posted on Jul, 16 2009 @ 02:00 PM
reply to post by Justsomeguy15
It is based on Richard Matheson's novel of the same name. I saw the original movie entitled "The Last Man on Earth" (which was remade into "The
Omega Man") starring Vincent Price.
Basically people are turned into vampire like mutants in the book by an unknown disease or mutation. The newer version is updated to make it fit in
with the times.
The book was written at a time when germ warfare was a real possibility. There was no agreements on its use, so there was plenty of real life fear to
go around.