One of the Scariest movies I've seen

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2008)

I saw the trailers so I knew it was about Will Smith roaming New York looking for other survivors of some epic disaster. Wow, but I didn't know it was going to be scarier than any horror movie. I got immersed in the story, following Will and his dog around deserted New York City, you know, wondering what was going on with the deer and the lions and all, thinking the deer were faster than I thought. It was when Will went home and opened the drape covering the rabid rats that I realized what this movie was all about. And from then on, I was pretty much bracing myself for the scary thing to come out. To me, what made it scarier was the fact that they let you hear the things before you see them. That kind of keeps you picturing what they would look like once they made the appearance. I guess this is a tactic employed by all horror films but 'I am Legend' just blows away its peers in the way they first present them. I mean the scene with the things all huddled together in the dark just waiting to explode into a scream of terror is one of the most horrifying movies scenes I've ever seen. And that is some feat to do that with zombie type creatures which are more comic than scary most of the times. All in all, superb acting by Will Smith, well thought out plot (based on a novel, so i hear), magnificent directing all combine to make this movie one of the best Sci-fi/Horror/Thriller movies I've seen in the recent years. Good job!