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The Family

FilmInfected, still alive1968 to 1999

The Omega Man replaces Matheson's vampires with the Family, a cult of nocturnal albino plague mutants. They have a leader, lay siege and fight with archaic weapons, which puts them at the intelligent end of the infected spectrum. It was the second film version of I Am Legend, with Charlton Heston in the lead.12

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First appeared
1971
Released 1971
Source work
The Omega Man (1971)
Boris Sagal
Age rating
PG
Made in
USA
What causes it
Other
A plague released by biological warfare between China and the Soviet Union.
How you become one
Survivors of the plague turn into nocturnal albino mutants.
Intelligence
Clever

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1971

Released 1971

field notes

What the sources say

1

They are living plague survivors, not corpses: nocturnal, albino and homicidal12

2

Serum made from the immune hero's blood can stop the change before it completes12

3

The empty-city scenes were shot on Sunday mornings in downtown Los Angeles12

4

Second film version of I Am Legend, with Charlton Heston12

5

They are a cult with a leader and fight with archaic weapons and siege tactics12

Sources

  1. The Omega Man - Wikipedia
  2. The Omega Man - Rotten Tomatoes

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