Richard Matheson - highlighting the career of a great writer.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 11 Apr 2020 | updated - 4 weeks ago | PublicA highly prolific writer, Richard Matheson has left a legacy which can be enjoyed by old and new fans alike. Career highlights include: "The Twilight Zone," "Thriller," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Duel." For the big screen, Matheson's novel "I am Legend" has been adapted on three occasions and with varying success. Collections of his short stories have recently been reprinted, including those adapted for "The Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery" shows, respectively.
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1. The Omega Man (1971)
PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo
Votes: 34,071 | Gross: $8.72M
The best adaptation of "I Am Legend."
2. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton
Votes: 19,969
A good film - although the ending is downbeat.
3. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
Directors: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow | Stars: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Votes: 21,504
A solid effort.
4. The Legend of Hell House (1973)
PG | 95 min | Horror
A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill
Votes: 14,039
Underrated.
5. Night of the Eagle (1962)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 4,035
Highly atmospheric.
6. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
G | 95 min | Horror
Devil worshipers plan to convert two new victims.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Leon Greene
Votes: 10,262
Thanks to Matheson, "Hammer" was briefly back on form.
7. House of Usher (1960)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror
Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Votes: 15,444 | Gross: $3.16M
8. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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 of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders
Votes: 16,402 | Gross: $4.36M
9. The Raven (1963)
G | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court
Votes: 13,550
The comic approach is good.
10. The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror
Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson
Votes: 7,029
11. Tales of Terror (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre
Votes: 8,381
12. Duel (1971 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell
Votes: 78,395
A masterpiece of suspense.
13. Jaws 3-D (1983)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
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.
Director: Joe Alves | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 48,235 | Gross: $45.52M
14. Loose Cannons (1990)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An unconventional cop who doesn't take any bull, is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals but the cop soon realizes that his by the book partner has split personality disorder.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox
Votes: 5,192 | Gross: $5.59M
15. Somewhere in Time (1980)
PG | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright
Votes: 32,534 | Gross: $9.71M
16.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Third from the Sun
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two families of Government employees plan to steal a spaceship and travel to another planet just prior to a nuclear war. They must also deal with a stooge who wants to stop them.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Edward Andrews, Joe Maross, Denise Alexander
Votes: 4,492
17.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Last Flight
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Kenneth Haigh, Alexander Scourby, Simon Scott, Robert Warwick
Votes: 4,066
18.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
A World of Difference
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A businessman sitting in his office inexplicably finds that he is on a production set and in a world where he is a movie star. Uninterested in the newfound fame, he fights to get back to his home and family.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Howard Duff, David White, Frank Maxwell, Eileen Ryan
Votes: 3,626
Something unsettling about this episode.
19.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
A World of His Own
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A writer demonstrates he can control reality simply by dictating changes.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Keenan Wynn, Phyllis Kirk, Mary LaRoche, Modoc
Votes: 3,628
20.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Nick of Time
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A pair of newlyweds stopping in a small town are trapped by their own superstition when playing a fortune-telling machine in a local diner.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: William Shatner, Patricia Breslin, Guy Wilkerson, Stafford Repp
Votes: 4,088
21.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Invaders
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a woman investigates a clamor in the attic of her rural house, she discovers a small UFO with little aliens emerging from it. Or so it seems.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Douglas Heyes, Rod Serling
Votes: 4,016
22.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Once Upon a Time
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Janitor Woodrow Mulligan gets a trip from 1890 to 1962 courtesy of his employer's time-machine helmet.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Buster Keaton, Stanley Adams, James Flavin, Gil Lamb
Votes: 2,624
23.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Little Girl Lost
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of his daughter, a father enters the girl's room to find that she has vanished - even though he can still hear her crying out for help.
