![]() Matheson talked about his inspiration for the story during a 2002 interview with the Archive of American Television, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In the 1950s and '60s, Matheson wrote 14 episodes of "The Twilight Zone" - including "The Invaders," "Little Girl Lost" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," which featured a young William Shatner as a mentally unstable man who sees a creature out his airplane window. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville’s blood. ![]() Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Matheson's novels, many of which were adapted as or inspired movies and TV series, included "The Shrinking Man," "What Dreams May Come" and "Hell House." His short stories included "Button, Button" - in which a man is given the chance to get $50,000 simply by pressing a button, but at the cost of someone else's life - which inspired a classic "Twlight Zone" episode from the 1980s remake of the series, as well as the 2009 Richard Kelly film "The Box," which starred Cameron Diaz.Īnother Matheson story inspired his own script for "Duel," a 1971 TV movie starring Dennis Weaver that marked the second film directed by Steven Spielberg. 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. ![]()
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