Watch a video showing what the’ I Am Legend’ Creatures Could Have Looked Like
Throughout the years, there has been many movie adaptations or at least films inspired by Richard Matheson’s iconic post-apocalyptic novel I am Legend. The book was influential in the development of the zombie genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease, and was such a success it spawned such films as The Last Man on Earth in 1964, as The Omega Man in 1971, and I Am Legend in 2007. Yet to this day, no filmmaker has been able to capture the creatures to the satisfaction of fans of the novel.Well recently a video was discovered online that shows a very different and much improved creature designed to best match Matheson’s original vision. It comes from special effects artist Steve Johnson and was a test for Will Smith’s I Am Legend, but the makeup effects never made it into the final film, and instead they were replaced with CGI. See for yourself.
via Quiet Earth
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Ricky D is the editor-in-chief of Sound on Sight and one of the hosts of the Sound On Sight podcast and the Sordid Cinema podcast. He is Sound On Sight's expert on Horror and contributes written reviews when time permits. 
