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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

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
2019
Writer
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
2013
as Self
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
2011
Short Story
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
2010
as Self
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
2009
Original Story
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
2007
Novel
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
2007
Novel
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
2006
Short Story
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
2005
Story
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
2005
as Self
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"
2000
as Self
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
1999
Novel
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
1998
Novel
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
1996
Screenplay, Story
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
1994
Teleplay
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
1990
Story, Screenplay
The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.

Loose Cannons
1990
Writer
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
1983
Screenplay
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
1983
Story, Screenplay
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
Horror short.

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
Novel
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
1980
Novel, Screenplay
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
1977
Writer, Original Story
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
1977
Writer, Associate Producer
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
1975
Story, Screenplay
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
1974
as Senator #3 (uncredited)
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
1974
Teleplay, Short Story
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
1974
Novel
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
1974
Writer
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.

The Morning After
1974
Teleplay
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
1974
Teleplay
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
1973
Teleplay, Short Story
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
1973
Novel, Screenplay
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
1973
Writer
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
1972
Teleplay
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
1971
Screenplay, Story
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
1971
Novel
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
1970
Novel
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
1969
Screenplay
The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.

The Devil Rides Out
1968
Screenplay
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
1967
Writer
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
1967
Novel
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
1965
Screenplay
A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.

The Last Man on Earth
1964
Screenplay, Novel
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
1964
Screenplay, Novel, Associate Producer
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
1963
Screenplay
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Tales of Terror
1962
Screenplay
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
1962
Writer
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
1961
Screenplay
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
1961
Screenplay
A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.

House of Usher
1960
Writer
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
1959
Writer
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
Screenplay, Novel
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.