Richard Matheson

...'The Box' has been voted one of the worst movies of all time by moviegoers - just days after its US release. The thriller based on Richard Matheson's short story "Button, Button", has not only been panned by film buffs, the officials from...

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...on how much time you to give it - the more viewings, the more that will become apparent. The Box is based on a short story by Richard Matheson called "Button, Button." The story has previously been adapted to the small screen, during the...

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Zombie apocalypse harbinger George A. Romero credits his "Living Dead" series, and the birth of the zombie sub-genre, to Richard Matheson's novella "I Am Legend," which served as the inspiration for "The Last Man on Earth." The 1970s were...

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...1976 instead of the present? </p><p><strong>If you like this, try:</strong> The original story, “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson, and the director’s “Donnie Darko.&rdquo; Posted on Thu, Nov. 12, 2009 10:15 PM

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...their wheelhouse. There's no cursing in the entire movie!" Film trivia:The Box is based on the short story Button, Button by Richard Matheson, which originally appeared in Playboy in 1970. "See, there are good articles in Playboy," Kelly...

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...2009 at 10:18 AM 'The Box': A stylish, intriguing mess from 'Donnie Darko' director 'The Box,' very loosely adapted from Richard Matheson's 1970 short story "Button, Button" by "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly, is a stylish,...

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...on the zombies, too! There are moments in the second half of "The Box," writer-director Richard Kelly's adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1970 tale "Button, Button," during which the film threatens to cave in under the weight of all the...

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Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story "Button, Button" - about a cash-strapped couple offered a million dollars to push a button on a box that will instantly cause someone they don't...

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BY RENE RODRIGUEZ Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story Button, Button -- about a cash-strapped couple offered a million dollars to push a button on a box that will instantly cause...

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...upon the movie's Friday release via Warner Bros. The movie begins like an episode of "The Twilight Zone"; sure enough, the Richard Matheson short story on which the movie is based was made into an episode of that show in 1986. But for...

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