-sucking zombies – shuffled into theaters on May 6, 1964.

#daves faves #cult film #zombies #horror movies #classic film #recommended #og zombies #movie poster #Richard Matheson #william f. leicester #furio monetti #vincent price #franca bettoia #plague #post apocalyptic #dystopian

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fourorfivemovements · 11 months

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Films Watched in 2023:

53. The Last Man on Earth (1964) - Dir. Sidney Salkow/Ubaldo Ragona

#The Last Man on Earth #Sidney Salkow #Ubaldo Ragona #Vincent Price #Franca Bettoia #Emma Danieli #Giacomo Rossi Stuart #Umberto Raho #Christi Courtland #Antonio Corevi #Richard Matheson #I Am Legend #Films Watched in 2023 #My Post

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adamwatchesmovies · 11 months

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The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Richard Matheson’s 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel I Am Legend has received three big-screen adaptations, all of which have certain elements that work and their share of flaws too. This one may not be as slick as the later adaptations but it’s moody and exciting. The combination of Vincent Price as the world-weary hero and the ending cements this as the best version.

In 1965, a plague ravaged mankind. Most died, only to return to life as undead vampire-like creatures who crave blood, cannot stand sunlight, the sight of their own reflection or the smell of garlic. Three years later, the last man on earth is Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price). He defends his home from the creatures at night and goes hunting for them during the day.

Although Vincent Price has no one to speak to for a large chunk of the film (some of it is set in flashback to explain how the world came to this sad state) he narrates his character's thoughts as he goes about his monotonous days checking the defences for weaknesses, addressing the dead bodies he finds around the city and hunting any vampires hiding from the sun so he can take their corpses to a pit and burn them. Price’s voice perfectly sets up the mood. He’s very matter-of-fact about everything, reminding us that he no longer has room in his life for luxuries such as anger. He’s become a shadow of himself; not even looking for a cure as much as a way to eliminate the creatures who have taken over the world that once belonged to his people. Even when signs of hope burst through the hardened soil, it’s not long before it gets stamped out. Maybe if he stumbles upon some kind of breakthrough, he'll suddenly find a greater purpose than daily extermination. More likely, he's going to make a mistake and get taken down by the vampires. The third possibility? He'll grow tired of it all and give up. It’s grim and unsettling.

The film captures the feel of the novel (I’d hope so, as it was written by Matheson under a pseudonym) with a couple of deviations here and there. The scenario is inherently interesting. You want to see where what’s coming next. Even with the mostly unnecessary flashback scenes, your intrigue is peaked. Will these hold the clue to a cure somehow?

The flashback scenes are unfortunately where the film is at its weakest for a few reasons. Firstly, it’s pretty obvious the film was shot in Italian and then dubbed into English. Not helping are the voice actors who recorded the dialogue. Most are pretty bad. Some are even worse.

There’s a strange moment towards the end where Morgan’s actions don’t quite match up with everything we’ve been told about him previously (I attribute it to a culmination of tragic events that come in quick succession) that might rub you the wrong way but it leads to a solid conclusion. The way you see it, the plot can go one of two ways and you just don’t know which we’ll get. It makes things tense up until the very last second. The picture’s final act is the reason you'll overlook the flaws and the low-budget (it looks fine overall but it’s shot in black-and-white, probably the first widescreen film in the public domain I’ve seen like this). I've witnessed so many movies chicken out at the eleventh hour. The Last Man on Earth commits all the way.

For Vincent Price alone, I’d say The Last Man on Earth is worth seeing. This is by no means the definitive adaptation of the novel but so far, it’s the best version we’ve gotten. (On DVD, March 23, 2020)

#The Last Man on Earth #I am legend #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Sidney Salkow #Ubaldo B. Ragona #Richard Matheson #Vincent Price #Franca Bettoia #Emma Danieli #Giacomo Rossi Stuart #1964 movies #1964 films

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scifipinups · 24 days

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Franca Bettoia as Ruth Collins in The Last Man on Earth (1964)

#movies #1964 #the last man on earth #franca bettoia #ruth collings

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mourningmaybells · 1 year

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a game about the last man on earth 1964 following both ruth trying to rebuild society, scavenging, rising to power and dr morgan scavenging, killing, and sciencing with flashback vignettes in between that keep the player in the dark that they are each other’s antagonist would be good (and probably wouldn’t fail to make people empathize with both characters since it wasn’t out of malicious intent and more about survival and lack of communication) i wish it was real wish it was real

#the last man on earth 1964 #vincent price #franca bettoia #i remember people's reactions to tlou 2 but since it's so detached from personal vengeance and already popular character it could work #*sorry i mean they're not already popular characters. no one knows who tf dr morgan and ruth the living vampire are

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ilovemesomevincentprice · 7 months

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Vincent Price and Franca Bettoia

The Last Man On Earth (1964) dir. Sydney Salkow and Ubaldo Ragona

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weirdlookindog · 2 years

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The Last Man on Earth (1964)

#the last man on earth #vincent price #franca bettoia #emma danieli #1964 #1960s movies #ubaldo ragowa #sidney salkow #aip #horror #sci fi #horror movie poster

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unateoriadegliautori · 2 years

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l’uomo di paglia (1958)

#pietro germi #franca bettoia #saro urzì #milly

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moviesteve · 2 years

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The Last Man on Earth https://bit.ly/3d3Y8Wo Four years before George Romero is supposed to have revived the genre, the zombies are already alive and kicking (well, shuffling) in 1964 in The Last Man on Earth, a lurid yet oddly static example of a genre movie with all the signs of something knocked out with little respect for its audience. Unsurprisingly it got little respect back in return. It does have a few things in its favour, though. Vincent Price as the titular last human, and a story by Richard Matheson which would be repurposed a number of times, most famously as The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, and I Am Legend, with Will Smith. There’s a legend surrounding the … Read more

#Emma Danieli #Franca Bettoia #Giacomo Rossi Stuart #Sidney Salkow #The Last Man on Earth #Ubaldo Ragona #Vincent Price

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wahwealth · 5 months

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Vincent Price | Last Man On Earth (1964) | Full Length English Sci-Fi Horror

The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson. The film was produced by Robert L. Lippert and directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and stars Vincent Price and Franca Bettoia. Never Miss An Upload, Join the channel. https://www.youtube.com/@nrpsmovieclassics

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