Theater Organist Mark herman

Sci-fi Double Feature! The Last Man on Earth (1964) & The Omega Man (1971) 

Sat. Apr. 22 

Tickets - $6 

Doors – 6:00 PM 

Organ Overture – 6:30 PM 

First Film – 7:00 PM 

Second Film – 8:45 PM (approximately) 

The Last Man on Earth 

1hr 26min | NR | Horror/Sci-fi | USA 

The Omega Man 

1hr 38min | PG| Horror/Sci-fi | USA 

Two films. Two acting titans. Two takes on I Am Legend, the classic novel of a post-apocalyptic world, ruled by a humanity transformed into monsters by plague.  

It’s The Last Man on Earth, starring the incomparable Vincent Price, and The Omega Man, starring the unparalleled Charlton Heston! For one night only, the Senate is placing them side by side, one final man against another, in a fight to the end of the night to see which film does it better.  

Will it be Price’s Last Man, with its garlic averse creatures who lumber about in the dark like zombies? Or, will it be Heston’s Omega Man, with its mutant, albino maniacs created by warfare in a Soviet biological weapon attack? It’s not an easy decision. But, if it helps, one has a dog and one has Charlton Heston wearing a green velvet blazer and ruffled shirt.  

It will be up to you to choose your champion!  

Yes, science fiction reveals to us the possibilities of the future — endless and often terrifying, but sometimes filled with groovy super 70s fashion. In this double feature you will see two futures, both revealing the consequences of profound upheaval and the horror of difference. Seen one after the other they will uncover the limitless possibilities of the road ahead, but also of the myriad ways to tell the same story. 

The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts.