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Richard Burton Matheson (1926-2013) (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an influential American sci-fi/fantasy/horror novelist and screenwriter.
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* ALoveToDismember: Last two sentences of "Someone Is Bleeding" read as follows:
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''
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* OffWithHisHead: Last two sentences of "Someone Is Bleeding" read as follows:
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''
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* OffWithHisHead: Last two sentences The fate of the last victim in "Someone Is Bleeding" read as follows:
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''Bleeding".
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''
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* AncientTradition: In "The Splendid Source", the hero discovers that an ancient fellowship makes up and spreads most or all of the world's risque jokes. (Creator/ErnestHemingway, alive at the time the story was written, is shown to be a modern-day member.)
-->''"That is history's secret," rejoined the Dean, "veiled behind time's opacity. Our venture does have its honored past, however. Great men have graced its cause -- Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, Dickens.... Shakespeare, of course.... Horace and Seneca.... Yea, in the palaces of Tutankhamen was our work done.... Scraped on rock, in many a primordial cave, are certain drawings. And there are those among us who believe that these were left by the earliest members of the Brotherhood. But this is only legend..."''
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Appears on a massive scale in "The Creeping Terror". The city of Los Angeles is revealed to be sentient, and, as the title implies, slowly grows to take over the entire United States. As it does, it brainwashes everyone it comes into contact with, making them lose their past identities and become shallow, Hollywood-obsessed bimbos. When Los Angeles reaches Boston, the entire population of the city decides to commit mass suicide rather than surrender their free will.
-->''"That is history's secret," rejoined the Dean, "veiled behind time's opacity. Our venture does have its honored past, however. Great men have graced its cause -- Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, Dickens.... Shakespeare, of course.... Horace and Seneca.... Yea, in the palaces of Tutankhamen was our work done.... Scraped on rock, in many a primordial cave, are certain drawings. And there are those among us who believe that these were left by the earliest members of the Brotherhood. But this is only legend..."''
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Appears on a massive scale in "The Creeping Terror". The city of Los Angeles is revealed to be sentient, and, as the title implies, slowly grows to take over the entire United States. As it does, it brainwashes everyone it comes into contact with, making them lose their past identities and become shallow, Hollywood-obsessed bimbos. When Los Angeles reaches Boston, the entire population of the city decides to commit mass suicide rather than surrender their free will.
* CreepyDoll: In "Prey", a young woman is terrorized by an African Zuni warrior doll that she brings home as a gift for her boyfriend, and which subsequently comes to life.
* TheDeadCanDance: "Dance of the Dead" has a group of young people in a post-WorldWarIII future visiting a nightclub where corpses are made to "dance" through the use of a nerve-gas spray.
* GeniusLoci: Done to horrifying effect in "The Creeping Terror", which was originally published as "A Touch of Grapefruit". The story, which is presented as a thesis for a Master's degree, describes strange occurrences throughout the Midwestern United States, including citrus trees growing in corn fields, increasingly balmy weather, and people looking for the ocean and talking about driving to different locations in California. As it turns out, the city of Los Angeles is alive... and it's spreading. At first, the populace at large takes this as a joke, but soon, people across the whole nation begin to completely lose their minds, destroying their homes and property, as the city moves from the Midwest to the rest of the nation. By the end, Los Angeles has taken over the whole country, with the entire population now brainwashed by it... and the final lines of the story imply that "Ellie" is beginning to spread to the countries surrounding the United States as well.
* GripingAboutGremlins: In "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", a man sees a gremlin sabotaging the plane he's a passenger in.
* TheGunfighterWannabe: "The Conqueror".
* TheDeadCanDance: "Dance of the Dead" has a group of young people in a post-WorldWarIII future visiting a nightclub where corpses are made to "dance" through the use of a nerve-gas spray.
