Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend, just passed away. You may also know his “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” from the original Twilight Zone TV show or the 1980s movie.
I didn’t realize that three of his children became screenwriters:
Ali Marie Matheson, Chris Matheson (BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) and Richard Christian Matheson.
Richard Christian Matheson wrote the screenplay for the Showtime STEPHEN KING’S NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES episode “Battleground”, the one where the hitman is in the penthouse apartment full of little toy soldiers trying to kill him.
There’s a fun nod to his father in the episode: On the hitman’s shelf of mementos is a little Zuni Fetish Doll (From the Richard Matheson-written TV movie TRILOGY OF TERROR). On the theme of little dolls being alive that shouldn’t be!