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Old 10-28-2012, 11:30 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by steven522 View Post
You know, technically, I am Legend was a vampire outbreak. They only came out at night, slept through the day, stake through the heart, etc., and all that other vampiric type stuff. Right?
Yes, but I Am Legend is not considered to be a literary ancestor of today's vampire genre. It is the point-of-origin for the current public perception of zombies. George Romero fully acknowledges that his re-animated corpses in "Night of the Living Dead" were inspired by I Am Legend .
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