A Very Effective Horror Flic

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2007)

I have read the book and seen the two prior versions. What I would say is that without much in the way of surprises, the movie includes details that are quite interesting if not nearly fully explored.
But the strongest aspect of I Am Legend is its achievement of a consistent level of suspense: it literally had me and others I spoke with on the edge of their seats.
Not a movie for kids, thought it could have been rated R.
Semi-Spoiler: This version was not faithful to the book; The Last Man is close but as another reviewer mentioned, the Vincent Price flick is really cheaply made. But what one who knows the original story suspects is that they were coming close to the central idea of Matheson's work, that maybe the script writers had this in mind and were over-ruled? That they used the Matheson title is an indication of this.