Kanemayo "I - Nyimbo" idatuluka mu 2007 idasonkhanitsa $ 584 miliyoni m'mabokosi apadziko lonse lapansi. Chifukwa chake sizosadabwitsa kuti olemba omwe akujambulidwayo amaganiza zofananira. Komabe, adalephera kukhudzika pakupitiliza kwa wochita kutsogolera ku Smith. M'malo mwa njira yotsatira, opanga adaganiza zokhala patsogolo. Pakadali pano, kugwira ntchito pa filimuyi yotchedwa "dimba m'mphepete mwa kuwala" Amaganiziridwa kuti tepi iyi idzakhala yoyamba pa chilolezo chatsopano cha Zombies.
Kanemayo "Ndine Nthano" adachotsedwa pa dzina la dzina la Richard Matson, omasulidwa mu 1954. Chithunzichi chakhala kale lachitatu lomwe limateteza bukulo. Mu 1964, utoto wakuda ndi woyera "munthu womaliza padziko lapansi" wokhala ndi kukula kwa Vincent pamsonkhano womwe unafalitsidwa ku Italy. Ndipo mu 1971, kanema Omega "adachotsedwa ku United States, komwe Robert Neville adasewera Charleton Heston. Monga m'buku, mwapakatuzi, izi zidachitika mu post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. Komabe, zochitika za pa 2007 zidaganiza zosamukira ku New York.
Pakatikati pa chiwembu chamabuku ndi mafilimu - Robert Neville. Ndi wasayansi waluso, koma ngakhale sanathe kuletsa kufalikira kwa kachilombo koopsa - ngakhale mtundu wambiri, ndipo, mtundu womwe unali chifukwa cha zochita za anthu. Chifukwa cha chitetezo chamkati, Neville adakhalabe munthu yekhayo mu mzindawo, ndipo mwina padziko lonse lapansi. Usiku uliwonse amabisala m'nyumba ya nyumba kuchokera ku Zombies, momwe anthu anasinthira. Ndipo masana palibe kuyesera kupanga katemera komwe kumatha kupulumutsa opulumuka, ngati atakhalabe.