anyone who saw this grow up have a soft spot in their heart for it while i have encounter enough people over the course of my 37 yr who perk up at the mention of it to be aware of it place in a lot of our memory . this have be satirize on the simpson and which prove it have embed itself in the national pop culture consciousness . anyone who have read the book it base on and the incredible i be legend by richard matheson and know that this film have very little in common with it beyond it initial premise and even that be not follow too closely . all of the criticism of the omega man be valid represent it be very dated and not at all scary or intense and some of the stunt and special effect be laughably and ludicrously cheesy while the villain who should have be more terrifying than even romero zombie be just craze albino hippie luddite and the last half of the film and once chuck hook up with rosalind cash and the kiddy and be really a let down . but the scene that open the film of heston heft a cool look machine gun while deck out in austin power style finery ( . ) star in angst at an old calendar or lose his mind for a moment hallucinate the sound of telephone ring in the deserted city still pack a punch . this be the second movie and after 1959 the world and the flesh and and the devil and to successfully pull off the eerie effect of be the last living human be in a huge empty city . both film establish the visual motif of street fill with blow wave of newspaper and swirl trash . after year of see this on tv a guarantee late september or early october event every year for a few year on the local tv station during my pacific northwest childhood in the old dark age before cable tv and the videocassette revolution and it nice to see this movie on dvd with a beautiful widescreen transfer . it look and sound great . a a child i always like the music and particularly the surprise party theme that play when the villain make their first appearance . it rock here in all it xylophone and funky electric organ and horn glory .