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    Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction...
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    real-life friend from growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Senator Richard Matheson, portrayed by Raymond J. Barry, was a politician that took a liking...
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  • Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire...
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  • author Richard Matheson, as well as the younger brother of fellow screenwriter Richard Christian Matheson and the brother of Ali Marie Matheson. He is...
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  • Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays, the son of fiction writer and screenwriter...
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    Beaumont, Ray Bradbury, Earl Hamner, Jr., George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Reginald Rose, and Jerry Sohl. Many episodes also featured new adaptations...
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    everything from Nancy Drew to Psycho. My favorite was The Shrinking Man, by Richard Matheson—I was 8 when I found that." King's aunt Gert, who paid him a quarter...
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    Duel (1971 film) (category Films based on works by Richard Matheson)
    terrorized by the mostly unseen driver of a semi-truck. The screenplay by Richard Matheson adapts his own short story of the same name, published in the April...
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    The Box, based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson, which was earlier made into an episode of The Twilight Zone. He starred...
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  • The segment is based on the 1970 short story of the same name by Richard Matheson; the same short story forms the basis of the 2009 film The Box. It...
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  • I Am Legend (film) (category Films based on works by Richard Matheson)
    Robert Neville. Loosely based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, the film is set in New York City after a virus, which was originally...
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  • Somewhere in Time (film) (category Films based on works by Richard Matheson)
    adaptation of the novel Bid Time Return (1975) by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the screenplay. Reeve plays Richard Collier, a playwright who becomes obsessed...
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  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (category Films based on works by Richard Matheson)
    directed by Steven Spielberg screenplay by George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, and Melissa Mathison (credited as Josh Rogan), from a screen story...
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  • Hell House is a horror novel by American novelist Richard Matheson, published in 1971. The story centers on four people: Dr. Lionel Barrett, a physicist...
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     1960 (1960-01-01) 173-3618 14 14 "Third from the Sun" Richard L. Bare Based on a short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Rod Serling N/A January 8, 1960 (1960-01-08)...
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  • Rice with an offer to option The Kolchak Papers, which was adapted by Richard Matheson into a television movie. At the time it was optioned for the screen...
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    The Incredible Shrinking Man (category Films based on works by Richard Matheson)
    1957 American science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold, based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel, The Shrinking Man. The film stars Grant Williams as Scott...
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  • Death Ship (The Twilight Zone) (category Adaptations of works by Richard Matheson)
    Twilight Zone, based on a 1953 short story with the same title by Richard Matheson. The story was inspired by the legend of the Flying Dutchman. In this...
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    A. Romero, who took inspiration from the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Romero's film introduced the concept of the flesh-eating zombie and...
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  • introduces the character of Senator Richard Matheson. Matheson was named after the sci-fi/horror writer Richard Matheson, who wrote many episodes of The Twilight...
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    starring Keanu Reeves. In 2007, he directed I Am Legend (based on the Richard Matheson novel), with Will Smith. In 2011, he directed Water for Elephants....
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  • What Dreams May Come is a 1978 novel by Richard Matheson. The plot centers on Chris, a man who dies then goes to Heaven, but descends into Hell to rescue...
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    film Night of the Living Dead (1968), which was partly inspired by Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend (1954). The word zombie is not used in Night of...
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    Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor and director. Some of his best-known acting roles include the title...
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    the audiobook Road Rage—which combines the short stories "Duel" by Richard Matheson and "Throttle" by Stephen King and Joe Hill—and guest-starred in the...
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  • for The Twilight Zone but never produced Based on a short story by Richard Matheson Radio version incorrectly credits Montgomery Pittman as writer for...
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    glasses to create the illusion that elements penetrate the screen. Richard Matheson worked on the story and script, although many of his contributions...
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    MI: Thomson/Gale, 2002, ISBN 0787660051. K. A. Laity, "Clive Barker" in: Richard Bleiler, ed. Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror...
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    Illusion (documentary film). KCET Productions. Matheson, Richard. "CONTAINS: screenplay by Richard Matheson, undated, 120 pages" (undated) [File]. John Landis...
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  • Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (category Adaptations of works by Richard Matheson)
    series The Twilight Zone, based on the short story of the same name by Richard Matheson, first published in the short story anthology Alone by Night (1961)...
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