Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson

1926-02-20 Allendale, New Jersey, USA 55 Credits

Biography

Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, The Last Man on Earth, was co-scripted by him and starred Vincent Price. (The other two adaptations are The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and I Am Legend with Will Smith.) Matheson a...

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The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

2025

Novel

Paul, is an ordinary man who divides his life between his shipbuilding company, his wife Elise and their daughter Mia. During a sea trip, Paul finds h...

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019

Writer

10.0
Writing

Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom ...

The Life After Death Project

The Life After Death Project

2013

as Self

6.0
Acting

A fascinating quest for proof of life after death -- a true-life enigma that begins with one small, odd incident and mushrooms into a huge scientific ...

Real Steel

Real Steel

2011

Short Story

7.0
Writing

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up w...

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man

2010

as Self

2.0
Acting

A documentary about one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Beaumont was responsible for penning some of ...

The Box

The Box

2009

Original Story

5.6
Writing

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A...

I Am Legend

I Am Legend

2007

Novel

7.2

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last...

I Am Omega

I Am Omega

2007

Novel

3.6

In post apocalyptic LA, being rampaged by zombie like cannibals humans that have some kind of genetic infection, local man Renchard is forced to live ...

My Ambition

My Ambition

2006

Short Story

Writing

Jules Walters' unhealthy obsession with vampires leads to his dismissal from school. But when he steals a bat from the local zoo, his obsession may le...

Dance of the Dead

Dance of the Dead

2005

Story

5.5
Writing

In a post-apocalyptic society, seventeen-year-old Peggy lives with her over-protective mother and works in the family restaurant. When punks enter the...

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005

as Self

9.5
Acting

Documentary about the great 1940s horror movie producer Val Lewton, featured on the 2005 DVD release "The Val Lewton Horror Collection."

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

2000

as Self

Acting

The cast and crew of Somewhere in Time (1980) looks back at the making of the movie in this documentary produced for the special features on the DVD C...

Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes

1999

Novel

6.7

After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

1998

Novel

7.2

Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, h...

Trilogy of Terror II

Trilogy of Terror II

1996

Screenplay, Story

5.1
Writing

Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby...

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

1994

Teleplay

6.6

James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series...

The Dreamer of Oz

The Dreamer of Oz

1990

Story, Screenplay

7.3
Writing

The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.

Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

1990

Writer

4.9
Writing

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The ne...

Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D

1983

Screenplay

4.5
Writing

A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

Story, Screenplay

6.5
Writing

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 ...

Prey

1983

Short Story

Writing

Horror short.

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981

Novel

5.4

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warm...

Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time

1980

Novel, Screenplay

7.5
Writing

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to fi...

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

1977

Writer, Original Story

6.2
Writing

This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for ...

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

1977

Writer, Associate Producer

5.8
Writing Producing

A houswife, tired of her everyday routine, makes changes in her hair, her wardrobe and her makeup, and begins to take on the personality of a woman wh...

Trilogy of Terror

Trilogy of Terror

1975

Story, Screenplay

6.2
Writing

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines ...

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974

as Senator #3 (uncredited)

8.6
Acting

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at...

The Stranger Within

The Stranger Within

1974

Teleplay, Short Story

6.7
Writing

Who is the father of Ann Collins’ baby? Her husband had a vasectomy years ago. And Ann hasn’t been with another man. Even more mysterious: as the baby...

Icy Breasts

Icy Breasts

1974

Novel

5.8

On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strang...

Dracula

Dracula

1974

Writer

6.3
Writing

Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.

The Morning After

The Morning After

1974

Teleplay

6.5

A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life. ABC Movie of the Week.

Scream of the Wolf

Scream of the Wolf

1974

Teleplay

6.2

A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take hum...

Dying Room Only

Dying Room Only

1973

Teleplay, Short Story

6.6
Writing

A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and t...

The Legend of Hell House

The Legend of Hell House

1973

Novel, Screenplay

6.7
Writing

A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House t...

The Night Strangler

The Night Strangler

1973

Writer

6.7
Writing

After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is o...

The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker

1972

Teleplay

6.8

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy a...

Duel

Duel

1971

Screenplay, Story

7.4
Writing

Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggl...

The Omega Man

The Omega Man

1971

Novel

6.2

Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a...

Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

1970

Novel

5.7

During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, ...

De Sade

De Sade

1969

Screenplay

3.0
Writing

The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.

The Devil Rides Out

The Devil Rides Out

1968

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul ...

The Young Warriors

The Young Warriors

1967

Writer

6.0
Writing

In World War II, a tough sergeant is put in charge of a squad of young recruits and assigned to lead them on a mission against the Germans.

Soy leyenda

Soy leyenda

1967

Novel

6.6

First the atomic war broke out, new machines were made, dead birds appeared. In 1999, a bacteriological warfare began, there were sandstorms and giant...

Fanatic

Fanatic

1965

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.

The Last Man on Earth

The Last Man on Earth

1964

Screenplay, Novel

6.6
Writing

When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

1964

Screenplay, Novel, Associate Producer

6.5
Writing Producing

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings...

The Raven

The Raven

1963

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror

1962

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over th...

Night of the Eagle

Night of the Eagle

1962

Writer

6.8
Writing

A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to d...

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of...

Master of the World

Master of the World

1961

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.

House of Usher

House of Usher

1960

Writer

6.6
Writing

Convinced that his family’s blood is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hell-bent on destroying his sister Madeline’s wedding to preven...

The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

1959

Writer

5.2
Writing

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957

Screenplay, Novel

7.5
Writing

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches ta...

I Am Legend 2

N/A

Characters

A sequel to the 2007 film. Plot TBA.