Dr. Robert Morgan
(Vincent Price) is the living in an
extinct town and the only survivor of a
devastating world-wide plague due to a
mysterious immunity he acquired to the
bacterium while working in Central
America years ago.
He is all alone for now and trying to
live his life every day and protecting
himself from anything dangerous that
might happen as he tries to get rid of
the dead bodies as well as killing others
that were plagued with it.
He then protects his home with garlic and
mirrors around his home before night
falls as the plague victims try to invade
his home to kill him for his blood as he
can't leave his house almost at all.
He eventually runs into another survivor
and both have to battle this hellish
nightmare.
Before there was George
A. Romero's Night of the
Living Dead there was this
flick.
It's very depressing but the film itself
is in fair taste and an original zombie
film.
However, the story is too long and it
nearly falls flat and is a bit of a bore.
The acting is good
as scream king Vincent Price always
does a terrific job as an actor as he
portrays an ordinary man living an every
day life but can't figure out why his
town is extinct. He narrates the film too
and has an expressionless voice sounding
voice giving the film a good feel to it.
He also showed nice emotions of
loneliness after watching a home family
film.
The directing by
both Sidney Salkow and Ubaldo Ragona
is in good taste too as they knew how to
make this film seem eerie.
They show a great opening with the town
being deserted and dead bodies lying on
the ground.
They also show great scenes of the night
when the dead are roaming.
The music was composed by Paul Sawtell and
Bert Shefter and do very well
with the flute, trumpet and violin
playing for the film which was useful for
a film this decade and it also sounds
similar to a horror radio play too.
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