* GeniusLoci: Done to horrifying effect in "The Creeping Terror", which was originally published as "A Touch of Grapefruit". The story, which is presented as a thesis for a Master's degree, describes strange occurrences throughout the Midwestern United States, including citrus trees growing in corn fields, increasingly balmy weather, and people looking for the ocean and talking about driving to different locations in California. As it turns out, the city of Los Angeles is alive... and it's spreading. At first, the populace at large takes this as a joke, but soon, people across the whole nation begin to completely lose their minds, destroying their homes and property, as the city moves from the Midwest to the rest of the nation. By the end, Los Angeles has taken over the whole country, with the entire population now brainwashed by it... and the final lines of the story imply that "Ellie" is beginning to spread to the countries surrounding the United States as well.
* GripingAboutGremlins: In "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", a man sees a gremlin sabotaging the plane he's a passenger in.
* TheGunfighterWannabe: "The Conqueror".
* HaveAGayOldTime: In "SRL Ad", a personal ad describes the person as "tender and gay altogether." The person who replies describes himself as "gay altogether," as well. Matheson adds in a note after the story, "the word 'gay' did not mean what it does today."
* HellOfAHeaven: In ''What Dreams May Come'', the protagonist dies in an accident and goes to heaven, but is unhappy there because his wife, who committed suicide in grief over his death, has been sent to hell.
* HellOfAHeaven: In ''What Dreams May Come'', the protagonist dies in an accident and goes to heaven, but is unhappy there because his wife, who committed suicide in grief over his death, has been sent to hell.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''What Dreams May Come'' takes its title from the famous soliloquy in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'':
-->''To die, to sleep--\\
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,\\
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come\\
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,\\
Must give us pause.''
* MadwomanInTheAttic: In "Born of Man and Woman", a deformed child is kept chained in the basement by its parents. [[spoiler:From the fragmentary descriptions we get, "deformed" is a severe understatement: "I will screech and laugh loud. I will run on the walls. Last I will hang head down by all my legs and laugh and drip green [from earlier context, this appears to mean "bleed"] all over until they are sorry they didn't be nice to me."]]
* MindControlConspiracy: "Legion of Plotters" takes this to its logical--and tragic--conclusion.
* MostWritersAreWriters:
** "Mad House" focuses on a writer with a nasty case of writer's block, among other problems.
** The protagonist in ''What Dreams May Come'' was a writer for television.
* OffWithHisHead: Last two sentences of "Someone Is Bleeding" read as follows:
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''
-->''To die, to sleep--\\
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,\\
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come\\
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,\\
Must give us pause.''
* MadwomanInTheAttic: In "Born of Man and Woman", a deformed child is kept chained in the basement by its parents. [[spoiler:From the fragmentary descriptions we get, "deformed" is a severe understatement: "I will screech and laugh loud. I will run on the walls. Last I will hang head down by all my legs and laugh and drip green [from earlier context, this appears to mean "bleed"] all over until they are sorry they didn't be nice to me."]]
* MindControlConspiracy: "Legion of Plotters" takes this to its logical--and tragic--conclusion.
* MostWritersAreWriters:
** "Mad House" focuses on a writer with a nasty case of writer's block, among other problems.
** The protagonist in ''What Dreams May Come'' was a writer for television.
* OffWithHisHead: Last two sentences of "Someone Is Bleeding" read as follows:
-->''[[spoiler:And when they took away the thing that Peggy was fondling in her lap she said they mustn't. She said they had to let her keep his head because she loved the man.]]''
* RandomSpeciesOffspring: In "Born of Man and Woman", the protagonist is some sort of horrid abomination of a spider-mutant with multiple limbs, wall-climbing and a burning saliva. He was born to normal human parents who are disgusted by him and keep him locked in a basement.
* RobotAthlete: In "Steel", robots have replaced humans in the sport of boxing.
* TitleOfTheDead: "Dance of the Dead".
* TitleOfTheDead: "Dance of the Dead".
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* CreepyChild: The protagonist of ''Drink My Red Blood''
** The little girls in ''Witch War'' are disturbingly calm about the fact they regularly murder enemy soldiers in various gruesome ways.
