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vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>Dying Room Only</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dying_Room_Only.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Dying_Room_Only.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="288" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Home video cover art</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">Horror</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mystery_film" title="Mystery film">Mystery</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thriller_film" title="Thriller film">Thriller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data">"Dying Room Only" (1953 short story)<br />by Richard Matheson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Matheson" title="Richard Matheson">Richard Matheson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Leacock" title="Philip Leacock">Philip Leacock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ross_Martin" title="Ross Martin">Ross Martin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ned_Beatty" title="Ned Beatty">Ned Beatty</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Louise_Latham" title="Louise Latham">Louise Latham</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dana_Elcar" title="Dana Elcar">Dana Elcar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dabney_Coleman" title="Dabney Coleman">Dabney Coleman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Rich" title="Lee Rich">Lee Rich</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Allen S. Epstein</li> <li>Neil T. Maffeo</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Borrego_Springs,_California" title="Borrego Springs, California">Borrego Springs, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_M._Stephens" title="John M. Stephens">John M. Stephens</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data">Bill Mosher</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">74 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lorimar_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorimar Productions">Lorimar Productions</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 18, 1973<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1973-09-18</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Dying Room Only</b></i> is a 1973 American <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">made-for-television</a> <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror</a> <a href="/wiki/Mystery_film" title="Mystery film">mystery</a> <a href="/wiki/Thriller_film" title="Thriller film">thriller film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Leacock" title="Philip Leacock">Philip Leacock</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ross_Martin" title="Ross Martin">Ross Martin</a>. Written by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Matheson" title="Richard Matheson">Richard Matheson</a> and based on his 1953 short story of the same name, the film follows a woman whose husband disappears after they stop by a rural diner in the Arizona desert. </p><p>Produced by <a href="/wiki/Lorimar_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorimar Productions">Lorimar Productions</a>, who was also in charge of many television films of the period, <i>Dying Room Only</i> had its world premiere broadcast on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> as a Tuesday <a href="/wiki/ABC_Movie_of_the_Week" title="ABC Movie of the Week">movie of the week</a> on September 18, 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later released on VHS, and eventually DVD by the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Archive_Collection" title="Warner Archive Collection">Warner Archive Collection</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dying_Room_Only&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bob Mitchell and his wife Jean are driving through the <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> desert on their way home to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. A detour takes them 100 miles out of the way down a deserted road because Jean insisted on taking photographs of a particular area to take back to their daughter. The couple later stops at the Arroyo Motel, a rundown roadside cafe/inn. Aside from cook Jim Cutler and customer Tom King, the place is empty. To their surprise, both Jim and Tom are hostile to them. Feeling uncomfortable, Jean tries to call home using a payphone, but the line is busy. </p><p>Jean goes to the restroom and washes her face. When she returns, Bob is nowhere to be found. She thinks he also went to the bathroom. Minutes pass and still no Bob. Jim and Tom are unhelpful, telling Jean that Bob probably just abandoned her. At Jean's request, Tom agrees to go into the men's room to see if Bob is alright. Tom later emerges, saying that Bob is not there. </p><p>Jean goes next door to the motel, where a woman named Vi works the front desk. She is also unfriendly and of no help. Unbeknownst to Jean, hurried calls are being made between Vi and Jim. Jean tries to go inside the cafe men's room, but it is locked. Jim opens the door when Jean threatens to call the police. Bob is not around, but she does notice a second door. The cook refuses to open it, and Jean contacts the police. Meanwhile, someone drives off in the Mitchell car and Jean runs out screaming for her husband. </p><p>Night falls, and the sheriff arrives. However, he does not believe Jean's story. He then sees the door to the men's room is not locked. The other door inside leads to an old storage shed, but there is no trace of Bob. An APB is put out for the car, and Jean plans on staying in the motel until further notice from the sheriff. Despite Jean's plea for him to check out the other rooms, the sheriff does not see any cause to do so. </p><p>Later, Vi refuses to place a call to the FBI, and Jean cannot reach her home in Los Angeles. A furious Jean has no choice but to search around the motel. She enters the shed behind the men's room. Peeking through the keyhole into the restroom beyond, she spies Tom entering and notices a light bulb illuminate next to her. A third man must have been hiding in the shed when Bob entered the restroom; the bulb must have served as an alert to the kidnapper that it was time to