Yeah, Omega Man would definately fit into the campy science fiction category. And yes it is based off the book I Am Legend, there was also another movie based off the book called The Last Man on Earth, and it was much more faithful to the book with the major exception of the infected being zombies instead of vampires. Omega Man really had very little in common with the source material other than a few major plot points. The book would generally be categorized as horror, not sci-fi. In fact, the vampires are not even true demonic undead vampires, but infected people who once infected by some ancient germ take on the characteristics of vampires. Matheson, through the main character in the book makes an atempt to demythologize the vampire and rationalize it scientifically. The vampires are actually only a side plot in the novel, the true antagonst of the book is loneliness as the main character finds himself the unfortunate lone survivor of a world wide pleague, and has to cope with the reality of being the last man on earth. Sure it is a stretch to call this a fantasy novel, mostly I just didn't feel like starting a new thread and figured this one would do well enough, but the novel does have some elements common to a lot of fantasy stories, such as the character finding himself in a new world filled with strange, frightening and dangerous beasts. The weight of the survival of the human race resting on the main characters shoulders, as he never really gives up hope in discovering a way to cure the infected. If the story were to take place in medieval times, it would probably pass as fantasy without too many people questioning it.

"the kickass mystic ninjas did a podcast on it"

On the book I Am Legend or the film The Omega Man?

The Omega Man is a fun to watch movie, I have liked it for a long time, but it is just plain campy. It really doesn't do the book any services, and it is unfortunate that many people on the internet are going around calling this new film a remake of The Omega Man. The Omega Man was VERY loosely based off the novel, it took a few ideas from it and left the rest. The movie is much closer to the original ideas of the novel, though still a long ways off, the new movie actually follows the plotline of the book to a good degree, while taking a lot of liberties and adding large chunks here and there. Omega Man took liberties on every single aspect of the story, save for the name of the protagonist. The Omega Man was so different they probably could have gotten away without paying any royalties to the writer of the book.