He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. Personally selected by Richard Matheson, the bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, these and many other stories, more than demonstrate why he is rightfully regarded as one of the finest and most influential horror writers of our generation.īorn in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. "Dress of White Silk," a seductively sinister tale of evil and innocence. "Blood Son," a disturbing portrait of a strange little boy who dreams of being a vampire "Prey," in which a terrified woman is stalked by a malevolent Tiki doll, as chillingly captured in yet another legendary TV moment "Duel," the nail-biting tale of man versus machines that inspired Steven Spielberg's first film Here are more than twenty of Matheson's most memorable tales of fear and paranoia, including: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination. The episode gives the watchers an uneasy feeling, as the story progresses and the main character suffers through the chaotic events.Remember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. Richard Donner’s inclusion of the close up angles of Robert’s face during certain scenes allows the watchers to take in his expressions and his emotions easier, and also adds to the effect of his frenzied actions and thoughts.
The dramatic music and sound effects whenever Robert Wilson sees the gremlin adds to the disquieting feeling as he is the only one who sees it. As he is on a plane flying back home from the sanitarium, he begins to experience anxiety and what others within the story think to be irrational fears.
Robert Wilson is a salesmen in his 30’s who-prior to the episode’s events-had a nervous breakdown on an airplane and was sent to a sanitarium to be cured. His attempts to alert the other passengers are fruitless, however, as his wife assumes he is simply uneasy and imagining things in his distress. As he sits on the plane, he looks out the window and sees a terrifying creature tearing apart the wing.
Set on a stormy plane ride, Robert Wilson is riding a plane for the first time since having a nervous breakdown 6 months prior (also on an aircraft). Julia Wilson was portrayed by Christine White, and Nick Cravat played the Gremlin. William Shatner played the perturbed main character, Robert Wilson. The short story of the same title was written by Richard Matheson in 1961, and the show’s episode was directed by Richard Donner. Nightmare at 20,000 feet is a horror-story-turned Twilight Zone episode that first aired in October of 1963.
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