House of Usher (1960)

Directed by

Roger Corman

Genre

horror film, gothic horror film, gothic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 369 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man visits his friend's decaying family mansion to see his fiancée. The house and its master are hiding dark secrets that threaten everyone inside.

gothiccreepyslow-burnmelancholicdreamlikeoppressivevisually stylishtense

What happens

House of Usher (also known as The Fall of the House of Usher) is a 1960 American Gothic horror film directed by Roger Corman and written by Richard Matheson from the 1839 short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. The film was the first of eight Corman/Poe feature films and stars Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey in her final feature film, Mark Damon and Harry Ellerbe. In 2005, the film was listed with the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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