Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson

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 also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror and The Raven. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film Duel that year. In addition, to I Am Legend and Duel, nine more of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures: The Shrinking Man (filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Hell House (filmed as The Legend of Hell House), What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, Steel (filmed as Real Steel), and Button, Button (filmed as The Box). The movie Cold Sweat was based on his novel Riding the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ("Icy Breasts") was based on his novel Someone is Bleeding. Both Steel and Button, Button had previously been episodes of The Twilight Zone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Matheson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Richard Matheson
  • Popularity: 7.518
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1926-02-20
  • Place of Birth: Allendale, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Richard Burton Matheson, Logan Swanson, Richard Matheson Sr.
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Richard Matheson Movies

  • 2005
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    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

    9.4 2005 HD

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

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  • 1974
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    The Godfather Part II

    The Godfather Part II

    8.573 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    The Life After Death Project

    The Life After Death Project

    6 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2010
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    Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man

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

    2 2010 HD

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

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  • 1971
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    Duel

    Duel

    7.427 1971 HD

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

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  • 1964
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    The Last Man on Earth

    The Last Man on Earth

    6.5 1964 HD

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

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  • 1964
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    The Last Man on Earth

    The Last Man on Earth

    6.5 1964 HD

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

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  • 1971
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    The Omega Man

    The Omega Man

    6.1 1971 HD

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

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  • 2009
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    The Box

    The Box

    5.63 2009 HD

    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....

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  • 2007
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    I Am Omega

    I Am Omega

    3.6 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 1999
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    Stir of Echoes

    Stir of Echoes

    6.7 1999 HD

    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.

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  • 1960
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    House of Usher

    House of Usher

    6.6 1960 HD

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

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  • 1957
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    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    7.5 1957 HD

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

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  • 1957
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    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    7.5 1957 HD

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

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  • 1990
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    Loose Cannons

    Loose Cannons

    4.9 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    The Night Strangler

    The Night Strangler

    6.6 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1981
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    The Incredible Shrinking Woman

    The Incredible Shrinking Woman

    5.2 1981 HD

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

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  • 1961
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    The Return of Andrew Bentley

    The Return of Andrew Bentley

    1 1961 HD

    White magic practitioner Amos Wilder kills himself after securing his nephew's sworn promise to guard his body against evil spirits. The nephew must...

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  • 1998
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    What Dreams May Come

    What Dreams May Come

    7.197 1998 HD

    Chris Neilson 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,...

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  • 1961
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    The Pit and the Pendulum

    The Pit and the Pendulum

    6.9 1961 HD

    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...

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  • 1963
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    The Raven

    The Raven

    6.3 1963 HD

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

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  • 1962
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    Tales of Terror

    Tales of Terror

    6.6 1962 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    The Comedy of Terrors

    The Comedy of Terrors

    6.4 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    Cold Sweat

    Cold Sweat

    5.6 1970 HD

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

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  • 1959
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    The Beat Generation

    The Beat Generation

    4.9 1959 HD

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

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  • 1965
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    Fanatic

    Fanatic

    6.5 1965 HD

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

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  • 1980
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    Somewhere in Time

    Somewhere in Time

    7.5 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1980
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    Somewhere in Time

    Somewhere in Time

    7.5 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker

    6.8 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    The Legend of Hell House

    The Legend of Hell House

    6.7 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    The Legend of Hell House

    The Legend of Hell House

    6.7 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1962
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    Night of the Eagle

    Night of the Eagle

    6.7 1962 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    Trilogy of Terror II

    Trilogy of Terror II

    5.1 1996 HD

    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;...

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  • 1975
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    Trilogy of Terror

    Trilogy of Terror

    6.2 1975 HD

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

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  • 1975
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    Trilogy of Terror

    Trilogy of Terror

    6.2 1975 HD

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

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  • 1961
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    Master of the World

    Master of the World

    5.9 1961 HD

    A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.

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  • 1977
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    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    6.3 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Dying Room Only

    Dying Room Only

    6.6 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    Dracula

    Dracula

    6.3 1974 HD

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

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  • 1969
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    De Sade

    De Sade

    3.4 1969 HD

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

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  • 1974
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    The Morning After

    The Morning After

    6.5 1974 HD

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

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  • 1964
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    The Comedy of Terrors

    The Comedy of Terrors

    6.4 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1977
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    The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

    The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

    5.8 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1967
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    The Young Warriors

    The Young Warriors

    6 1967 HD

    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.

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  • 1983
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    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    6.458 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1983
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    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    6.458 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    Scream of the Wolf

    Scream of the Wolf

    6.3 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 2005
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    Dance of the Dead

    Dance of the Dead

    5.5 2005 HD

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

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  • 1968
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    The Devil Rides Out

    The Devil Rides Out

    6.508 1968 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Dying Room Only

    Dying Room Only

    6.6 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    The Ghost of Potter's Field

    The Ghost of Potter's Field

    1 1973 HD

    While at Potter's Field cemetery doing research for a story, reporter Bob Herrick sees a ghost that resembles him. He shakes the matter off, assuming...

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  • 2025
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    L'Homme qui rétrécit

    L'Homme qui rétrécit

    1 2025 HD

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  • 1971
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    Duel

    Duel

    7.427 1971 HD

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

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  • 1974
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    The Stranger Within

    The Stranger Within

    6.9 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    The Stranger Within

    The Stranger Within

    6.9 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 2019
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    The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

    The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

    10 2019 HD

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

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  • 2006
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    My Ambition

    My Ambition

    1 2006 HD

    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...

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  • 1983
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    Jaws 3-D

    Jaws 3-D

    4.5 1983 HD

    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.

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  • 2011
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    Real Steel

    Real Steel

    7.028 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    The Comedy of Terrors

    The Comedy of Terrors

    6.4 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    Icy Breasts

    Icy Breasts

    5.8 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    I Am Legend

    I Am Legend

    7.208 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 1967
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    Soy leyenda

    Soy leyenda

    6.1 1967 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    I Am Legend 2

    I Am Legend 2

    1 1970 HD

    A sequel to the 2007 film I Am Legend.

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  • 1983
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    Prey

    Prey

    1 1983 HD

    Horror short.

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  • 1977
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    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    6.3 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    Trilogy of Terror II

    Trilogy of Terror II

    5.1 1996 HD

    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;...

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  • 1977
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    The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

    The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

    5.8 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

    The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

    6.5 1994 HD

    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)...

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain...

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

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  • 1970
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    7.2 1970 HD

    An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.

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  • 1970
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    8.442 1970 HD

    A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

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  • 1970
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    7.7 1970 HD

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two...

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  • 1970
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    5.8 1970 HD

    Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first...

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

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  • 1970
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    6.6 1970 HD

    The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a...

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American...

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the...

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number...

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  • 1970
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    5.2 1970 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

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  • 1970
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    6.2 1970 HD

    Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host...

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  • 1970
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    5.4 1970 HD

    Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring...

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  • 1970
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    7.7 1970 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter...

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and...

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and...

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  • 1970
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    7.1 1970 HD

    Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from 1972 to 1973. Executive-produced by William Castle, it...

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