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House of Usher

NR
Movie
1960
1h 19m
English
Horror, Drama
Convinced that his family’s blood is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hell-bent on destroying his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from extending any further. When her fiancé, Philip Winthrop, arrives at the crumbling family estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless lengths to keep them apart. And Philip soon discovers that, for the Ushers, their house is more than just a home—it’s their tomb!
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CRITIC SCORE
80

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Vincent Price
Roderick Usher
Mark Damon
Philip Winthrop
Myrna Fahey
Madeline Usher
David Andar
Ghost (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
Ghost (uncredited)
Mario Bellini
Ghost (uncredited)
John Zimeas
Ghost (uncredited)
Directed By: Roger Corman
Written By: Richard Matheson

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dnb_tim says...
one year ago
This was a really well done movie, especially for its time. I’m not too familiar with Vincent Price, but he did great in this film and had a very strong presence. They also really did a great job with the dynamics of color during a dream sequence. As for Myrna Fahey, she had a good role, and her character really throws you for a loop in this film.
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csrz says...
4 years ago
Great production design, scary paintings, lots of creepy imagery but it's dry and felt too long for the story it had. Mark Damon tried really hard but Vincent Price was so good and effortless! I liked his look with blond hair. Not my favorite gothic horror story.
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Whitsbrain says...
3 years ago
I did not like Vincent Price as Roderick Usher. My patience was tested as no one in the house would tell poor Winthrop...What was wrong with Madeline? Why they couldn't leave the house? Why Roderick put Madeline in the casket? Where Roderick hid the casket? Etc., Etc. I understand that this is a Poe story with a Horror icon in the leading role with a legendary producer and amazing screenwriter. I just didn't sense any Horror. Even the sense of dread they so desperately tried to portray just came off as flat. Up to this point, I'd say that this is my least liked Vincent Price role.
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Wuchak
3 years ago
_**“It’s a mad house, a mad house!”**_

In the late 1830s, a man from Boston (Mark Damon) visits the ancestral manor of his fiancé out in the country (Myrna Fahey), but he finds her curiously ill and her older brother nigh insane (Vincent Price). What’s going on?

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John Chard
6 years ago
Fissures of concrete and of the mind...

Phillip Winthrop has been searching for his missing fiancée, Madeline Usher. Tracking her down to the Usher family castle, he finds that Madeline is held strangely under the spell of her brother Roderick. The house itself also seems to be laden heavy with More
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ux21
8/10  4 years ago
While the Edgar Allan Poe "adaptations" of the classic Universal horror era may kick some serious ass on their own with their peak Lugosi/Karloff-dynamic, when it comes to their "adaptation"-aspect... well, let me put it this way: _The Black Cat_ has a black cat in it. _The Raven_ ha More
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