* HauntedHouse: ''Slaughter House''
** His novel Earth Bound features one.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The entire town in ''The Children of Noah'' is made up of cannibals
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Drink My Red Blood''
** ''Dr.Mortons Folly''
** ''No Such Thing as a Vampire''
* PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in ''Prey''
* PublicDomainCharacter: Dracula himself makes an appearance in ''Drink My Red Blood''
* RealityWarper: The little girls in ''Witch War''
* TownWithADarkSecret: The town in ''The Children of Noah'' regularly thins it own population [[spoiler:and removes visitor]] through cannibalism.
* UndeadChild: ''Little Girl Knocking At My Door''
* VampireWannabe: The protagonist of ''Drink My Red Blood''
** The little girls in ''Witch War'' are disturbingly calm about the fact they regularly murder enemy soldiers in various gruesome ways.
* HauntedHouse: ''Slaughter House''
** His novel Earth Bound features one.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The entire town in ''The Children of Noah'' is made up of cannibals
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Drink My Red Blood''
** ''Dr.Mortons Folly''
** ''No Such Thing as a Vampire''
* PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in ''Prey''
* PublicDomainCharacter: Dracula himself makes an appearance in ''Drink My Red Blood''
* RealityWarper: The little girls in ''Witch War''
* TownWithADarkSecret: The town in ''The Children of Noah'' regularly thins it own population [[spoiler:and removes visitor]] through cannibalism.
* UndeadChild: ''Little Girl Knocking At My Door''
* VampireWannabe: The protagonist of ''Drink My Red Blood''
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* CreepyChild: CreepyChild:
** The protagonist of''Drink "Drink My Red Blood''
Blood".
** The little girls in''Witch War'' "Witch War" are disturbingly calm about the fact they regularly murder enemy soldiers in various gruesome ways.
ways.
*HauntedHouse: ''Slaughter House''
HauntedHouse:
**His novel Earth Bound "Slaughter House".
** ''Earthbound'' features one.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The entire town in''The "The Children of Noah'' Noah" is made up of cannibals
cannibals.
*OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Drink OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** "Drink My RedBlood''
Blood".
**''Dr.Mortons Folly''
"Dr. Morton's Folly".
**''No "No Such Thing as a Vampire''
Vampire".
* PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in''Prey''
"Prey".
* PublicDomainCharacter:Dracula {{Dracula}} himself makes an appearance in ''Drink "Drink My Red Blood''
Blood".
* RealityWarper: The little girls in''Witch War''
"Witch War".
* TownWithADarkSecret: The town in''The "The Children of Noah'' Noah" regularly thins it its own population [[spoiler:and removes visitor]] visitors]] through cannibalism.
* UndeadChild:''Little "Little Girl Knocking At at My Door''
Door".
* VampireWannabe: The protagonist of''Drink "Drink My Red Blood''Blood".
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* TownWithADarkSecret: The town in
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* ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'': The {{Trope Namer|s}}, Matheson wrote the original novel and the screenplay adaptation.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' (1964, with Creator/VincentPrice), ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' (1971, with Creator/CharltonHeston), and ''Film/IAmLegend'' (2007, with Creator/WillSmith).
* ''Literature/HellHouse'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' (1964, with Creator/VincentPrice), ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' (1971, with Creator/CharltonHeston), and ''Film/IAmLegend'' (2007, with Creator/WillSmith).
* ''Literature/HellHouse'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
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* ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'': ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'': The {{Trope Namer|s}}, Matheson wrote the original novel and the screenplay adaptation.
*''Literature/IAmLegend'': ''I Am Legend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' (1964, with Creator/VincentPrice), ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' (1971, with Creator/CharltonHeston), and ''Film/IAmLegend'' (2007, with Creator/WillSmith).
*''Literature/HellHouse'': ''Hell House'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
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* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'': 1978 novel, adapted to film in 1998.
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* ''Film/{{Duel}}'', a short story that was made into the first film directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg.
