Editing Richard Matheson (section)

===1970s and 1980s===
In 1971, Mattheson's short story "Duel" was adapted into the [[Duel (1971 film)|TV movie of the same name]]. In 1973, Matheson earned an [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] for his teleplay for ''[[The Night Stalker (1972 film)|The Night Stalker]]'' (1972), one of two TV movies written by Matheson for producer [[Dan Curtis]], the other being ''[[The Night Strangler (film)|The Night Strangler]]'' (1973), which preceded the TV series ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]''. Matheson worked extensively with Curtis; the 1977 television [[anthology film]] ''[[Dead of Night (1977 film)|Dead of Night]]'' features three stories written for the screen by Matheson: "Second Chance" (based on the story by [[Jack Finney]]); "No Such Thing as a Vampire" (based on Matheson's story of the same name); and "Bobby", an original script written for this anthology by Matheson.

Three of his short stories were filmed together as ''[[Trilogy of Terror]]'' (1975), including "Prey" (initially published in the April 1969 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine), a tale of a [[Zuni people|Zuni]] warrior fetish doll. The doll later reappeared in the final segment of the belated sequel to the first movie, ''[[Trilogy of Terror II]]'' (1996), and "Bobby" from ''Dead of Night'' was refilmed with different actors for the second segment of the film.

Other Matheson novels adapted into films in the 1970s include ''Bid Time Return'' (1975, released as ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]'' in 1980), and ''[[Hell House (novel)|Hell House]]'' (1971, released as ''[[The Legend of Hell House]]'' in 1973), both adapted and scripted by Matheson himself.

In the 1980s, Matheson published the novel ''[[Earthbound (novel)|Earthbound]]'', wrote several screenplays for the TV series ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'', and continued to publish short fiction.