Let this Hell be Our Heaven: Richard Matheson's Spirituality and Its Hollywood Distortions
Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend, has inspired three official, and other unofficial, film adaptations. Hollywood has, however, consistently altered key elements, severely distorting the novel's themes. Where I Am Legend is predictive of the anti-authoritarianism of the countercul...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2012]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Richard Matheson
B Sacred Canopy B Night of the Living Dead B Theosophy B Literature B Horror B New Age B I Am Legend B Omega Man B Vampires B Religion B Occult |
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| Summary: | Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend, has inspired three official, and other unofficial, film adaptations. Hollywood has, however, consistently altered key elements, severely distorting the novel's themes. Where I Am Legend is predictive of the anti-authoritarianism of the counterculture, Matheson's later work aligns closely with spiritual elements of the so-called New Age. This article will show how Hollywood adaptations increasingly promote distinctly Christian symbolism in opposition to Matheson's own spirituality, nascent in I Am Legend. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.24.1.130 |