Richard Matheson


Biography

Filmography

 

Writer (Feature Film)

Nightmare Cinema (2018)
Screenplay
Happy Face Killer (2014)
Writer
Big Driver (2014)
Teleplay
I Am Omega (2007)
Writer
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Screenplay
Full Eclipse (1993)
Screenplay
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990)
From Story
Loose Cannons (1990)
Screenplay
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990)
Screenplay
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Screenplay
It Takes Two (1988)
Screenplay
Three O'Clock High (1987)
Screenplay
Jaws 3 (1982)
Screenplay
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
Writer
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977)
Screenplay
De Sade (1969)
Screenwriter
The Devil's Bride (1968)
Screenwriter
The Young Warriors (1967)
Screenwriter
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Screenwriter
The Raven (1963)
Screenwriter
Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
Screenwriter
Tales of Terror (1962)
Screenwriter
Master of the World (1961)
Screenwriter
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Screenwriter
The Private Lives of Adam & Eve (1961)
Addl scenes
House of Usher (1960)
Screenwriter
The Beat Generation (1959)
Writer
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Big Driver (2014)
Co-Executive Producer
Full Eclipse (1993)
Co-Executive Producer
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977)
Associate Producer
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Associate prod-screenplay

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Happy Face Killer (2014)
Writer (Tv)

Writer (Special)

Paradise (2004)
Writer
Split Second (1991)
Writer

Producer (Special)

Paradise (2004)
Executive Producer

Special Thanks (Special)

Paradise (2004)
Writer
Split Second (1991)
Writer

Writer (TV Mini-Series)

Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor (2000)
Screenplay

Film Production - Main (TV Mini-Series)

Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor (2000)
Production Consultant

Life Events

Photo Collections

The Last Man on Earth - Lobby Cards
Here are a few Lobby Cards from The Last Man on Earth (1964). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
The Incredible Shrinking Man - Lobby Card Set
Here is a set of Lobby Cards from The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
The Legend of Hell House - Pressbook
Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for The Legend of Hell House (1973), starring Roddy McDowall. Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.

Videos

Movie Clip

Devil's Bride, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) They're Just For Decoration Old family friends De Richleau (Christopher Lee) and Van Ryn (Leon Greene) surmise that they've crashed a secret satanic ritual and Simon (Patrick Mower) needs rescuing, early in Hammer Films' The Devil's Bride, 1968.
Devil's Bride, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) The Goat Of Mendes Christopher Lee (as "De Richleau") and colleague Van Ryn (Leon Greene), stay composed when they recognize the guest, as Mocata (Charles Gray) leads satanic rites, Simon and Tanith (Patrick Mower, Nike Arrighi) the subjects, in Hammer Films' The Devil's Bride, 1968.
Incredible Shrinking Man, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) How Big is He Now? His new size revealed in preceding scenes, and the press now onto the story, Scott (Grant Williams) losing his cool, with wife Louise (Randy Stuart), as the trick shots continue, in director Jack Arnold's The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1957.
Pit And The Pendulum, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) She Is Interred Below Not a bit of Edgar Allan Poe here but plenty of producer-director Roger Corman, bringing John Kerr (as Francis, from England) to Spain to meet Catherine (Luana Anders) then Nicholas (Vincent Price) Medina, who was married to his late sister, in The Pit And The Pendulum, 1961.
Pit And The Pendulum, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought To Spare You Visiting English Francis (John Kerr) dines with Spaniard Nicholas (Vincent Price), ex-husband of his mysteriously dead sister, and his sister (Luana Anders), joined by the doctor (Antony Carbone), who has revelations, in Roger Corman's version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit And The Pendulum, 1961.
Pit And The Pendulum, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) He Turned On Her After dinner Catherine (Luana Anders) explains some family history to Francis (John Kerr), involving her brother Nicholas (Vincent Price), who portrays his own father in producer-director Roger Corman's freaky flashback, in The Pit And The Pendulum, 1961, loosely adapted from Edgar Allan Poe.
House Of Usher (1960) -- (Movie Clip) I Should Like To See Miss Usher Nice opening by producer-director Roger Corman, Mark Damon as "Winthrop" rides through the day-after site of a convenient Hollywood Hills brush fire they rushed to shoot, meeting butler Bristol (Harry Ellerbe), in the first of Corman's "Poe," features, House Of Usher, 1960, starring Vincent Price.
House Of Usher (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Cut Into My Brain Like Knives The often-vanishing butler (Harry Ebberle) conducts unwelcome Winthrop (Mark Damon) to his first meeting with master Roderick (Vincent Price), soon joined by the sister and fiance` Madeline (Myrna Fahey), in Roger Corman's House Of Usher, (a.k.a. The Fall Of The House Of Usher), 1960.
House Of Usher (1960) -- (Movie Clip) A Plague Of Evil Roderick Usher (Vincent Price) feels the time has come to let his sister's fiance` Winthrop (Mark Damon) know just how nasty the family really is, in Roger Corman's House Of Usher (a.k.a. The Fall Of The House Of Usher), 1960.
Beat Generation, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Radiation Gumdrops Classy opening to a low-rent Albert Zugsmith production, Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars (notably Mort Herbert on bass, Peanuts Hucko clarinet) with the title tune, then Ray Danton with banter, Ann Anderson his puzzled date, in The Beat Generation, 1959, featuring Mamie Van Doren.
Beat Generation, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Bass Fiddle Without Strings No one using the word rape, though it was all-but shown on screen, investigating cop Culloran (Steve Cochran) revealing an ugly cynicism, Jackie Coogan (a.k.a. "Uncle Fester") his partner, Margaret Hayes the victim, in The Beat Generation, 1959.
Beat Generation, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Like To Make The Scene Four reels into the movie, second-billed Mamie Van Doren at last appears as divorcee Georgia, visited by Jim Mitchum (Robert's brother), who's been blackmailed by a psychopath into committing a murder, Mamie's husband, the band-leader Ray Anthony, playing her ex, in The Beat Generation, 1959.

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