"I had written a short story, which I basically had ripped off from a Richard Matheson novel called I Am Legend."
— Richard Matheson

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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George A. Romero, explaining the initial inspiration of his famous Zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968), in "One for the Fire: The Legacy of Night of the Living Dead" on a 2008 DVD edition of the film.