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Remember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Theodore: Add a description of this character.
- Mister Wilson
- Saul
- Mr. Jasper
- Jean
- Jules
- Sally
- Chris
- Shipley
- Mr. Morgan
- Julie
- Mary Jane
- Peggy
- Zachry
- Phillips
- Walter Morton
- Mike
- Norman
- Joseph Alston
- Elva Keene
- Mr. Ketchum
- Dr. Ramsay
- David
- Jim
- Bud
- Adeline
- Barbara
- Mrs. Ferrel
- John
- Dave
- Amelia
- Neal
- Mrs. Backus
- James Mccann
- Len
- Leo
- Jefferson
- Coulter
- Inez Ferrel
- Clarissa
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To say that Richard Matheson invented the horror story would be as ridiculous as it would be to say that Elvis Presley invented rock and roll-what, the purist would scream, about Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Stick McGhee, The Robins, and a dozen others?
Table of Contents edit
Introduction by Stephen King
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Dress of White Silk
Blood Son
Through Channels
Witch War
Mad House
Disappearing Act
Legion of Plotters
Long Distance Call
Slaughter House
Wet Straw
Dance of the Dead
The Children of Noah
The Holiday Man
Old Haunts
The Distributor
Crickets
First Anniversary
The Likeness of Julie
Prey
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Matheson (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (IMDb): Richard Donner, 1963
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (IMDb): Segment 4: George Miller, 1983
- Trilogy of Terror (IMDb): Dan Curtis, 1975
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