This time it is Charlton Heston in the last man standing role, a role he also performed in Planet of the Apes, and Soylent Green, all science fiction staples of the era.
This is the second of the “I Am Legend” adaptations. In that sweet spot of horror, sci-fi, and murder mystery lives - THE SATAN BUG! The Omega Man (1970), Rated Oh no, this vial contains a Satanic (?) virus that could the key weapon that would kill us all. What’s not to love? This epic slice of 1960’s paranoia follows the government’s search for a missing vial of the Satan Bug. The Satan Bug (1965): The Satan Bug is top secret! And it’s got SATAN in the title. As is the case in all of these adaptations, there is a revelation about the nature of both the hunter and the hunted that is pure Matheson genius. By night he bunkers down as those he hunts by day turn the tables. By day he ventures out to scavenge for supplies, and kill these creatures when they sleep. The Last Man on Earth features the inimitable Vincent Price as Robert Morgan, a scientist who is the last man standing following a pandemic that has turned the world’s population into nocturnal vampire fiends. Richard Matheson’s tale “I am Legend” is represented three times under three slightly different versions on this list. The Last Man on Earth (1964), Pre MPAA, now Just remember, if you decide you want to Netflix (or Shudder) and chill… do it from opposite ends of the sofa, six feet apart. With that in mind, consider this your streaming guide to the pathogenic, the pestilential, the pandemic horrors. The Scariest Things encourages everyone to follow the guidelines set forward by your health care officials, lest something like one of these fates strike you down. Death by disease and pestilence is as old as humanity, and whether you chalked it up to God’s wrath or miasma, the crud has brought humankind to its knees, and it’s back with a vengeance in 2020. Maybe it was taboo, and filmmakers didn’t want to go there in the early years. The fear of pandemic contagions is a fairly recent part of horror, as it wasn’t really until the 1960’s that we had a traumatic disease at the center of the horror. If it were worse, it would look like one of these movies. In this list, we cover your viral pandemics, your vampire viruses, zombiepocalpses, parasitic infestations, and any nasty infection that would scare you sleepless. Get to know your enemy, right?īehold, the big list of infectious horror. Welcome to the new reality, folks! While you are at shuttered in at home, many of you have been curious about the scary fictional takes on our scary for-real situation.
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