Richard Matheson: Storyteller

List creator: ColonelKong Created on: October 17, 2003 - 7:51 AM PDT Description: Movies written by and/or based on works by Richard Matheson, one of my favorite writers of science fiction and horror

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	The Twilight Zone 40th Anniversary Collection (Disc 1 of 6) (1959)
Wrote several episodes adapted from his short stories, including "Terror at 20,000 Feet", "Third From the Sun", and "Steel"
	The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)			Not Rated
Scripted by Matheson, based on the story by Edgar Allen Poe
	The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)			Not Rated
same as above
	Tales of Terror (1962)			Not Rated
based on stories by Edgar Allen Poe
	The Comedy of Terrors/The Raven (1964)			Not Rated
Both were scripted by Matheson, the latter (very loosely) based on the famous poem by Edgar Allen Poe, both sides of this disc feature interviews with Matheson
	The Devil Rides Out (1968)			Not Rated
Scripted by Matheson, based on the novel by Dennis Wheatley
	De Sade (1969)			Not Rated
Written by Richard Matheson
	The Omega Man (1971)
Scripted by John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington, based (rather loosely) on the novel "I Am Legend" (Also see The Last Man on Earth)
	Duel (1971)
Written by Richard Matheson, based on the short story
	The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Adapted by Matheson from his novel "Hell House"
	Trilogy of Terror (1975)
The last segment is based on the short story "Prey"
	Somewhere in Time (1980)
Scripted by Matheson, based on his novel "Bid Time Return"
	What Dreams May Come (1998)
Scripted by Ron Bass, based on the novel
	Stir of Echoes (1999)
Scripted by David Koepp and an uncredited Andrew Kevin Walker, based on the novel