#richard matheson
On March 8, 1964, “The Last Man on Earth” was not alone! Based on the seminal shocker by Richard Matheson, the film eXXXplores the ho-rror of isolation… and of mutant vampires, of CORPSE! The majestic Vincent Price received the rare opportunity to play the hero… or did he? Though far from perfect, “The Last Man on Earth” is a worthy adaptation of the novel with a few genuinely unnerving sequences. Plus, it essentially created the modern zombie film, and that’s pretty darn boss!
Más allá de los sueños (Richard Matheson)
El escritor Richard Matheson murió el pasado domingo a los 87 años.
También fué guionista de (entre otras) esta producción
The first adaptation of Richard Matheson’s sci-fi thriller, I Am Legend,The Last Man On Earth – featuring Vincent Price as a doctor who appears to be the only survivor of a deadly plague that turned mankind into blood-sucking zombies – shuffled into theaters on May 6, 1964.
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Inktober Día 22 -Florence invoca a Daniel Belasco
—Tengo la impresión de que el mal de esta casa está tan intensamente concentrado —dijo Florence, poniéndose cómoda— que podría ser un señuelo para todos los espíritus que están atados a la tierra. En otras palabras, creo que la casa podría estar actuando como un imán gigantesco para las almas perdidas.
5.02 Steel
Director: Don Weis
Director of Photography: George T. Clemens
“Sports item, circa 1974: Battling Maxo, B2, heavyweight, accompanied by his manager and handler, arrives in Maynard, Kansas, for a scheduled six-round bout. Battling Maxo is a robot, or, to be exact, an android, definition: an automaton resembling a human being. Only these automatons have been permitted in the ring since prizefighting was legally abolished in 1968. This is the story of that scheduled six-round bout, more specifically the story of two men shortly to face that remorseless truth: that no law can be passed which will abolish cruelty or desperate need–nor, for that matter, blind animal courage.”
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5.21 Spur of the Moment
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Director of Photography: Robert Pittack
“This is the face of terror: Anne Marie Mitchell, forty-three years of age, her desolate existence once more afflicted by the hope of altering her past mistake—a hope which is, unfortunately, doomed to disappointment. For warnings from the future to the past must be taken in the past; today may change tomorrow but once today is gone, tomorrow can only look back in sorrow that the warning was ignored.”
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5.19 Night Call
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Director of Photography: Robert Pittack
“Miss Elva Keene lives alone on the outskirts of London Flats, a tiny rural community in Maine. Up until now, the pattern of Miss Keene’s existence has been that of lying in her bed or sitting in her wheelchair, reading books, listening to a radio, eating, napping, taking medication and waiting for something different to happen. Miss Keene doesn’t know it yet, but her period of waiting has just ended. For something different is about to happen to her, has, in fact already begun to happen via two most unaccountable telephone calls in the middle of a stormy night.”
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me, desperate for some writer friends/mutuals
hi everyone!
this is just a post where writers get to know writers, and hopefully through reblogs/comments we can find more people who not only read/write our genre, but just people who have similarities with us.
it’s kind of a simple “get to know me” post, and anyone can join <3
feel free to tag your mutuals and reblog !!
name:
genres you like to write in:
genres you like to read in + fav books/media:
favorite line from your current wip:name:ave
genres you like to write in: currently writing contemporary (ya/romcom/romance, give me them ALL), but I also like to dabble in fantasy!
genres you like to read in + fav books/media: i’ll consume literally anything haha. Fantasy, mystery, historical fiction, romance, young adult, you name it. I’m awful with horror, though ;-;
percy jackson (MY CHILDHOOD), harry potter (OBVIOUSLY), Better Than the Movies, From Lukov with Love, The Love Hypothesis, These Violent Delights, the list goes on…
favorite or latest line from your current wip: [latest line, because what a mood- from Destination Seoul]Ha. Per usual, the universe hates me.
Name:Asher-Orion
Genres I like to write in: Dystopia (that’s also kind of a murder mystery), apocalyptic, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, love a good bit of romance.
Genres I like to read in: Honestly, a bit of everything! It depends on how I’m feeling, but there’s nothing I hate!
Favourite Books: The Atlas Six - Olivie Blake, really enjoying a Bioshock book atm, Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, but I don’t think I could ever read it again, big fan of The Mortal Instruments series, and that entire world-relate prequels and sequels, again, a bit of everything.