Director: Paul Stewart | Stars: Sarah Marshall, Robert Sampson, Charles Aidman, Rod Serling
Votes: 2,969
24.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Young Man's Fancy
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Newlywed Alex Walker finds himself being pulled back to his childhood and back to his widowed mother in the house where he grew up.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Phyllis Thaxter, Alex Nicol, Wallace Rooney, Helen Brown
Votes: 1,981
25.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Mute
(1963)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ilse, the orphaned daughter of telepathic parents must learn to speak and deal with a world she cannot communicate in.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Barbara Baxley, Frank Overton, Irene Dailey, Ann Jillian
Votes: 1,720
26.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Steel
(1963)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1974, boxing has been outlawed and is performed by mechanical robots. With his next and possibly last fight approaching and his robot in need of repair, he resorts to one last desperate gamble.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Lee Marvin, Joe Mantell, Chuck Hicks, Merritt Bohn
Votes: 2,088
27.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
(1963)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: William Shatner, Christine White, Ed Kemmer, Asa Maynor
Votes: 5,501
28.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Night Call
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Telephone calls begin to haunt a disabled elderly woman.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Gladys Cooper, Nora Marlowe, Martine Bartlett, Rod Serling
Votes: 2,525
29.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Spur of the Moment
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An engaged heiress is terrorized by a middle-aged woman on a horse pleading with her not to go through with her impending marriage.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Diana Hyland, Marsha Hunt, Philip Ober, Roger Davis
Votes: 1,860
30.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
And When the Sky Was Opened
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Three astronauts return to Earth after seemingly having made an encounter that dooms them and their craft to erasure from existence itself.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Rod Taylor, Jim Hutton, Charles Aidman, Maxine Cooper
Votes: 5,038
31.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Death Ship
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An interplanetary expedition from Earth finds an exact duplicate of their ship and themselves crashed on the planet they were surveying. Should they stay or risk taking off and crashing?
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Jack Klugman, Ross Martin, Fred Beir, Mary Webster
Votes: 1,987
32.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Healing Woman
(1959)
Approved | 30 min | Western
Josh embarks on a mission of mercy when he pleads with the parents of a boy with appendicitis to let the doctor operate. The father, embittered against modern medicine, trusts only the local witch to cure his son's sickness.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Steve McQueen, Mort Mills, Virginia Gregg, James Westerfield
Votes: 123
33.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Return of Andrew Bentley
(1961)
Unrated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
White magic practitioner Amos Wilder kills himself after securing his nephew's sworn promise to guard his body against evil spirits. The nephew must never leave his uncle's mansion, to ... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: Boris Karloff, John Newland, Antoinette Bower, Philip Bourneuf
Votes: 235
34. Dracula (1974 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 98 min | Drama, Horror
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Pamela Brown
Votes: 2,785
35. The Night Stalker (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Mystery
An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 7,382
36. The Night Strangler (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady
Votes: 4,138
37. The Martian Chronicles (1980)
360 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the 21st century, Earth begins the colonization of Mars. However, things do not go as planned, at first due to the hostile Martian natives and later because of the self-destructive Earthmen.
Stars: Rock Hudson, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bernie Casey, Christopher Connelly
Votes: 2,512
38.
Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode:
The Diary/A Matter of Semantics/Big Surprise/Professor Peabody's Last Lecture
(1971)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A strange diary shows gossip columnist her sad future. / Dracula visits a blood bank with an odd request. / Hawkins the hermit promises a surprise to three boys if they dig for it. / Professor Peabody publicly ridicules Lovecraftian gods.
Directors: Jerrold Freedman, William Hale, Jack Laird, Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Patty Duke, Virginia Mayo, David Wayne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 420
39.
Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode:
Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe
(1972)
TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Nasty land developer Mike Saunders is ready to destroy a widow with a green thumb to get her land. / Morton Silkline arranges a late funeral for an unusual client, Ludwig Asper. / A jukebox in a diner repeatedly plays the same sad song.
Directors: John Badham, John Meredyth Lucas, David Rawlins | Stars: Joe Flynn, Cameron Mitchell, Pernell Roberts, Werner Klemperer
Votes: 366
40.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Ride the Nightmare
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hugh O'Brian, Gena Rowlands, John Anderson
Votes: 457
41.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
The Thirty-First of February
(1963)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An inquest rules a wife's death as accidental, but when the widower returns to work, it seems someone is tricking him, including a letter accusing him of murder and one of his wife's ... See full summary »
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, David Wayne, William Conrad, Elizabeth Allen
Votes: 444
42. Thriller (1960–1962)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley
Votes: 1,661
43. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hinton Pope, Jimmy Joyce, Lew Brown
Votes: 5,155
44. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,153
45. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Rod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.
Stars: Rod Serling, Larry Watson, Joanna Pettet, Matt Pelto
Votes: 6,182
46. Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
A young woman is terrorized by her deceased fiancé's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Maurice Kaufmann
Votes: 2,958
47. What Dreams May Come (1998)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Chris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow
Votes: 114,419 | Gross: $55.49M
48. Master of the World (1961)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster
Votes: 3,520
49. The Beat Generation (1959)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A detective is assigned to track down and capture a crazed serial rapist.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Fay Spain
Votes: 391
50. De Sade (1969)
X | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictionalized biography of the world's most celebrated sexual and physical pervert, who was infamous for his erotic behavior - going from woman to woman, seeking a love that eluded him.
