House of Usher

  • UK The Fall of the House of Usher (more)
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USA, 1960, 79 min

Directed by:

Roger Corman

Based on:

Edgar Allan Poe (short story)

Screenplay:

Richard Matheson

Cinematography:

Floyd Crosby

Composer:

Les Baxter
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Hopeful Phillip (Mark Damon) rides up to the crumbling Usher estate to pick up his betrothed, Madeline (Myrna Fahey), and is coldly received by her brother, Roderick (Vincent Price). A most unwilling host, Roderick suffers from "morbid acuteness of the senses" and is convinced their family lineage--and the very house itself--is cursed by the evil deeds of their forebears. He is sworn to do everything in his power to keep his sister from leaving with Phillip--even burying her alive--to stop her from continuing their damned lineage. (official distributor synopsis)

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