Latest line of my current WIP: “April rubs his eyes, trying to remember when he last took his medication, he’s sure it was at some point today, but it’s late, and he feels foggy.” (From Neon Glow)
name: tam!
genres you like to write in: uh, fantasy? I like scifi but I’m not very good at it. I’m chucking shit in a blender and hoping it makes a genre when I’m finished
genres you like to read in + fav books/media: sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, space westerns/operas, history/alt history, steampunk & more! Terry Pratchet, Tamora Pierce, Brian Jacques, Brandon Sanderson, asimov, Mercedes Lackey,Robert Jordan, Joy Demorra, & so so many more
favorite line from your current wip: Mal was Cayn’s brother in practically every sense of the word, despite his heritage, despite the whispers, despite, despite, despite! Cayn will do anything for his family, and burn the world. And so Cayn stood behind Maelus, eyes sparking above his trademark grin, and dared the world to comment on the revival of his brother’s clan.
Tagging some Mutuals, but consider this an open tag!
@sylhorn@queen-kass-the-writer@authorminamoroz@faelanvance@jezifster@josephinegerardywriter@jezifster@athenswrites@afoolandathief
Name: Arista Holmes aka Ari
Genres you like to write in: Fantasy and Science Fiction, but I’m predominantly settled into fantasy writing right now, of all kinds. Urban, Portal, Epic, Romantic, etc.
Genres you like to read in + fav books/media: Speculative Fiction. Fantasy of all types, Science Fiction of all types, Time Travel fiction. I also like the occasional classic such as Pride and Prejudice, or Wuthering Heights. I also like childrens books, Beatrix Potter, Artemis Fowl, Watership Down. Basically, if it’s a good story, I’ll read it. My favourite book ever is Wuthering Heights, but my favourite Genre is Epic Fantasy (Series).
Favorite line from your current wip:
His feet didn’t move from her side, and when she glanced up, his hand was held out to her. Patiently waiting for her to notice.
And wasn’t that just a metaphor for their entire relationship.
@author-a-holmes I think I’ve said this to so many people today haha, but I will literally take any fantasy recs <3
OKAY BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN A TIME TRAVEL FICTION. ONLY IN MOVIES because I heard that nobody does them right, so you’ll have to introduce me to some that you’ll like! Classics will always have our hearts.
THE LAST LINE. THAT HIT ME TOO HARD.
I’m very much a fan of (what I title) old-style fantasy, so most of my rec’s are probably older books but honestly, *anything* by David and Leigh Eddings I would recommend for a fantasy buff.
Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series is good for the first 7-8 books, and after that the recaps of “what happened before” take up too much of the opening chapters for me to push through.
The Witcher books by Andrew Sapkowski are also incredible.
And, of course, anything written by Neil Gaiman is a delightful adventure.
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As for Time Travel Fiction, I’ll admit I was mostly thinking of movies when I wrote that, but there are a few books too.
The Time Travellers Wife. While this is a movie, and also, recently, a tv series (Which I can’t wait to see!) it was based on a book of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger.
The Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon is another awesome time travel book series.
Somewhere in Time (1980) with Christopher Reeve is a lovely time travel film, and was also based on a book (although I’ve admittedly, not read the book) called “Bid Time Return” by Richard Matheson. He also helped write the screenplay, and since the film’s awesome, I suspect the book is worth a go too.
My other favourite time travel story is the film “The Lake House” with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Absolutely gorgeous story, one of my fave’s.
I, admittedly, get most of my time travel fix through fanfiction, because it seems like a drastically under-written-in section of fiction. Having said that, I may or may not have a bunny in the back of my head about a time travelling scientist, and an immortal phoenix who always bumps into her when she jumps through time.
EDIT TO ADD:
Oh! Oh! A Discovery of Witches! Book trilogy, and a 3-season TV series, both are great, but the books are phenomenal. In Book Two, they travel back in time, and the whole concept is done very, very well!
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That snippet… Mwahahaa
It’s a new story bunny. Honestly, I spotted your post on a day where I’d been in a bit of a writing drought, so I threw together a 15 minute writing exercise so I had a line to share.
I posted the completed snippet if you want to see how it ends, but it’s honestly just a small piece of character interaction that has helped me get a grasp on the characters a bit more.
I’m still worldbuilding for the Chronicles of Verald, but it’s looking like a huge adventure, a world spanning continents, and on my current writing schedule I can’t start telling Nik and Mallory’s story until 2024.
I’ve got Fey Touched Trilogy,A Little Touch of Magic Anthology,A Grim Awakening, and book two of the Stolen Stories, Takeover, to write before then!
Not that I’m inundated with projects or anything…..
