Biografia

20 de fevereiro de 1926 · Allendale, Nova Jersey, EUA

23 de junho de 2013 · Calabasas, Califórnia, EUA (não revelado)

Hes claimed that the film that came closest to capturing the spirit of his novel "I Am Legend" was A Noite dos Mortos-Vivos (1968), even though that film was not an intentional adaptation of his book.

One of Stephen King's favorite writers.

According to producer Roger Corman, Matheson's scripts were so good that Corman usually used the first draft with a minimum of rewrites.

Father of Chris Matheson, Ali Marie Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson. He adopted his wife's daughter from a previous marriage named Bettina Louise Matheson (b. 1950).

His short story "Steel" was the first inspiration for the screenplay to Gigantes de Aço (2011).

[on what the supernatural genre tells us about human beings] I think we're yearning for something beyond the every day. And I will tell you that I don't believe in the "supernatural," I believe in the "supernormal." To me there is nothing that goes against nature. If it seems incomprehensible, it's because we haven't been able to understand it yet.

I wrote about real people and real circumstances and real neighborhoods. There was no crypt or castles or H.P. Lovecraft-type environments. They were just about normal people who had something bizarre happening to them in the neighborhood. I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do Harry Potter or anything like that. Even when I did science-fiction I didn't write about foreign planets and distant futures. I certainly never did fantasies about trolls living under bridges. I had to write about realistic circumstances. That's the way my brain works. And I think that gave me a sort of place in the field.

A Filha de Satã (1962) - $5,000

O Poço e o Pêndulo (1961) - $5,000

Robur, o Conquistador do Mundo (1961) - $5,000

O Solar Maldito (1960) - $5,000