nab Bob, leaving Tom and Jim free to distract her as they carried out their plan. </p><p>Jean is then relieved to see the car pull up. But instead of Bob stepping out, a hulking character with a limp is the driver. She runs away, and, when Tom comes near her, she whacks him with a stick. Then, she sees Bob bound and gagged, being shuffled into the car and driven away. </p><p>The sheriff returns, this time believing her. The two drive through the desert towards an abandoned pump station, while Tom follows. According to the sheriff, the man with the limp is Lou McDermott, who recently jumped parole. There also have been other disappearances, something the sheriff neglected to reveal earlier. At the gas station, the sheriff shoots Lou dead before being snuffed out by Tom. Jean grabs the steering wheel of the police vehicle and tries to run Tom down, but is caught. </p><p>Bob and Jean are taken back to the motel and are kept in Tom's truck until the three perpetrators can figure out what to do. Vi turns on Tom and shoots him. As Vi comes towards the truck with gun in hand, Jean lights a flare and blinds her. Jean then grabs the revolver and holds both Vi and Jim at bay until the authorities arrive. Jean then calls her children to say they had a "fine time" on their trip and are coming home as fast as they can. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dying_Room_Only&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a> as Jean Mitchell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Martin" title="Ross Martin">Ross Martin</a> as Jim Cutler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Beatty" title="Ned Beatty">Ned Beatty</a> as Thomas King</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Elcar" title="Dana Elcar">Dana Elcar</a> as the Sheriff</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Latham" title="Louise Latham">Louise Latham</a> as Vi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dabney_Coleman" title="Dabney Coleman">Dabney Coleman</a> as Bob Mitchell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Feinberg" title="Ron Feinberg">Ron Feinberg</a> as Lou McDermott</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dying_Room_Only&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although set in Arizona, the film was shot on location in <a href="/wiki/Borrego_Springs,_California" title="Borrego Springs, California">Borrego Springs, California</a>, in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dying_Room_Only&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Dying Room Only</i> had its world premiere on ABC as part of the network's Movie of the Week series, airing for the first time on September 18, 1973. Although the film was praised for its acting and cinematography, it did receive <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminist</a> criticism for its positioning of Leachman's character as a "helpless woman" who has had her "selfhood stolen" when she loses her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-friedman_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-friedman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In review after its world broadcast, Jack Friedman of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i> criticized the film, saying, "The only frightening aspect of this tale of horror was that its latent hatred (class, regional, sexual) were being spewed all across the country. And the loam out there is rich enough already."<sup id="cite_ref-friedman_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-friedman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After its premiere in 1973, the film became a staple of late night TV, airing erratically throughout the 1970s and 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_media">Home media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dying_Room_Only&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was also released on VHS, and later on DVD in 2010 through the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Archive_Collection" title="Warner Archive Collection">Warner Archive Collection</a>.<sup 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href="/wiki/The_Spanish_Gardener_(film)" title="The Spanish Gardener (film)">The Spanish Gardener</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/High_Tide_at_Noon" title="High Tide at Noon">High Tide at Noon</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Innocent_Sinners" title="Innocent Sinners">Innocent Sinners</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_a_Giant_Step" title="Take a Giant Step">Take a Giant Step</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rabbit_Trap" title="The Rabbit Trap">The Rabbit Trap</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hand_in_Hand_(1961_film)" title="Hand in Hand (1961 film)">Hand in Hand</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Let_No_Man_Write_My_Epitaph" title="Let No Man Write My Epitaph">Let No Man Write My Epitaph</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/13_West_Street" title="13 West Street">13 West Street</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reach_for_Glory" title="Reach for Glory">Reach for Glory</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_Lover" title="The War Lover">The War Lover</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tamahine" title="Tamahine">Tamahine</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam%27s_Woman" title="Adam's Woman">Adam's Woman</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Birdmen" title="The Birdmen">The Birdmen</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Michael_Calls" title="When Michael Calls">When Michael Calls</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Man%27s_Whiskers" title="The Great Man's Whiskers">The Great Man's Whiskers</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daughters_of_Joshua_Cabe" title="The Daughters of Joshua Cabe">The Daughters of Joshua Cabe</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baffled!" title="Baffled!">Baffled!