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Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Somewhere In Time and I Am Legend, all three of which have been adapted as major...
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Man is a 1957 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold and adapted for the screen by Richard Matheson from his novel The Shrinking Man (ISBN 0575074639).
Scott Carey (Grant Williams) is contaminated by a radioactive...
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- 1957
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Runtime:
- 81 min (49 hs )
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Duel
Duel is a 1971 television movie about a motorist (played by Dennis Weaver) on a remote and lonely road being stalked by a large tanker truck and its almost unseen driver. It was the first feature film directed by Steven Spielberg and was written by...
Initial release date:
- 1971
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Runtime:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 450,000 (US$)
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The Omega Man
The Ωmega Man (1971) is an English language science fiction film directed by Boris Sagal and released in 1971. Starring Charlton Heston, it is based on the novel I Am Legend (1954) by American writer Richard Matheson. The screenplay is by John...
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- 1971
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Runtime:
- 98 min (59 hs )
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The Raven
The Raven is a 1963 horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. Part of a series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptions produced by Corman through American...
Initial release date:
- Jan 25, 1963
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- 86 min (52 hs )
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The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation is a 1959 film by MGM starring Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren, with Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Maggie Hayes, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong, Maila Nurmi, and Ray Anthony. It is a sensationalistic interpretation of the beatnik...
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- 1959
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- 95 min (57 hs )
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What Dreams May Come
What Dreams May Come is a 1998 dramatic film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Annabella Sciorra. The film is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, and was directed by Vincent Ward. The title is taken from a...
Initial release date:
- Oct 2, 1998
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Runtime:
- 113 min (67.8 hs )
Somewhere in Time
Somewhere in Time is a 1980 time travel romance film directed by Jeannot Szwarc, written by Richard Matheson and starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright and featuring an early appearance by then-unknown William H...
Initial release date:
- Oct 3, 1980
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- 103 min (61.8 hs )
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Jaws 3-D
Jaws 3-D (also known as Jaws 3) is an 1983 horror–thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid (in his first lead role). It is the second sequel to 1975's Jaws.
As SeaWorld, a water park with underwater tunnels and lagoons, prepares...
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- Jul 22, 1983
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- 99 min (59 hs )
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 film produced by Steven Spielberg as a theatrical version of The Twilight Zone, a 1950s and 60s TV series created by Rod Serling. It starred Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen...
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- Jun 24, 1983
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- 101 min (60.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 10,000,000 (US$)
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Stir of Echoes
Stir of Echoes is a supernatural horror / thriller released in the United States in 1999, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by David Koepp. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.
Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a...
Initial release date:
- Sep 10, 1999
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Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 13,000,000 (US$)
The Devil Rides Out
The Devil Rides Out is a 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley telling a disturbing story of black magic and the occult. The four main characters appear in a series of novels by Wheatley. The book was made into a film by Hammer Film Productions in 1968.
Set...
Initial release date:
- Jul 20, 1968
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- 95 min (57 hs )
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The Legend of Hell House
The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 horror film by Academy Pictures. It was directed by John Hough and stars Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, and Gayle Hunnicutt. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson based on his own novel...
Initial release date:
- 1973
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- 95 min (57 hs )
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Trilogy of Terror
Trilogy of Terror (also known in the United States as Tales of Terror and Terror of the Doll ) is a three part television horror thriller film, first aired on ABC on March 4, 1975. The film, directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black in the...
Initial release date:
- Mar 4, 1975
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- 72 min (43 hs )
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The Last Man on Earth
The Last Man on Earth (Italian: L'ultimo uomo della Terra) is a 1964 Italian horror/science fiction film based upon the Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend. The film was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and stars Vincent Price. The script...
Initial release date:
- Mar 8, 1964
Runtime:
- 86 min (52 hs )
Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat is a 1970 film starring Charles Bronson
Bronson attempts to fight back when his wife is kidnapped by drug-dealers. The film was known for a 40 minute chase back and forth with an OPEL COMMODORE GSE V6 to get a doctor to a wounded drug...
Initial release date:
- Jun 14, 1970
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- 94 min (56 hs )
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House of Usher
House of Usher (1960) is an American International Pictures horror film starring Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, and Mark Damon in a tale about a New England family cursed with madness, criminal conduct, and debauchery. The film was directed by Roger...
Initial release date:
- Jun 22, 1960
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Runtime:
- 79 min (47 hs )
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The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 horror film directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, and Luana Anders. The screenplay by Richard Matheson was based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the same name. Set in 16th...
Initial release date:
- Aug 12, 1961
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Runtime:
- 85 min (51 hs )
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The Comedy of Terrors
The Comedy of Terrors (1964) is a American International Pictures comedy horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, and Joe E. Brown (in his final film appearance). The film also...
Initial release date:
- 1964
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Runtime:
- 105 min (63 hs )
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I Am Legend
I Am Legend is a 2007 science fiction-disaster film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. It is the third feature film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name, following 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's...
Initial release date:
- Dec 14, 2007
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- 100 min (60 hs )
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Fanatic
Fanatic (US title: Die! Die! My Darling!) is a 1965 British thriller directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice Kaufmann and Donald Sutherland.
First released in...
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- Mar 21, 1965
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- 97 min (58 hs )
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Night of the Eagle
Night of the Eagle is a 1962 horror film directed by Sidney Hayers. It was based on Fritz Leiber's novel Conjure Wife. It was released in the United States as Burn, Witch, Burn.
Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde), a psychology professor lecturing in...
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- 1962
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Runtime:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Dracula
Dracula is a 1973 television adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula written by Richard Matheson and directed by Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis.
"Bistritz, Hungary May 1897".
Natives in Transylvania seem afraid when they learn solicitor...
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- 1973
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- 100 min (60 hs )
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Master of the World
Master of the World is a 1961 science fiction film based upon the Jules Verne novels Robur the Conqueror and Master of the World. The movie stars Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, and Henry Hull, was written by Richard Matheson, and directed by...
Initial release date:
- 1961
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De Sade
De Sade (German title:Das Ausschweifende Leben des Marquis De Sade) is an American-German 1969 drama film starring Keir Dullea and Senta Berger. It is based on the life of Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade.
Keir Dullea, in his first...
Initial release date:
- 1969
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Runtime:
- 113 min (67.8 hs )
