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Hell House by Richard Matheson

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Movie poster for The Legend of Hell House (1973)

In a posthumous tribute to Richard Matheson, bestselling writer Stephen King pinpointed the significance of Matheson's work not in its terrifying twists or imaginative flights, but rather in its everyday qualities. "He fired my imagination," King explained, “by placing his horrors not in European castles a…

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