The last man on Earth

Looks like there is a movie called "The last man on earth" which is similar in storyline to the "I am Legend" movie. I watched it recently, and it is similar (in storyline) to the new movie. In that, a doctor (scientist) survives, and rest all become draculae. They sleep (or lay dead) at day, and roam at night. He loses his family to that "plague" which is carried over from Europe by wind.

He gets rid of them using sharp wooden cones, and burns them at a pit in the city, meant to burn bodies infected of plague. Those folks are allergic to garlic, and all usual stuff. One day, he meets a dog, that roams during day, and thinks it is not infected. But, he realizes later that it is infected, but, has the ability to roam during day. He kills it (with same wooden cone and mallet routine), and buries it. He meets another girl, who is similar, but realizes late. She comes to kill him as to preserve her own kind of folks. He cures her with the antibodies in his body.

Finally, the gang of mutated draculae comes to his place, and kills him. The heroine (cured lady) remains.

The draculae are shown as just animals, not brainy things. They, in particular, try to break-into his house, every day, just banging on the windows. They are less ferocious and gory, using the known dracula theme. However, that was enough for folks then, I guess.

The hero cures the lady towards the end, but however, why didn't he try to do that on others, is some point to think about. He mentions not having "equipment and resources", sometime in the movie, though. However, I think it is a great "original idea" shown in the movie. Without it, I would have credited it to the new movie, I guess.

The movie is similar to "I am legend" in the storyline only, I think, at least, "I am legend" is a modern adaptation of some such thing. However, there are some similarities, between the two. Hero being a scientist, his association with a dog, discovering the cure towards the end of story, someone with the cure remaining after conclusion etc... However, I guess these are basic stuff (except, may be the coincidence of dog thing) in any plot (particularly Hollywood stories :-))

However, the original idea is of that movie only (if not of something before that), definitely not "I am Legend". The idea is good, and it's a pretty fancy one. I wonder, if there is some such concept, like, "last human being" in any religions, mythological stuff. Anyway, another good movie. Did not like it as much, only because it is not that contemporary.