Underplayed Gems

House of Usher (1960)

House of Usher poster
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
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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.

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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)

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