Richard Matheson

read “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson. This captivating story put a woman and her husband in a very difficult moral dilemma. A box arrived at their doorstep with a button in it. If they press the button, they will receive fifty thousand dollars. The catch is that someone they do not know will die. The characterization, the ending of the story, and the theme make this an interesting and exciting story to read. Round characters are what make a story interesting. Nobody wants to read a story with a boring character. Matheson does a great job of this when creating Norma. Norma is a working wife and a rather average woman from this time. However, she faces moral confliction when deciding whether or not to press the button.…

Why do we Crave Horror Films? Why do we crave horror films? Some say it’s to overcome fear, some say to understand fear, others say just for the excitement. Yet, author of the novel Why we Crave Horror Movies, Mr. Stephen King seems to think differently. Mr. King believes that we all love horror movies because of three specific reasons: to prove that we can sit through an entire movie, to reassure ourselves that we are normal, and oddly just because people love seeing others in…

As a teen, watching scary movies with friends is exciting and fun. After the movie, my friends and I joke around trying to spook each other, or talk about how the movie was too scary to be real. Watching horror for fun is one of the reasons that Stephen King points out in “Why We Crave Horror”. Stephen King has pointed out as a human we crave horror to have some fun, get a feeling of normalcy, and to be able to face our fears. Humans crave horror for another way to have some fun. In Stephen…

Review about the movie:- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is an amazing and impressive piece of film-making from director Frank Darabont who adapted horror master Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth. It is a film of hope, where director explains it beautifully how “Hope is a good thing”. Movie shows the ugly realities on life of Prison and its day to day life. There is a lot of scope of learning during free time in prison whether it is art or literature. The film portrays the story of Andy…

I choose “Criminal Minds” because I am always interested in the murders of the crime series. In the forum, there are many conversations for audiences to comment their thoughts about every episode. They can choose the favors episodes to discuss with other people. Besides, they can appreciate about the circumstances of the film which are logical or illogical and tell about the main actors in the film. Then, they can discuss about anything which makes they feel interested in the film. The reasons…

Our film was an adaption of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. We had three parts in the film, the introduction to the world, Neville meeting Ruth, Neville and Ruth having dinner. My main contribution was through the editing and I also directed the chase sequence. We chose I Am Legend because it was fresh in our minds and we’d seen three adaptions of the book already. We decided that Neville and Ruth’s relationship would be the easiest to portray on screen since we only needed two actors. The…

Some people say money can buy you happiness but can it really? The world struggles everyday with find true happiness it has come to a point that people will do anything to for money. We come across a character Norma from the short story entitled "Button Button" by Richard Matheson We first introduced to Norma as a typical modern wife who works, cooks and cleans. From here we can be sure that she's comfortable with her life and her role as a wife latter on Norma need a mysterious man that offers…

Stephen King, a talented horror fiction writer, published an article in Playboy magazine called “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” The author tries to prove modern day horror movies are a relief of violence and also can calm the negative nerves in the mind. In several ways these things can be related to real life situations. My relief of violence is dancing around in my room and reading my bible and horror movies allows us a chance to indulge in that sick imagination of ours so we do not act on them,…

In Linda Williams “Film Bodies: Gender, Genre and Excess”, she discusses the way films can provide viewers with a sensational reaction to the physicality of the body whether being in acts of pleasure or pure disgust. What I found interesting was Williams perspective on the way one receives what her adolescent son phrases as “gross” movies. Williams’s depiction of “gross” movies are horror films that tend to have vigorous violence or disdain towards female promiscuous characters. A convention of…

The Real Horrorshow: How Kubrick Uncovers the Killer in You Part of the satisfaction we experience when watching a horror film is the relief that comes from knowing what we see is purely vicarious. As a culture, Hollywood has been able to push the boundary of “acceptable” in horrors and thrillers over the years as viewers, directors, and actors grow desensitized to the subject matter. The fainting and terror experienced in the first screenings of Nosferatu are no more; the 1971 film, A…