</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dying Room Only</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Key_West_(film)" title="Key West (film)">Key West</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i>The Thanksgiving Story</i> (1973)</li> <li><i>Killer on Board</i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wild_and_Wooly" title="Wild and Wooly">Wild and Wooly</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_King_Tut%27s_Tomb_(1980_film)" title="The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980 film)">The Curse of King Tut's Tomb</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel_City_(film)" title="Angel City (film)">Angel City</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i>The Two Lives of Carol Letner</i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Women_of_Chastity_Gulch" title="The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch">The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch</a></i> (1982)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Richard_Matheson" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Richard_Matheson" title="Template:Richard Matheson"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Richard_Matheson" title="Template talk:Richard Matheson"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Richard_Matheson" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Richard Matheson"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Richard_Matheson" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Matheson" title="Richard Matheson">Richard Matheson</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(novel)" title="I Am Legend (novel)">I Am Legend</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shrinking_Man" title="The Shrinking Man">The Shrinking Man</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Stir_of_Echoes" title="A Stir of Echoes">A Stir of Echoes</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beardless_Warriors" title="The Beardless Warriors">The Beardless Warriors</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hell_House_(novel)" title="Hell House (novel)">Hell House</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bid_Time_Return" title="Bid Time Return">Bid Time Return</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Dreams_May_Come_(Matheson_novel)" title="What Dreams May Come (Matheson novel)">What Dreams May Come</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earthbound_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthbound (novel)">Earthbound</a></i> (1982)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Born_of_Man_and_Woman" title="Born of Man and Woman">Born of Man and Woman</a>" (1950)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Button,_Button_(Matheson_short_story)" class="mw-redirect" title="Button, Button (Matheson short story)">Button, Button</a>" (1970)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screenplays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredible_Shrinking_Man" title="The Incredible Shrinking Man">The Incredible Shrinking Man</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Usher_(film)" title="House of Usher (film)">House of Usher</a></i> (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Flight_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="The Last Flight (The Twilight Zone)">The Last Flight</a>" (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nick_of_Time_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone)">Nick of Time</a>" (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_World_of_Difference" title="A World of Difference">A World of Difference</a>" (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_World_of_His_Own" title="A World of His Own">A World of His Own</a>" (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_World_(1961_film)" title="Master of the World (1961 film)">Master of the World</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pit_and_the_Pendulum_(1961_film)" title="The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)">The Pit and the Pendulum</a></i> (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Invaders_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="The Invaders (The Twilight Zone)">The Invaders</a>" (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Once Upon a Time (The Twilight Zone)">Once Upon a Time</a>" (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Eagle" title="Night of the Eagle">Night of the Eagle</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_Terror" title="Tales of Terror">Tales of Terror</a></i> (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Girl_Lost_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Little Girl Lost (The Twilight Zone)">Little Girl Lost</a>" (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Young_Man%27s_Fancy_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Young Man's Fancy (The Twilight Zone)">Young Man's Fancy</a>" (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Raven_(1963_film)" title="The Raven (1963 film)">The Raven</a></i> (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_Ship_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Death Ship (The Twilight Zone)">Death Ship</a>" (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mute_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Mute (The Twilight Zone)">Mute</a>" (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nightmare_at_20,000_Feet" title="Nightmare at 20,000 Feet">Nightmare at 20,000 Feet</a>" (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Steel_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Steel (The Twilight Zone)">Steel</a>" (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Comedy_of_Terrors" title="The Comedy of Terrors">The Comedy of Terrors</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Man_on_Earth_(1964_film)" title="The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)">The Last Man on Earth</a></i> (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Night_Call_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Night Call (The Twilight Zone)">Night Call</a>" (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spur_of_the_Moment_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Spur of the Moment (The Twilight Zone)">Spur of the Moment</a>" (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fanatic_(1965_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fanatic (1965 film)">Fanatic</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Warriors_(film)" title="The Young Warriors (film)">The Young