aka House of Usher. Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) arrives at the House of Usher, to meet his fiance Madeline Usher (Myrna Fahey). On arrival he is made most unwelcome and told Madeline is ill. Her brother Roderick (Vincent Price) tells Philip that the marriage cannot take place as the Usher family is cursed and all their predecessors have descended into madness, and debauchery. He is determined that he and Madeline will be the last of the Ushers and opposes any thoughts of children. Philip's unease at Roderick, and the increasingly decrepit house, makes him desperate to take Madeline away. She agrees to leave with him, but will Roderick and the house allow her to leave?
This was the first of many Edgar Allan Poe films that Corman was to attempt. And as usual Price runs away with it, as all around him start as excentrics and rapidly descend into madness. A slow and brooding gothic horror masterpiece.
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