• 1960
• US
• 80 min
• E

• Directed by: Roger Corman
• Written by: Richard Matheson
• Cast: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
• Website: www.edfilmfest.org.uk/whats-on/…

Amid sets both Gothic and gorgeous, Roderick Usher's dubious possession of his sister, Madeline, is barring her beau, Philip, from marrying her. But the strength of Philip's intentions pales next to the siblings' latent madness: an incestuous malady quenched only by fear and fame. Through a crimson command of colour and framing, 'House of Usher' heralds Corman's amour fou with Poe - and the new dawn of widescreen horror. 'Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival'.

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