"I am Legend" - Novel by Richard Matheson

"I am Legend" 2008, "The Omega Man" 1971, and Richard Matheson's original novel, "I am Legend" tells the story of Dr. Robert Neville, a scientist, and lone "totally human" survivor of a nightmarish bacterial apocalypse that turns its victims into vampires. Dr. Neville was a part of the scientific team that was originally assembled to fight the bacteria at first outbreak, but the germ goes rampant and infects everyone across the globe -- except Neville (???). Dr. Neville works feverishly to try to find an antidote. The story in "The Last Man on Earth" 1964 is much the same except that the title character's name has been changed to Dr. Robert Morgan. All three films are actually very good, and you cannot go wrong viewing any of them, but you should watch them all - they all tell virtually the same story, but it is told in three very different ways. However, Richard Matheson's original novel should be read before viewing any of the films. Matheson is truly a master of sci fi.

*Richard Matheson wrote many of the original Twilight Zone episodes.