Hell House Summary
Richard Matheson

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Hell House Summary

Hell House by Richard Matheson is a story that takes four very different people into a house that has a life of it's own. After sitting empty and boarded up by the owners for thirty years, Rolf Rudolph Deutsch wants a small group of hand selected experts from several unique fields of study to go into the house and stay for one week. With the promise of great renumeration, all he...

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Richard Matheson Biographies (3)

Richard Burton Matheson

889 words, approx. 3 pages

Though Richard Matheson is usually characterized as a writer of horror or terror stories, the most immediately striking aspect of his writing is the essential ordinariness of his characters and the pr... Read more

Richard Burton Matheson

2,332 words, approx. 8 pages

Richard Matheson, screenwriter and novelist, a contemporary master of the suspense story, was born in Allendale, New Jersey, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After serving in the Army in France and ... Read more

Richard Matheson

3,399 words, approx. 12 pages

Richard Matheson has enjoyed a long career as a writer of films, television scripts, novels, and short stories. His work is characterized by ordinary characters who suddenly find themselves in bizarre... Read more

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