

The Omega Man
The last man alive...is not alone!
Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain; sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $8.7M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- dystopia
- post-apocalyptic future
- survivalist
- vaccine
- last man on earth
- plague
- pandemic
- mutants
- vaccine researcher
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG1 Aug 1971
- PhysicalPGWarner Home Video #11210 [VHS] 98 minutes12 Oct 1991
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG13 Feb 1973
- PhysicalPGDVD29 Sept 2003
BrazilBR
- Theatrical14IMDB23 Nov 1971
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical151 Aug 1971
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-161 Aug 1971
FranceFR
- Theatrical24 Nov 1971
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1626 Nov 1971
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG19 Jan 1973
ItalyIT
- TheatricalVM145 Nov 1971
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical161 Aug 1971
SwedenSE
- Theatrical151 Aug 1971
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The Omega Man was released on 1 August 1971.
Audience reviews
3- J6/10
John Chard
4/26/2020
Kill em or cure them. Robert Neville appears to be the sole survivor of a biologically waged war. That is except for the mutant night creatures that thirst for Neville's death. Known as the family, they represent the scientific downfall of mankind. Can Neville survive? Is it worth him surviving even after having found a vaccine to the plague? The Richard Matheison novel, I Am Legend, is proving a really hard bo…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/11/2023
You know for years I thought I had seen this. I insisted I had seen it, and then I caught it on Netflix, waited for Hoffman, and was sort of shocked. There was no Nazi dentist and I realized I was walking into something totally new. This is sort of cheap. I think it's supposed to be a dystopian LA, but it doesn't look much different from the last time I went there. No joke. And I think this is supposed to be I am …
- W3/10
Wuchak
4/4/2024
**_'Taylor' in a bad movie_** There was something about Charlton Heston that made him perfect for the role of Taylor in "Planet of the Apes" and "Beneath the Planet of the Apes," two of the greatest sci-fi/adventure flicks of all time. So it's no wonder that the producers of 1971's "Omega Man" chose Heston for what is essentially the same role in this film about the supposedly last man on earth living in L.A. afte…
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