Richard Matheson
1) I am legend
Author
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Robert Neville may well be the only survivor of an incurable plague that has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. By day, he scavenges for food and supplies, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But all the while, the infected lurk in the shadows, watching his every move, waiting for him to make a mistake.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The first career retrospective of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValle. Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950,...
Author
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A man travels across a post-apocalyptic America protecting a sacred book that holds secrets to the survival of humans; immune to an incurable virus, Robert Neville believes he is the last human on Earth and tries to find a cure to stop the mutant creatures that still roam New York City.
12) Duel
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A traveling businessman is menaced on the highway by a huge diesel truck. Although he can never see the psychopathic driver of the truck, he soon realizes that this guy is out to kill him!
13) Stir of echoes
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
After Tom is hypnotized at a neighborhood party, he changes. He sees things he can't explain and hears voices he can't ignore. As the visions intensify, he realizes they are echoes of a crime calling out to be solved.
14) Real steel
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.
16) Dracula
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Dracula: The immortal Count's centuries old existence is threatened after he attacks the lovely Lucy. When Lucy's fiance calls in Dr. Van Helsing to investigate a spine-tingling hunt for vampires follows.
17) I am legend
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The last man on earth is not alone. Somehow immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, military virologist Robert Neville is now the last human survivng in New York City. He believes he may be the last human alive in the world. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows. They watch Robert's every move and wait for him to make a fatal mistake. Robert is driven by only one remaining mission - to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But, he is...
18) Tales of terror
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Price stars in all three episodes, including Morella, in which a man is haunted after blaming his young daughter for the death of his wife. In The black cat, a pair of illicit lovers are buried alive by a jealous husband, and in The case of M. Valdemar, a sorcerer's spell backfires when he sentences an innocent man to living hell."--Container.
19) I am legend
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Robert Neville is the last human survivor in what is left of New York City. A pandemic has left one percent of the population alive and those who survived are no longer human. Neville must find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood.
Publisher
Polygram Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Four years after Chris and Annie Nielsen lose their children in a traffic accident, Chris himself is killed and finds himself reunited with his children in a beautiful and astonishing afterlife, but Annie commits suicide in despair and is banished to a very different realm. Chris risks his own eternal happiness to find Annie and rescue her from her fate.