Publications

Book Publications

As Author:

Richard Matheson on Screen: A History of the Filmed Works (McFarland, 2010).

The Group: Sixty Years of California Sorcery on Screen (forthcoming).

As Editor:

Duel & The Distributor by Richard Matheson (Gauntlet Press, 2004).

The Richard Matheson Companion (Gauntlet Press, 2008), with Stanley Wiater and Paul Stuve.

The Twilight and Other Zones: The Dark Worlds of Richard Matheson (Citadel, 2009 [revised and updated edition of The Richard Matheson Companion]; Honorable Mention, Best Book of 2009, Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards), with Stanley Wiater and Paul Stuve.

As Contributor:

Introduction to I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (Gauntlet Press, 1995).

Introduction to Hell House by Richard Matheson (Gauntlet Press, 1996).

Introduction to The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Gauntlet Press, 1997).

Introduction to Noir: Three Novels of Suspense by Richard Matheson (G&G Books, 1997; Forge Books, 2005).

Introduction to What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson (Gauntlet Press, 1998).

“An Interview with W.D. Richter,” “They’re Here…”: Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute, edited by Kevin McCarthy and Ed Gorman (Berkley Boulevard Books, 1999; Stark House Press, 2006 [revised edition published as Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute])

Reading Group Guide to Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson (Tor Books, 1999).

“Invasion of the Scene Stealers: My Second Career as a Genre Icon” (Interview), Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute, edited by Kevin McCarthy and Ed Gorman (Stark House Press, 2006), with Gilbert Colon.

“The Prestige” (Reader’s Guide), Reading Group Choices 2007 (Reading Group Choices, 2006).

“The Distributor: An Introduction,” Visions Deferred by Richard Matheson (Edge Books, 2009 [adapted from Duel & The Distributor]).

“Programming Bloch: The Small-Screen Career of Psycho’s Creator,” The Man Who Collected Psychos: Critical Essays on Robert Bloch, edited by Benjamin Szumskyj (McFarland, 2009 [edited version published in Filmfax_plus #112 and 113]).

As Adapter:

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: The Nativity (GoodTimes Entertainment, 2002).

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: The Miracles of Jesus (GoodTimes Entertainment, 2002).

Ben Hur (GoodTimes Entertainment, 2003).

Jungle Book (GoodTimes Entertainment, 2003).

Magazine Articles

“Momma’s Boy: A Conversation with Robert Bloch,” Filmfax #40 (Aug./Sept. 1993).

“And in the Beginning Was the Word…: An Interview with Screenwriter Richard Matheson,” Filmfax #42 (Dec. 1993/Jan. 1994).

“The Jonathan Gash Interview,” Mystery Scene #44 (Jan./Feb. 1994).

“Nolan’s Run: The Screenwriting Career of Logan’s Papa” (Interview), Filmfax #48 (Jan./Feb. 1995).

“The Haunting and Other Wise Tales” (Interview), Filmfax #49 (March/April 1995).

“Baxt Stabs Back” (Interview), Filmfax #50 (May/June 1995).

“Ray Harryhausen Now and Then: An Interview with the Dean of Dynamation,” Filmfax #52 (Sept./Oct. 1995).

“The Trevor Memorandum: A Final Interview with Elleston Trevor,” Mystery Scene #49 (Sept./Oct. 1995).

“The Illustrative Man: An Interview with SF Legend Ray Bradbury,” Outré Vol. 1 #4 (Fall 1995); Filmfax_plus #131-133 (Summer 2012/Winter 2012-13/Spring 2013 [reprinted as “Someone Wonderful This Way Came”]).

“Encyclopedist Extraordinaire: An Interview with Phil Hardy,” Mystery Scene #50 (Nov./Dec. 1995).

“I Am Legend: The Undying Legacy of a Horror Classic,” Outré Vol. 1 #5 (Winter 1996 [adapted from Introduction to I Am Legend]).

“George Baxt” (Interview), Mystery Scene #54 (July/Aug. 1996).

“The Bloody Countess: An Interview with Ingrid Pitt,” Filmfax #62 (Aug./Sept. 1997).

“Lovely but Lethal: An Interview with Barbara Shelley,” Filmfax #63-64 (Oct. 1997/Jan. 1998).