Directors: Cy Endfield, Roger Corman | Stars: Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, Anna Massey, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 769 | Gross: $1.25M
51. The Young Warriors (1967)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, War
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.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: James Drury, Steve Carlson, Jonathan Daly, Robert Pine
Votes: 175
52. Cold Sweat (1970)
PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, James Mason, Liv Ullmann, Jill Ireland
Votes: 3,072
53. Someone Is Bleeding (1974)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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 a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who approach her.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Claude Brasseur, Fiore Altoviti
Votes: 1,032
54. Stir of Echoes (1999)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas
Votes: 87,504 | Gross: $21.13M
55. The Box (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With the press of a button, a wooden box bestows riches and death.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn
Votes: 95,341 | Gross: $15.05M
56. I Am Legend (2007)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Votes: 814,292 | Gross: $256.39M
57. Real Steel (2011)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling ex-boxer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie
Votes: 355,638 | Gross: $85.47M
58. Dying Room Only (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stranded at a roadside diner in the desert, a woman searches for her husband who has mysteriously disappeared from property.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Cloris Leachman, Ross Martin, Ned Beatty, Dana Elcar
Votes: 560
59. Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An anthology of suspense dramas concentrating on individuals confronted with supernatural occurrences.
Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Sheila Larken, Meg Foster, Don 'Red' Barry
Votes: 553
60. Scream of the Wolf (1974 TV Movie)
74 min | Horror, Thriller
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 human form.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Peter Graves, Clint Walker, Jo Ann Pflug, Philip Carey
Votes: 875
61. The Morning After (1974 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
A successful public-relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family, and his life.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Lynn Carlin, Don Porter, Linda Lavin
Votes: 248
62. Trilogy of Terror (1975 TV Movie)
Unrated | 72 min | Horror, Thriller
Three bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm
Votes: 8,717
63. Dead of Night (1977 TV Movie)
76 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Three horror stories about a vintage car that transports its driver back to 1926, the mistress of an old Victorian mansion who is scared of a vampire and a mother tormented by her dead son who she has brought back to life.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., E.J. André, Ann Doran, Christina Hart
Votes: 1,625
64. The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A housewife is sick of her normal routine and makes all sorts of odd changes to her appearance. From her hair/wardrobe to her makeup, she creepily soon starts to take on the different personality of a lady who had died five years prior.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Karen Black, George Hamilton, Robert F. Lyons, Lucille Benson
Votes: 288
65. Trilogy of Terror II (1996 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Three horror stories, including a woman's fate when she and her lover attempt to rob her husband's grave, a woman who brings her son back from the dead and a Zuni fetish doll who comes to life again and goes on another murderous rampage.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Lysette Anthony, Geraint Wyn Davies, Matt Clark, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 1,803
66. Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two stories written by Rod Serling and intended for his seminal television anthology series are presented.
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: James Earl Jones, Amy Irving, Gary Cole, Patrick Bergin
Votes: 1,296
67. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
PG | 101 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.
Directors: Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller, Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow, Doug McGrath
Votes: 41,191 | Gross: $29.50M
68. The Dreamer of Oz (1990 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, Rue McClanahan, Charles Haid
Votes: 587
69.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
The Doll
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: John Lithgow, Anne Helm, Sharon Spelman, John Christopher Jones
Votes: 387
70.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
One for the Books
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught ... See full summary »
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Leo Penn, Joyce Van Patten, Nicholas Pryor, John Alvin
Votes: 268
71.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
First Anniversary
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As Norman Glass celebrates his first wedding anniversary, he must struggle with the strange, growing revulsion that he feels when he touches, smells, tastes or sees his stunningly beautiful and talented wife Ady.
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Matt Frewer, Jayne Heitmeyer, Clint Howard, Steve Bacic
Votes: 458
72. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A modern revival of the classic science fiction horror anthology show The Outer Limits (1963). Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, a story from one episode continues in a later episode.
Stars: Kevin Conway, Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider, Garvin Cross
Votes: 13,776
73. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule, Mort Mills
Votes: 2,777
74. Star Trek (1966–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 92,932
Without equal. The later shows wouldn't exist without the original.
75.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The Enemy Within
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A transporter malfunction splits Captain Kirk into two halves: one meek and indecisive, the other violent and ill tempered. The remaining crew members stranded on the planet cannot be beamed up to the ship until a problem is fixed.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney
Votes: 4,922
10/10
76. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 1,531 min | Horror
Anchor Bay's collection, which has amassed some of the best horror film anthologies.
Stars: Karen Elizabeth Austin, J. Winston Carroll, Miho Ninagawa, Anthony Harrison
Votes: 13,279
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