Warriors</a></i> (1966)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Enemy_Within_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)" title="The Enemy Within (Star Trek: The Original Series)">The Enemy Within</a>" (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Rides_Out_(film)" title="The Devil Rides Out (film)">The Devil Rides Out</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_Sade_(film)" title="De Sade (film)">De Sade</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duel_(1971_film)" title="Duel (1971 film)">Duel</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_Stalker_(1972_film)" title="The Night Stalker (1972 film)">The Night Stalker</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_Strangler_(film)" title="The Night Strangler (film)">The Night Strangler</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Hell_House" title="The Legend of Hell House">The Legend of Hell House</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dying Room Only</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bram_Stoker%27s_Dracula_(1974_film)" title="Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974 film)">Bram Stoker's Dracula</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Morning_After_(1974_film)" title="The Morning After (1974 film)">The Morning After</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scream_of_the_Wolf" title="Scream of the Wolf">Scream of the Wolf</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trilogy_of_Terror" title="Trilogy of Terror">Trilogy of Terror</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_of_Night_(1977_film)" title="Dead of Night (1977 film)">Dead of Night</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strange_Possession_of_Mrs._Oliver" title="The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver">The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Martian_Chronicles_(miniseries)" title="The Martian Chronicles (miniseries)">The Martian Chronicles</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Somewhere_in_Time_(film)" title="Somewhere in Time (film)">Somewhere in Time</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jaws_3-D" title="Jaws 3-D">Jaws 3-D</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie" title="Twilight Zone: The Movie">Twilight Zone: The Movie</a></i> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Button, Button (The Twilight Zone)">Button, Button</a>" (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loose_Cannons_(1990_film)" title="Loose Cannons (1990 film)">Loose Cannons</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dreamer_of_Oz:_The_L._Frank_Baum_Story" title="The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story">The Dreamer of Oz</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_Rod_Serling%27s_Lost_Classics" title="Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics">Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trilogy_of_Terror_II" title="Trilogy of Terror II">Trilogy of Terror II</a></i> (1996)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations<br />by others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/And_When_the_Sky_Was_Opened" title="And When the Sky Was Opened">And When the Sky Was Opened</a>" (1959)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Third_from_the_Sun" title="Third from the Sun">Third from the Sun</a>" (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Sweat_(1970_film)" title="Cold Sweat (1970 film)">Cold Sweat</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Omega_Man" title="The Omega Man">The Omega Man</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredible_Shrinking_Woman" title="The Incredible Shrinking Woman">The Incredible Shrinking Woman</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Dreams_May_Come_(film)" title="What Dreams May Come (film)">What Dreams May Come</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stir_of_Echoes" title="Stir of Echoes">Stir of Echoes</a></i> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_of_the_Dead_(Masters_of_Horror)" title="Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror)">Dance of the Dead</a>" (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Ambition" title="My Ambition">My Ambition</a>" (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(film)" title="I Am Legend (film)">I Am Legend</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Omega" title="I Am Omega">I Am Omega</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Box_(2009_film)" title="The Box (2009 film)">The Box</a></i> (2009)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Splendid_Source" title="The Splendid Source">The Splendid Source</a>" (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Real_Steel" title="Real Steel">Real Steel</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Christian_Matheson" title="Richard Christian Matheson">Richard Christian Matheson</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Matheson_(screenwriter)" title="Chris Matheson (screenwriter)">Chris Matheson</a> (son)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.eqiad.main‐75c465f4c6‐4czc6 Cached time: 20241125122025 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.670 seconds Real time usage: 0.895 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 2103/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 46699/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 3258/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 22/100 Expensive parser function count: 1/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 1/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 37180/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.365/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 6004106/52428800 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 1/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 661.938 1 -total 37.17% 246.055 1 Template:Infobox_television 21.35% 141.356 1 Template:Reflist 21.21% 140.389 13 Template:Main_other 20.37% 134.817 1 Template:Infobox 18.72% 123.943 5 Template:Cite_web 13.57% 89.836 2 Template:Navbox 13.46% 89.113 1 Template:Philip_Leacock 12.67% 83.889 1 Template:Short_description 6.87% 45.497 1 Template:IMDb_title --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:44988762:|#|:idhash:canonical and timestamp 20241125122025 and revision id 1249762628. 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