“The Amazing Career of William Alland: A Life on the Production Line,” Filmfax #66 (April/May 1998).

“Full Circle: An Interview with Director John Frankenheimer,” Filmfax #66 (April/May 1998).

“Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973” (Review), Filmfax #67 (June/July 1998).

“Devil May Care: An Interview with William Peter Blatty” (with Gilbert Colon), Filmfax #69/70 (Oct. 1998/Jan. 1999).

“Cry U.N.C.L.E.!: An Interview with Robert Vaughn,” Outré #17 (Winter 1999) and #18 (Spring 1999).

“Ray Russell Tribute,” Filmfax #73 (June/July 1999).

“Enter The Twilight Zone with Richard Matheson” (Interview), Filmfax #75-76 (Oct. 1999/Jan. 2000).

“Richard Matheson’s The Twilight Zone Scripts” (Review), Filmfax #75-76 (Oct. 1999/Jan. 2000); The New York Review of Science Fiction #160 (14:4; December 2001).

“Sohl Man: An Interview with Jerry Sohl,” Filmfax #75-76 (Oct. 1999/Jan. 2000).

“The Third Gremlin: An Interview with George Clayton Johnson,” Filmfax #75-76 (Oct. 1999/Jan. 2000), #77 (Feb./Mar. 2000), and #78 (April/May 2000); excerpt published in Filmfax_{plus #117 (April/June 2008).}

“The Good and Evil of Freddie Francis: An Interview with the Man Who Loved Movies,” Filmfax #77 (Feb./Mar. 2000).

“Altair Ego: An Out-of-This-World Interview with Anne Francis,” Filmfax #78 (April/May 2000); Filmfax_plus #119 (Winter 2008).

“A Black Christmas Story: An Interview with Bob Clark,” Mystery Scene #67 (2000 [undated]).

“The Future Is Now: An Interview with 2001 Star Keir Dullea,” Filmfax #86 (Aug./Sept. 2001) and #87-88 (Oct. 2001/Jan. 2002).

“The ‘Richard Matheson Storyteller’ Series,” The New York Review of Science Fiction #169 (15:1; September 2002).

“Jack Harris: The Man Behind the Blob” (Interview), Filmfax #95 (Feb./Mar. 2003).

“The Exorcist: Before and After,” Filmfax #98 (Aug./Sept. 2003 [adapted from Introduction to The Exorcist]).

“He Shoots, He Scores!: The Career of Hollywood Producer and Music Man Igo Kantor” (Interview), Filmfax #98 (Aug./Sept. 2003).

“The Mad World of Curtis Harrington” (Interview), Filmfax #98 (Aug./Sept. 2003).

“Filet of Sohl: The Classic Scripts and Stories of Jerry Sohl” (Review), Filmfax_plus #101 (Jan./Mar. 2004).

“Then Went Bronson,” VideoScope #49 (Winter 2004).

“Demon for the Job: Hideous Sun Demon Cast & Crew Member Doug Menville” (Interview), VideoScope #51 (Summer 2004).

“Elm Street Beat: The Cinecopious Career of John Saxon” (Interview), Filmfax_plus #103 (July/Sept. 2004) and #104 (Oct./Dec. 2004).

“It Came from Outer Space” (Review), Filmfax_plus #103 (July/Sept. 2004).

“Adrienne Barbeau: The Star Who Came in from the Fog” (Interview), VideoScope #53 (Winter 2005).

“The Stark Truth: A Chat with Stark House Press Publisher Greg Shepard,” Mystery Scene #92 (Holiday 2005).

“The Duelist: An Interview with Dennis Weaver,” Filmfax_plus #111 (July/Sept. 2006 [excerpted from Duel & The Distributor]).

“Programming Bloch: The Small Screen Career of Psycho’s Favorite Bad Boy,” Filmfax_plus #112 (Oct./Dec. 2006) and #113 (Jan./Mar. 2007).

“Outlawed Legacies: Richard Matheson” (with Stanley Wiater), Doomed #4 (December 2006 [excerpted from The Richard Matheson Companion]).

“The Last Men on Earth,” Fangoria #268 (November 2007).