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* ''Film/{{Duel}}'', "Duel", a short story that was made into [[Film/{{Duel}} the first film film]] directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg.
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* The short story ''Literature/LittleGirlLost'' was the basis for a ''Twilight Zone'' episode as well and a partial inspiration for ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''.
* The screenplay for ''Film/MasterOfTheWorld'', adapting both ''Literature/MasterOfTheWorld'' and ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror''.
* The screenplay for ''Film/MasterOfTheWorld'', adapting both ''Literature/MasterOfTheWorld'' and ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror''.
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* The short story ''Literature/LittleGirlLost'' "Little Girl Lost" was the basis for a ''Twilight Zone'' episode as well and a partial inspiration for ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''.
* The screenplay for''Film/MasterOfTheWorld'', ''Master of the World'', adapting both ''Literature/MasterOfTheWorld'' and ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror''.''Literature/RoburTheConqueror''.
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* "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin The Enemy Within]]"
* ''Literature/HellHouse''
* ''Literature/IAmLegend''
* ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan''
* "Literature/LittleGirlLost"
* ''Film/MasterOfTheWorld''
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* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
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* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.''Film/TheBox''.
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* The short stories "Prey" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" ("There's...something on the wing!"). "Prey" was adapted into one of the stories in the TV movie ''Film/TrilogyOfTerror'', "Nightmare" into a ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode. Both adaptations have been critically acclaimed.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''Twilight Zone'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''Twilight Zone'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
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* The short stories "Prey" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" ("There's...something on the wing!"). "Prey" was adapted into one of the stories in the TV movie ''Film/TrilogyOfTerror'', "Nightmare" into a ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode. Both adaptations have been critically acclaimed.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a''Twilight Zone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a
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* CreepyChild: The protagonist of "Drink My Red Blood"
** The little girls in "Witch War" are disturbingly calm about the fact they regularly murder enemy soldiers in various gruesome ways.
* HauntedHouse: "Slaughter House"
** The little girls in "Witch War" are disturbingly calm about the fact they regularly murder enemy soldiers in various gruesome ways.
* HauntedHouse: "Slaughter House"
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* CreepyChild: The protagonist of "Drink ''Drink My Red Blood"
Blood''
** The little girls in"Witch War" ''Witch War'' are disturbingly calm about the fact they regularly murder enemy soldiers in various gruesome ways.
* HauntedHouse:"Slaughter House"''Slaughter House''
** The little girls in
* HauntedHouse:
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* IAmAHumanitarian: The entire town in "The Children of Noah" is made up of cannibals
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Drink My Red Blood"
** "Dr.Mortons Folly"
** "No Such Thing as a Vampire"
* PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in "Prey"
* PublicDomainCharacter: Dracula himself makes an appearance in "Drink My Red Blood"
* RealityWarper: The little girls in "Witch War"
* TownWithADarkSecret: The town in "The Children of Noah" regularly thins it own population [[spoiler:and removes visitor]] through cannibalism.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Drink My Red Blood"
** "Dr.Mortons Folly"
** "No Such Thing as a Vampire"
* PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in "Prey"
* PublicDomainCharacter: Dracula himself makes an appearance in "Drink My Red Blood"
* RealityWarper: The little girls in "Witch War"
* TownWithADarkSecret: The town in "The Children of Noah" regularly thins it own population [[spoiler:and removes visitor]] through cannibalism.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: The entire town in "The ''The Children of Noah" Noah'' is made up of cannibals
* OurVampiresAreDifferent:"Drink ''Drink My Red Blood"
Blood''
**"Dr.''Dr.Mortons Folly"
Folly''
**"No ''No Such Thing as a Vampire"
Vampire''
* PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in"Prey"
''Prey''
* PublicDomainCharacter: Dracula himself makes an appearance in"Drink ''Drink My Red Blood"
Blood''
* RealityWarper: The little girls in"Witch War"
''Witch War''
* TownWithADarkSecret: The town in"The ''The Children of Noah" Noah'' regularly thins it own population [[spoiler:and removes visitor]] through cannibalism.cannibalism.
