Ten Favorite Richard Matheson Adaptations

(in order of preference)

1. “The Doll”: Amazing Stories, Season One, Episode 22 (directed by Phil Joanou, 1986)

2. The Incredible Shrinking Man (directed by Jack Arnold, 1957)

3. Duel (directed by Steven Spielberg, 1971)

4. “And When the Sky Was Opened”: The Twilight Zone, Season One, Episode 11 (directed by Douglas Heyes, 1959)

5. Twilight Zone: The Movie—Segment Four, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (directed by George Miller, 1983)

6. Somewhere in Time (directed by Jeannot Szwarc, 1980)

7. “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”: The Twilight Zone, Season Five, Episode 3 (directed by Richard Donner, 1963)

8. “Little Girl Lost”: The Twilight Zone, Season 3, Episode 26 (directed by Paul Stewart, 1962)

9. “The Button”: Funny or Die (directed by Andrew Bush, 2009)

10. The Box (directed by Richard Kelly, 2009)

— September 1, 2021

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