Richard Matheson was one of the most prolific and influential horror/science-fiction writers of the twentieth century. If you're a GenXer or a Boomer, and you grew up with any interest whatsoever in horror and sci-fi, you'll know Matheson's work even if you don't know his name. He gave us some of the most memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone and crafted teleplays for such well-known films as The Night Stalker and Trilogy of Terror. Matheson worked with some of the best in the film business, including Rod Serling, Roger Corman, and Steven Spielberg. He has been named as a creative influence by the likes of Stephen King and George Romero.
In this video, I provide a brief overview of some of Matheson's work preparatory to my review of one of his most well-regarded novels: 1970's "Hell House," which Stephen King has called potentially the greatest haunted house story ever written. "Hell House" is the story of four people sent by a dying millionaire to spend one week in Maine's infamous Belasco house, also known as "Hell House" and "the Mount Everest of Haunted Houses." This is the one place where psychic phenomena have never been debunked, and two previous expeditions to the house both ended in disaster--with only one man emerging from carnage.
"Hell House" is somewhat unique in that it combines both scientific rigor and traditional physic powers in the investigation of one of mankind's greatest unsolved mysteries: Is there life after death? The novel is well written, the characters are believable and engaging, and perhaps best of all, the novel has a solid ending that provides the reader with definitive answers to all of the story's major questions. The novel was adapted into a movie -- "The Legend of Hell House" -- staring Clive Revill, Gail Hunnicutt, Roddy McDowell, and Pamela Franklin, in 1973.
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