 Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of "The Twilight Zone", including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures - "House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Tales of Terror" and "The Raven".He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film "Duel" that year.Seven of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures