Pouring out his curiosity about how dreadful it would be in a world filled with vampires, Richard Matheson brought ‘I Am Legend‘ his sci-fi vampire novel, to life. The concept of vampires has been a gruesome and intriguing topic plaguing humanity for years. When he calls out to her, she runs away from him. Climax: The climax occurs when Robert Neville sees the strange shape of a woman walking towards him.

Genre: Science fiction, vampire fiction, post-apocalyptic, horror, dystopian.

Book Inspiration: Richard Matheson’s inspiration for writing ’I Am Legend′ includes ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker, European vampire legends, and hysteria about global diseases.

In ‘I Am Legend,’ Richard Matheson digs into those dark corners and drags our nightmares into the sterile and scientific 21st century. The belief that their friends and family members could die and then return as ghoulish monsters of the night to kill them and suck their blood has haunted the dark corners of human consciousness. The existence or inexistence of vampires has plagued human folktales and literature since the Middle Ages. In ‘I Am Legend,’ Richard Matheson explores the effects of these creatures taking over the world.

The living vampires also retain their human levels of intelligence, and both living and undead vampires can use their fangs to suck victims dry of blood.For centuries, human beings have shared dreadful tales of the restless dead who returned as creatures of the night for the blood of their loved ones.

Vampires have a strong adhesive that bullets cannot penetrate. Vampires with a Christian background will also take the cross as a sign of betrayal and be repelled by it.Īlso, due to the bacteria's anaerobic nature inside the body, if a vampire is cut deeply enough, the Vampiris bacteria in their body will sporulate into dust and escape, reducing the former host to powder and killing them. Those infected with Vampiris will suffer vampirism-like symptoms they will go hysterically blind near mirrors, they cannot stand sunlight or garlic, their canines will grow into fangs, and they will develop a bulletproof adhesive and a craving for blood. While they exhibit all the physical symptoms of vampirism, they, unlike the undead vampires, retain most of their higher levels of intelligence and humanity, enough to rebuild society. The second kind are the living hosts of Vampiris. These vampires exhibit zombie-like behaviour, and are not very strong or intelligent. They are mostly mindless creatures, searching for blood to drink and even resorting to cannibalism when other prey is scarce.

The first, the 'true' vampires, are corpses reanimated by Vampiris. They are humans, both living and undead, who were infected with Vampiris. Vampires are the antagonists of I Am Legend.

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