The Fall of the House of Usher

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NR,1hr 25min

Genre:

Horror

Released:

May 22, 1960

Distributor:

MGM

Starring:

Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey ... More

Synopsis: The first of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films, Fall of the House of Usher was originally released as simply House of Usher. Vincent Price stars as the foredoomed Roderick Usher. Living in his decaying family mansion with his young sister Madeline (Myrna Fahey), Roderick does his best to shoo away Madeline's fiance Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon). He tells the young swain that Madeline suffers from the family curse of encroaching madness, and thus cannot be permitted to bear children. After a series ... Full Synopsis

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	Richard Gilliam, AMG Review House of Usher is an early Roger Corman classic, richly photographed by Floyd Crosby and featuring one of Vincent Price's finest performances. Benefiting from a well-crafted screenplay by Richard Matheson, Edgar Allan Poe's source-story is transformed into a visual masterpiece of dread and doom. Price's Roderick Usher is both sympathetic and unsavory: he's not so much a monster as someone who has been ... Read Review

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	Vincent Price Roderick Usher Mark Damon Philip Winthrop Myrna Fahey Madeline Usher Harry Ellerbe Bristol

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