Richard Matheson
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The basis for the film starring Academy Award nominee Will Smith, I Am Legend is a classic of horror and suspense.
In I Am Legend, a terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive are transformed into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood. By day, he is
...2) I am legend
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A novella, and ten short stories, introduce us to the last man on earth; a man planning a funeral for his unsuspecting wife; and a man whose telephone rings inside his head-- with calls from his dead father.
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Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2009
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English
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An ordinary man, Tom Wallace suddenly finds himself the possessor of extraordinary psychic abilities that allow him to "hear" the private thoughts of the people around him, but the nightmare worsens when he becomes the recipient of a compelling message from beyond the barrier of death.
5) Hell House
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Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed scenes of almost unimaginable horror and depravity. Two previous expeditions to investigate its secrets met with disaster, the participants destroyed by murder, suicide or insanity. Now a new investigation has been mounted - four strangers, each with his or her own reason for daring the unknown torments and temptations of the mansion...
6) I am legend
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Immune to an incurable virus, Robert Neville believes he is the last human on Earth and tries to find a cure to stop the mutant creatures that still roam New York City.
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Tor
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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What if every time you pushed a button you received $50,000...but someone you didnt know died? Would you still push the button? How many times? "Button, Button", which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. This volume contains a number of stories that were adapted for television,...
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Tor Horror
Pub. Date
1995
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English
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When a mysterious imposter steals his identity and life, mathematician Chris Barton is suddenly thrust into a whirlwind of danger and intrigue. Overnight, without warning or explanation, people he has never met are trying to kill him-not even his own sister recognizes him. On the run, from California to London to Paris and beyond, vicious assassins pursue Chris while cryptic messages lead him on a wild, danger-filled chase around the world. Full of...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"The first career retrospective of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValle. Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950,...
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Tor
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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What happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death. But even Heaven is not complete without Annie, and when tragedy threatens to divide them forever, Chris risks his very soul to save Annie from an eternity of despair.
15) Real steel
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Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.
16) The box
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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A mysterious man presents a married couple with a chance to push a button and receive one million dollars, but someone must die in the process.
17) Duel
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Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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A traveling businessman is menaced on the highway by a huge diesel truck. Although he can never see the psychopathic driver of the truck, he soon realizes that this guy is out to kill him.
18) The omega man
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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A plague, resulting from germ warfare, has decimated the world's population in 1977; in Los Angeles, one man wages war against carriers of the disease, a form of vampirism.
19) House of Usher
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MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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Story of the last member of the Usher family who is obsessed by generations of evil as he prepares to meet his death.
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English
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Four years after Chris and Annie Nielsen lose their children in a traffic accident, Chris himself is killed and finds himself reunited with his children in a beautiful and astonishing afterlife, but Annie commits suicide in despair and is banished to a very different realm. Chris risks his own eternal happiness to find Annie and rescue her from her fate.