WATCH PARTY: The Omega Man (1971) directed by Boris Sagal @ Mary Pretlow Library

We'll be in the 2nd floor Conference Room, to the left as you get off the elevator/stairs at Pretlow Library. The trailer looks pretty silly to me, but we could probably do with some silly after the bejeezus-scaring we will have received from the previous three Halloween movies on our October schedule. (h/t cinephile Ren)

This is apparently the second of multiple adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. Lotta movie mileage in that book!

RUNTIME: 98 minutes

SYNOPSIS: Due to an experimental vaccine, Doctor Robert Neville (Charlton Heston) is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war, with the exception of a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people who are also homicidal maniacs. They blame science and technology for their condition and they see Neville, as the last symbol of science, therefore he must die. Neville, uses everything at his disposal in an attempt to survive.

BLURBS:
"A breezy film about the death of mankind in a way that only the '70s could have provided." - Tim Brayton, Antagony and Ecstasy

"The Omega Man remains a highly entertaining film thanks to Heston's star presence, a terrific score by Ron Grainer and some sequences that linger in the viewer's mind." - Lee Pfeiffer, Cinema Retro

"If anybody has to be the last man in the world, I suppose it might as well be Charlton Heston." - Roger Ebert