Neville and Sam go into tall grass and chase one of the deer. They spot a herd of deer run in front of them. It starts out with Neville driving in the street with a female Geman Shephard named Sam. The immune regular humans were hunted as prey from the infected, killed by other humans, or committed suicide. They also retain some problem-solving intelligence and the capacity to organize. The 'Darkseekers' exhibit increased speed, agility, and strength. The remaining 588 million degenerated into primal, aggressive beings referred to as 'Darkseekers' (the DVD subtitles refer to them as hemocytes) who have a painful intolerance to UV radiation, forcing them to hide in buildings and other dark places during the day. Only 12 million possessed a natural immunity. A series of flashbacks and past and recorded news programs reveal that a genetically re-engineered Measles virus created in 2008 as a cure for cancer mutated into a lethal airborne strain that spread worldwide and killed 5.4 billion people, 90% of humanity.

Army virologist, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville is left as the last healthy human in New York City and possibly the entire world.

Although the creatures depicted in the outbreak are technically vampires, Matheson's original work is considered by many Science Fiction and Horror fans to be the impetus for the modern Zombie Horror genre entire, introducing many of its core themes well before Night of the Living Dead. This article is about the 2007 movie I am Legend based on the book by the same name, written by Richard Matheson.

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