 Jake Witzky watches _Mummys Shroud, The (1967)_ (qv) on TV when his  mother tells him to turn it off.  _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv) then appears on every channel  as he attempts to turn off the TV. This film is loosely based on the  book "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson, author of "Stir of Echoes")