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Darkseekers

Also called: Hemocytes
FilmInfected, still aliveA virus2000 to 2009

The Darkseekers are the light-fearing infected of the 2007 Will Smith version of I Am Legend. They are living humans transformed by an engineered virus, and the film gives their Alpha a display of emotion. They were created entirely in CGI for a film that grossed about 585 million dollars.12

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First appeared
2007
Released 2007
Source work
I Am Legend (2007)
Francis Lawrence
Age rating
PG-13
Made in
USA
What causes it
A virus
A genetically engineered measles virus, designed as a cancer cure, mutates.
How you become one
The film implies infection through bites; a bitten dog begins to turn.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • sunlight

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2007

Released 2007

field notes

What the sources say

1

Called hemocytes in the script and early drafts12

2

They shelter from daylight and hunt at night in packs led by an Alpha12

3

Prosthetic makeup on actors was abandoned as unconvincing and the creatures were rebuilt in CGI from motion capture12

4

Singer Mike Patton supplied their voices12

5

The film had the biggest December opening weekend in the US up to that time12

Sources

  1. I Am Legend (film) - Wikipedia
  2. I Am Legend - Rotten Tomatoes

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