K so these aren’t zombies, but when you see vampires portrayed this way they get pretty close to the pop culture version of zombies.
That’s probably not surprising since it’s George Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” that gave us what people think of as zombies and he was heavily influenced by Richard Matheson’s Novel “I am Legend” a novel about a world of vampires who’ve taken over the planet and one man is left alive to try to survive.
I love that story by the way. “I am Legend,” and “Night of the Living Dead,” are the two most influential stories for me. There is something I find very scary about the idea of a world filled with monsters, those around you becoming monsters, and you being one of the few people left trying to survive.
I hated the Will Smith version though. Stupid ending missed the whole point of the story. Neville becomes the legend, the vampires are afraid of him at the end of the story, damnit! Movie execs should be shot.
Go read “I am Legend” and you’ll understand why that irritates me so much.
The book is much better. I was fine with the will smith movie, until the dog died. Then they lost the entire point of the story.
I’m with you, when the dog died I was so angry I almost threw the movie out the window. I was completely hostel to everything after that.
Attn: Stupid movie execs. DO NOT KILL THE DOGS IN YOUR MOVIES it pisses me off and makes me hate your movies.
I read the book before I saw the movie. You’re right. The movie lost the point. I can separate the two, so I’m ok with movie. Have you watched Omega Man? I can’t remember if it a remake too or just very much like it in the beginning and the end is totally different.
I’ve seen Omega Man at least a dozen times. It was on TNT and TBS over and over when I was growing up.
It’s heavily inspired by “I am Legend” but changed from the novel so much that it might as well be a different story.
The closest you’ll come to the novel is “Last Man on Earth” Starring Vincent Price. It is the most faithful of all the movies to the novel. It even got the ending right.
You know, I’m starting to think you know a thing or two about these zombies. Even though I’m a huge will smith fan, they did murder the story in the end.
It is my stated goal to become an expert in all things undead. Everything from the pop culture zombie to filmography to the true mythology of the undead.
I’m still working on a new zombie poster idea where I’m doing all the types of undead from cultures around the world. Legends of Ghouls from the middle east, the Revenant from the French etc….
Basically I’m an obsessive nerd.