The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
83%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: NA
Scary, strange, and maybe a little silly, House of Usher represents an early high mark for Vincent Price and a career triumph for director Roger Corman
House of Usher is a classic horror film that will have you on the edge of your seat. With falling chandeliers, fireplaces that attack unwanted visitors, and coffins with people buried alive, this movie has it all. Vincent Price’s performance is impressive, and the eerie atmosphere of the mansion will give you chills. While the film may be a bit garish and long-winded, it’s still a must-watch for horror fans. Just make sure to keep the lights on!
Production Company(ies)
Tequila Gang Estudios Picasso Esperanto Filmoj
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., American International Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Year of Release
1960
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:16:9 HD
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Runtime:1h 25m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 1960 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
House of Usher, horror, Vincent Price, Roger Corman, Richard Matheson, Edgar Allan Poe, Myrna Fahey, Mark Damon, Warner Home Vídeo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., American International Pictures, Mono, box office, budget, reviewed by Betty Martin, Helen Bower, Elston Brooks, Marjory Adams, Mildred Martin, George Bourke, Edward W Pliska, Harrison Swain, Dick Banks, Martin Russell, John Bustin, P.S Harrison, Dr Terror’s House of Horrors, The Nanny, Black Friday, The Haunted Palace, The Beast With Five Fingers, MPAA rating, thriller, suspense, gothic, tragedy, cursed family, incurable madness, engagement, bloodline, decaying mansion, falling chandeliers, fireplaces, coffins, buried alive, shrieks, screams, seizures, terror atmosphere, fog-shrouded mansion, tainted blood, evil, retribution
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Myrna Fahey – Madeline Usher
Mark Damon – Philip Winthrop
Harry Ellerbe – Bristol
Roger Corman – Director
Richard Matheson – Writer
Director(s)
Roger Corman
Writer(s)
Richard Matheson, Edgar Allan Poe
Producer(s)
Roger Corman
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (49) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (7)
Roger Corman, who produced and directed the film for AIP, has handled the production well enough, managing a fair amount of suspense throughout.
September 22, 2021
Betty Martin
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
Price is no stranger to horror pictures. Here he has the chance for some impressive acting… On the side of sanity is dark-haired Mark Damon as Miss Fahey’s fiancé. His performance Is unusually striking.
September 22, 2021
Helen Bower
Detroit Free Press
TOP CRITIC
Usher has its eerie moments but toward the end gets stewed in its own caldron of juices.
September 22, 2021
Elston Brooks
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
TOP CRITIC
The picture is filled with falling chandeliers, fireplaces which try to attack unwanted visitors, coffins with people buried alive, shrieks, screams, seizures and other terrifying matters.
September 22, 2021
Marjory Adams
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
[House of Usher] is garish, long-winded, more silly than gruesome, even with its mad brother and sister and decaying mansion all going full-tilt toward their mutual grisly end.
September 22, 2021
Mildred Martin
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
For the latter half of the film Gorman has pulled all stops as the madman is even willing to bury his sister alive to discourage the suitor These sequences are truly terrifying.
September 22, 2021
George Bourke
Miami Herald
TOP CRITIC
Devotees of horror should find final scenes to their liking.
September 22, 2021
Edward W. Pliska
Hartford Courant
Effectively using weird color and dim light, the film generates the right terror atmosphere for the fog-shrouded mansion, with its history of tainted blood, mad ness, evil and retribution.
September 22, 2021
Harrison Swain
Tampa Bay Times
Poe might not recognize this as his creation — but he would get a bang out of the show!
September 22, 2021
Dick Banks
Charlotte Observer
With Vincent Price holding court in the midst of ancestral mania, a certain amount of the original Poe comes through.
September 22, 2021
Martin Russell
San Francisco Examiner
A surprisingly creditable production which, by and large, does an adept job of re-creating the same eerie unreality which has made the story a masterpiece of its genre.
September 22, 2021
John Bustin
Austin American-Statesman
Although a bit too wordy, the abundant gore, photo gimmicks, special effects and unusual theme, help keep the viewer on his seat’s edge.
September 22, 2021
P.S. Harrison
Harrison’s Reports…
Plot
In House of Usher, Vincent Price plays Roderick Usher, a man who believes his family to be cursed by incurable madness and will stop at nothing to prevent his sister’s marriage and keep the Usher bloodline from continuing.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Vincent Price’s performance in House of Usher is described as “impressive” and “hypnotic” by audience members.
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