House of Usher
Good old haunted-house horror from frequent collaborators Roger Corman and Vincent Price. Mark Damon's hapless visitor to the titular house finds a brother (Price) and sister (Myrna Fahey) in failing health, all while the house seems to crumble around them. It's hot gruel all around as Damon tries to nurse the girl -- his wannabe bride -- back to health, but the cursed house will have none of it. Filled with ineffective fright gags (shock cut to... an empty bed!), the Poe-inspired source material occasionally rises above the Corman-fueled production.
Aka The Fall of the House of Usher.
Rating
3.0 out of 5 Stars
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- Director: Roger Corman
- Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Roger Corman
- Screenwriter: Richard Matheson
- Stars: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
- MPAA Rating: NR
- Year of Release: 1960
- Released on Video: 06/05/2001
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