Legacy
George A. Romero has acknowledged the source material of The Last Man on Earth as an influence on his film Night of the Living Dead, remarking that he "basically had ripped off from a Richard Matheson novel called I Am Legend." Numerous critics have suggested The Last Man on Earth film itself was also a source of inspiration for Night of the Living Dead.
The film was featured in an episode of Deadly Cinema.
The film was first remade starring Charlton Heston under the title The Omega Man, The Omega Man followed by a later remake starring Will Smith under the original book title, I Am Legend.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)