* UndeadChild: ''Little Girl Knocking At My Door''
* VampireWannabe: The protagonist of ''Drink My Red Blood''
* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
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* PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in
* PublicDomainCharacter: Dracula himself makes an appearance in
* RealityWarper: The little girls in
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* VampireWannabe: The protagonist of ''Drink My Red Blood''
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* ''Born of Man and Woman'': His first published short story, told from a point of view of a deformed child locked in the basement by its parents.
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* ''Born "Born of Man and Woman'': Woman": His first published short story, told from a point of view of a deformed child locked in the basement by its parents.
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* NamesTheSame: His novel Earth Bound has nothing to do with anyone named [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]]
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*CreepyChild: The protagonist of "Drink My Red Blood"
**The little girls in "Witch War" are disturbingly calm about the fact they regularly murder enemy soldiers in various gruesome ways.
*IAmAHumanitarian: The entire town in "The Children of Noah" is made up of cannibals
*OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Dr.Mortons folly"
** "No Such Thing as a Vampire"
*PerversePuppet: The fetish doll in "Prey"
*PublicDomainCharacter: [[Literature/Dracula Count Dracula]] himself makes an appearance in "Drink My Red Blood"
*RealityWarper: The little girls in "Witch War"
*TownWithADarkSecret: The town in "The Children of Noah" regularly thins it own population [[spoiler:and removes visitor]] through cannibalism.
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* ''TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'': The TropeNamer, Matheson wrote the original novel and the screenplay adaptation.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' (1964, with Creator/VincentPrice), ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' (1971, with Charlton Heston), and ''Film/IAmLegend'' (2007, with Creator/WillSmith).
* ''HellHouse'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' (1964, with Creator/VincentPrice), ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' (1971, with Charlton Heston), and ''Film/IAmLegend'' (2007, with Creator/WillSmith).
* ''HellHouse'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
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* ''TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'': ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'': The TropeNamer, {{Trope Namer|s}}, Matheson wrote the original novel and the screenplay adaptation.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' (1964, with Creator/VincentPrice), ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' (1971, withCharlton Heston), Creator/CharltonHeston), and ''Film/IAmLegend'' (2007, with Creator/WillSmith).
*''HellHouse'': ''Literature/HellHouse'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' (1964, with Creator/VincentPrice), ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' (1971, with
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* ''A StirOfEchoes'': 1958 novel, adapted to film in 1999.
* ''The Night Stalker'', a MadeForTVMovie adaptation of a (then unpublished) novel by Jeffrey Grant Rice, and its sequel TV movie, ''The Night Strangler''. Both movies were huge ratings hits, which led to the development of the series ''KolchakTheNightStalker'' (which Matheson was not involved with).
* The short stories "Prey" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" ("There's...something on the wing!"). "Prey" was adapted into one of the stories in the TV movie ''TrilogyOfTerror'', "Nightmare" into a ''TwilightZone'' episode. Both adaptations have been critically acclaimed.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''TwilightZone'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
* ''The Night Stalker'', a MadeForTVMovie adaptation of a (then unpublished) novel by Jeffrey Grant Rice, and its sequel TV movie, ''The Night Strangler''. Both movies were huge ratings hits, which led to the development of the series ''KolchakTheNightStalker'' (which Matheson was not involved with).
* The short stories "Prey" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" ("There's...something on the wing!"). "Prey" was adapted into one of the stories in the TV movie ''TrilogyOfTerror'', "Nightmare" into a ''TwilightZone'' episode. Both adaptations have been critically acclaimed.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''TwilightZone'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
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* ''A StirOfEchoes'': Stir of Echoes'': 1958 novel, adapted to film [[Film/StirOfEchoes film]] in 1999.
* ''The Night Stalker'', a MadeForTVMovie adaptation of a (then unpublished) novel by Jeffrey Grant Rice, and its sequel TV movie, ''The Night Strangler''. Both movies were huge ratings hits, which led to the development of the series''KolchakTheNightStalker'' ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' (which Matheson was not involved with).
