Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson

Writer 39 / Author 23 / Actor · 1953 – 2025 · 🎬 40 📖 23 · 🇺🇸 United States

Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, who worked primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.

All · 63 🎬 Movies · 40 📖 Books · 23

Horror Science-Fiction Thriller Fiction Drama

Highlights

The Shrinking Man

The Shrinking Man

2025

Flight or Fright

Flight or Fright

2018

The best of Richard Matheson

The best of Richard Matheson

2017

Frequent Collaborators

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

9 shared

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

7 shared

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

7 shared

Ambrose Bierce

5 shared

Roger Corman

5 shared

Dan Curtis

5 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

🎬 Movies

The Shrinking Man

The Shrinking Man

writer

2025

Real Steel

Real Steel

writer

2011

The Box

The Box

writer

2009

I Am Legend

I Am Legend

writer

2007

Dance of the Dead

Dance of the Dead

writer

2005

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

actor

2005

Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes

writer

1999

What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

writer

1998

Trilogy of Terror II

Trilogy of Terror II

writer

1996

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

writer

1994

The Dreamer of Oz

The Dreamer of Oz

writer

1990

Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

writer

1990

Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D

writer

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

writer

1983

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

writer

1981

Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time

writer

1980

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

writer

1977

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

writer

1977

Icy Breasts

Icy Breasts

writer

1974

Dracula

Dracula

writer

1974

Dying Room Only

Dying Room Only

writer

1973

The Legend of Hell House

The Legend of Hell House

writer

1973

The Night Strangler

The Night Strangler

writer

1973

The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker

writer

1972

Duel

Duel

writer

1971

The Omega Man

The Omega Man

writer

1971

Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

writer

1970

De Sade

De Sade

writer

1969

The Devil Rides Out

The Devil Rides Out

writer

1968

The Last Man on Earth

The Last Man on Earth

writer

1964

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

writer

1964

The Raven

The Raven

writer

1963

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror

writer

1962

Night of the Eagle

Night of the Eagle

writer

1962

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

writer

1961

Master of the World

Master of the World

writer

1961

House of Usher

House of Usher

writer

1960

The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

writer

1959

The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

writer

1957

I Am Legend 2

writer

📖 Books

Flight or Fright

Flight or Fright

author

2018

The best of Richard Matheson

The best of Richard Matheson

author

2017

Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

author

2011

The Vampire Archives

The Vampire Archives

author

2009

I am Legend and Other Stories

I am Legend and Other Stories

author

2006

Now You See It . .

Now You See It . .

author

1995

The gunfight

The gunfight

author

1993

The Bradbury Chronicles

The Bradbury Chronicles

author

1991

Earthbound

Earthbound

author

1989

The Dark Descent

The Dark Descent

author

1987

The Twilight zone

The Twilight zone

author

1985

65 Great Spine Chillers

65 Great Spine Chillers

author

1982

Wolf's Complete Book of Terror

Wolf's Complete Book of Terror

author

1979

What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

author

1978

Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time

author

1975

Hell House

Hell House

author

1971

Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)

Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)

author

1970

The witchcraft reader

The witchcraft reader

author

1969

The Shrinking Man

The Shrinking Man

author

1962

The beardless warriors

The beardless warriors

author

1960

A stir of echoes

A stir of echoes

author

1958

I am Legend

I am Legend

author

1954

Les seins de glace

Les seins de glace

author

1953

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