“We Are the Pod People!: Inside the Remarkable Mind of W.D. Richter,” Filmfax_plus #123 (Spring 2010) and #124 (Summer 2010 [edited version published in both editions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute]).

“William Peter Blatty on The Exorcist” (with Gilbert Colon), Cinema Retro 7:19 (Winter/New Year 2011 [alternate version published in Filmfax #69/70]).

“The Importance of Being Ernst: 007’s Nemesis on Page and Screen,” Cinema Retro 8:24 (Autumn 2012) and 9:25 (Winter 2013).

“Matheson Tributes Flowing…” (contributor), INSITE 24:1 (First Quarter 2013).

“George Clayton Johnson,” Fungi 2:21 (Summer 2013).

“Jerry Sohl,” Fungi 2:21 (Summer 2013).

“William F. Nolan,” Fungi 2:21 (Summer 2013).

“Red Planet Hollywood: The Martian Chronicles on Screen,” bare⋅bones #1 (Winter 2020 [adapted from Richard Matheson on Screen and The Group]; nominee for Best Article, Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards).

“Holding Down the Fort: Richard Matheson’s Fort College Stories,” bare⋅bones #2 (Spring 2020).

“Intruders in the Dust: Ray Bradbury’s Elliott Family,” bare⋅bones #3 (Summer 2020).

“Konga: I Was a Teenage Gorilla,” bare⋅bones #4 (Fall 2020).

“Segmentation: Robert Bloch’s Twilight Zone: The Movie,” bare⋅bones #5 (Winter 2021).

“Lunar Trajectory: Moon of the Wolf on Page and Screen,” bare⋅bones #6 (Spring 2021).

“All You Need Is Lovecraft: The Stuart Gordon Adaptations,” bare⋅bones #7 (Summer 2021).

“The Three Faces of Tanner: Damnation Alley on Page and Screen,” bare⋅bones #8 (Fall 2021).

“The Beagle Has Landed: The Evolution and Possible Offspring of A.E. van Vogt’s ‘Black Destroyer,'” bare⋅bones #9 (Winter 2022).

“Henry Farrell: The Godfather of Grande Dame Guignol,” bare⋅bones #10 (Spring 2022).

“Did You Get the Memorandum?: The Complete Quiller Fiction of Adam Hall,” bare⋅bones #11 (Summer 2022).

“That Other Lost World: The Caspak Trilogy on Page and Screen,” bare⋅bones #12 (Fall 2022).

Online Articles

“Mr. Helm Goes to Hollywood: Donald Hamilton’s Serious Spy Becomes a Bond Parody” (Cinema Retro, July 2007)

“Richard Matheson: An Appreciation” (Cinema Retro, 2009)

“The Trevor Memorandum: A Final Interview with Elleston Trevor” (The Unofficial Quiller Web Site, 2010)

“Richard Matheson–Storyteller” (Tor.com series, 9/28/10–1/4/11)

“Spotlight on ‘The Invisible Enemy’” (We Are Controlling Transmission, 2/23/11)

“Spotlight on ‘Counterweight’” (We Are Controlling Transmission, 2/24/11)

“Spotlight on The Night Stalker” (It Couldn’t Happen Here…, 1/3/12)

“Spotlight on The Night Strangler” (It Couldn’t Happen Here…, 1/4/12)

“The Two Towerses” (Maria Rohm, 7/28/12)

“Hellbound Art: Hellraiser Crosses the Mediums” (The Blue Mountain Review #14)

“Cornell Club: The Woolrich Adaptations of François Truffaut” (adapted from Bradley on Film; Mystery*File, 6/10/22)

“East Meets West: Akira Kurosawa Adapts Ed McBain” (Mystery*File, 7/28/22)

“Grover Avenue Blues: The 87th Precinct TV Series, Part I” (Mystery*File, 1/13/23)

“Grover Avenue Blues: The 87th Precinct TV Series, Part II” (Mystery*File, 1/18/23)

“Meet and Greet: Fer-de-Lance on Page and Screen” (Mystery*File, 2/13/23)

“Nero Wolfe on Page and (Small U.S.) Screen: Over My Dead Body“ (Mystery*File, 2/13/23)

Blogs

Bradley on Film (creator; launched 1/26/10)

Marvel University (regular contributor, 10/9/11-11/29/17)