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House of Usher

House of Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher)

1960

Roger Corman

Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe ...

6.6

3,716

Horror After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Variety Staff Variety	"It's not precisely the Edgar Allan Poe short story that emerges in House of Usher, but it's a reasonably diverting and handsomely mounted variation."
		Kim Newman Empire	"Vincent Price starts his scary-reign in colourful gothic horror style."
		Chicago Tribune	"There are coffins and cobwebs, squeaking doors and moaning voices, plus lurid color, but this adaptation of the Poe classic is a tiresome bore."
		Los Angeles Times	"Roger Corman, who produced and directed the film for AIP, has handled the production well enough, managing a fair amount of suspense throughout."

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