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* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a''TwilightZone'' ''Twilight Zone'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
* ''The Night Stalker'', a MadeForTVMovie adaptation of a (then unpublished) novel by Jeffrey Grant Rice, and its sequel TV movie, ''The Night Strangler''. Both movies were huge ratings hits, which led to the development of the series
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* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a
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Influential sci-fi/fantasy novelist and screenwriter, his works include:
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* ''Born of Man and Woman'': His first published short story, told from a point of view of a deformed child locked in the basement by its parents.
* ''Bid Time Return'', which was made into the movie ''Film/SomewhereInTime''.
* ''TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'': The TropeNamer, Matheson wrote the original novel and the screenplay adaptation.
* ''IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''The Last Man On Earth'' (1964, with Vincent Price) ''The Omega Man'' (1971, with Charlton Heston) and the 2007 film of the same title starring WillSmith.
* ''HellHouse'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
* ''WhatDreamsMayCome'': 1978 novel, adapted to film in 1998.
* ''A StirOfEchoes'': 1958 novel, adapted to film in 1999.
* ''The Night Stalker'', a MadeForTVMovie adaptation of a (then unpublished) novel by Jeffrey Grant Rice, and its sequel TV movie, ''The Night Strangler''. Both movies were huge ratings hits, which led to the development of the series ''KolchakTheNightStalker'' (which Matheson was not involved with).
* The short stories "Prey" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" ("There's...something on the wing!"). "Prey" was adapted into one of the stories in the TV movie ''{{Trilogy of Terror}}'', "Nightmare" into a ''TwilightZone'' episode. Both adaptations have been critically acclaimed.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''TwilightZone'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
* ''{{Film/Duel}}'', a short story that was made into the first film directed by StevenSpielberg.
* "The Splendid Source", a 1956 short story adapted into an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' in 2010.
* All three of the stories featured in ''TrilogyOfTerror''.
* The short story "Steel," the basis for a ''TwilightZone'' episode that was in turn the basis for ''RealSteel''.
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Influential sci-fi/fantasy novelist and screenwriter, his works include:
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* ''Born of Man and Woman'': His first published short story, told from a point of view of a deformed child locked in the basement by its parents.
* ''Bid Time Return'', which was made into the movie ''Film/SomewhereInTime''.
* ''TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'': The TropeNamer, Matheson wrote the original novel and the screenplay adaptation.
* ''IAmLegend'': 1954 novel, adapted to film three times - ''The Last Man On Earth'' (1964, with Vincent Price) ''The Omega Man'' (1971, with Charlton Heston) and the 2007 film of the same title starring WillSmith.
* ''HellHouse'': 1971 novel, source for the 1973 film ''The Legend of Hell House''.
* ''WhatDreamsMayCome'': 1978 novel, adapted to film in 1998.
* ''A StirOfEchoes'': 1958 novel, adapted to film in 1999.
* ''The Night Stalker'', a MadeForTVMovie adaptation of a (then unpublished) novel by Jeffrey Grant Rice, and its sequel TV movie, ''The Night Strangler''. Both movies were huge ratings hits, which led to the development of the series ''KolchakTheNightStalker'' (which Matheson was not involved with).
* The short stories "Prey" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" ("There's...something on the wing!"). "Prey" was adapted into one of the stories in the TV movie ''{{Trilogy of Terror}}'', "Nightmare" into a ''TwilightZone'' episode. Both adaptations have been critically acclaimed.
* The short story "Button, Button," which was also adapted into a ''TwilightZone'' episode and then the movie ''TheBox''.
* ''{{Film/Duel}}'', a short story that was made into the first film directed by StevenSpielberg.
* "The Splendid Source", a 1956 short story adapted into an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' in 2010.
* All three of the stories featured in ''TrilogyOfTerror''.
* The short story "Steel," the basis for a ''TwilightZone'' episode that was in turn the basis for ''RealSteel''.
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