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Originally Posted by SmokeG305
but weren't the creatures suppose to be vampires in the book?
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There were two types: (1) the already dead that came back as the vampire/zombie and also the (2) not dead, but infected vampire/zombie. In the book the #2 would degenerate into the #1 case. However, the #2 found a way to halt the progression of the disease (through some kind of drug) and while they were able to stay out in sunlight a bit ultimately they still suffered from the thirst for blood.
The #2 bunch was to start up a new world order and Neville was the last of the original human race. They were going to try Neville and thought of him as worse than the all dead vampires (#1s). He ends up killing himself before they try him and realizes that the new breed would talk about him like he was the Boogeyman......in other words "I am Legend." Book ends there.