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House of Usher (1960)

20/07/1960 (US)Horror1h 19m
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Edgar Allan Poe's demonic tale of The Ungodly... The Evil House of Usher

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Vincent Price

      Vincent Price

      Roderick Usher

    2. Mark Damon

      Mark Damon

      Philip Winthrop

    3. Myrna Fahey

      Myrna Fahey

      Madeline Usher

    4. Harry Ellerbe

      Harry Ellerbe

      Bristol

    5. David Andar

      Ghost (uncredited)

    6. Bill Borzage

      Bill Borzage

      Ghost (uncredited)

    7. Mario Bellini

      Ghost (uncredited)

    8. Eleanor LeFaber

      Ghost (uncredited)

    9. Nadajan

      Ghost (uncredited)

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    A review by Wuchak

    5.0
    Written by Wuchak on Mar 22, 2022

    _**“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? "House of Usher" (1960) was the first of AIP’s gothic horror flicks of the 60s inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, eight of which were done by Roger Corman, but others were filmed by different directors, like “The Conqueror Worm” (1968), aka “Witchfinder General,” and “The Oblong Box” (1969). Others were Poe-ish in ambiance, yet had not...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$270,000.00

    Revenue$1,450,000.00

    Keywords

    • curse
    • mansion
    • new england
    • old house
    • based on short story
    • 19th century