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RIP Richard Matheson

June 24th, 2013 | Posted in Obituary, Richard Matheson

The legend of horror and science fiction writing, Richard Matheson, has passed away. Matheson’s work included I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, Hell House, and several of the most memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone. Arlen Schumer provided his own eulogy on the TheoFantastique Facebook page: R.I.P. RICHARD MATHESON–the Lou Gherig of The Twilight Zone […]

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Matthew R. Bradley: Richard Matheson on Screen

January 16th, 2011 | Posted in fantasy, horror, science fiction

Richard Matheson is one of the most influential writers of horror, science fiction, and fantasy in our time. Many of his works have been translated to the silver and small screens, and Matthew R. Bradley describes this process in his great book Richard Matheson on Screen: A History of the Filmed Works (McFarland, 2010). Bradley […]

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Joseph Laycock: The Omega Man and Sociophobics of Cults

January 13th, 2011 | Posted in cults, horror, Joseph Laycock, new religious movements, Richard Matheson, The Omega Man

Joseph Laycock, an up and coming scholar of religion and popular culture, has an article in the International Journal for the Study of New Religions Volume 1, No. 2 (2010), titled “Conversion by Infection: The Sociophobic of Cults in the Omega Man.” The abstract: The Omega Man (1971), starring Charlton Heston, is a film adaptation […]

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Richard Matheson on Screen

October 12th, 2010 | Posted in horror, Richard Matheson, science fiction

Richard Matheson is one of the great writers of the fantastic who has provided countless hours of enjoyment through his writing, as well as through adaptations of his stories for television and film. Now his work is explored in a new book by Matthew Bradley titled Richard Matheson on Screen (McFarland, 2010). Richard Matheson on […]

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