The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Original title

La Chute de la maison Usher

Directed by

Jean Epstein

Genre

drama film, silent film, horror film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 01m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 142 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man visits his old friend's decaying mansion where the friend's ill wife is kept in a strange state. Strange events and a growing sense of dread surround the house and its inhabitants, leading to a tragic collapse.

atmosphericgothicslow-burndreamlikemelancholicunsettlingvisually lushhaunting

What happens

The Fall of the House of Usher (French: La chute de la maison Usher) is a 1928 French horror film directed by Jean Epstein, one of several films based on the 1839 Gothic short story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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