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It looms over the rest the way the mountains loom over the foothills. By richard matheson, ian edginton, simon fraser idw. Years ago a group of people went to the house to investigate. After sitting empty, and boarded up by the owners for thirty years, now 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. The haunted house story was adapted into the british film the legend of hell house 1973, starring pamela franklin and roddy mcdowall, for which matheson himself wrote the screenplay. The first edition of the novel was published in 1971, and was written by richard matheson. The main characters of this horror, fiction story are lionel barrett, edith barrett. Hell house by richard matheson seller borderlands books published 1999 condition new condition varies from fine to near fine.
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Signed and inscribed by richard matheson on the title page. First edition, hardcover, dust jacket, text is clean and unmarked, strong spine, good binding. Read hell house online free from your iphone, ipad, android, pc, mobile. In addition to novels in the mystery, science fiction, horror, fantasy, and western fields, he wrote many film and television scripts, includ. In 1973 the novel was made into a film, the legend of hell house, starring pamela franklin and roddy mcdowall.
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