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Summary: Good Example of a Great B-Grade Horror Movie
Review: You may or may not know that "Last Man On Earth" was originally slated to be a Hammer Film, but for some reason the project fell through. Thank goodness it was still made, though I can't help wondering what kind of glossy, color, big production film Hammer Studio would've made of this story in its hey-day (maybe it would've had another favorite horror icon of mine starring in it, Peter Cushing!). And thank God they got Vincent Price for the film, because he gives one of his best performances ever in this movie. It's a dark, moody piece about the sad extinction of a species...man. Unlike many of the reviewers, I didn't see this film till I bought a rare VHS copy about ten years ago. I'd read Richard Matheson's very creepy novel, and I'd been a huge fan of "The Omega Man" since I was a boy, so I was thrilled to find there was another adaptation out there, AND it had one of my all-time favorite horror actors, Vincent Price. Sadly, the print on this DVD version is not superior quality, though it is better than the VHS copy I still have; perhaps they did clean it up some. And though it does have a tiny black bar at the top and the bottom, I don't think it's shown in it's original aspect ration. Still, it's not straight standard, either. The print used for this DVD shows wear; there are some drop-outs (white specks and flickers). The sound is not perfect, but once again, superior to the VHS version. I bought it souly for "Last Man On Earth", because I already own the Warner Bros. DVD release of "The House On Haunted Hill". I checked out some of "House" on this DVD, and it appears to be of a similar remastered quality, however the aspect ratio is not quiet the same as the Warner version. For "House", get the Warner Bros. version, it's much better quality. If you love Vincent Price, this is a fantastic buy! The price of this DVD is unbeatable for what you get; two great movies in splendid black and white, with two very differant performances by Price. The over-the-top sauve host in "House On Haunted Hill", and the much more subdued, gravely serious (as it should be for this particular subject matter) mindset in "Last Man On Earth". I'm not at all disappointed in this DVD, and as a horror movie fan (which you must be or you wouldn't have found your way to this review), I don't think you will be, either.
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