Overview:
Convinced that his family’s blood is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hell-bent on destroying his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from extending any further. When her fiancé, Philip Winthrop, arrives at the crumbling family estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless lengths to keep them apart.| Status: | Released (1960-07-20) |
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| Awards: | 3 wins total |
| Screen: | Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson |
| Productions: | Alta Vista Productions, American International Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 1905: Vincent Price - Roderick Usher
- 6890: Mark Damon - Philip Winthrop
- 100989: Myrna Fahey - Madeline Usher
- 100990: Harry Ellerbe - Bristol
- 1168068: David Andar - Ghost (uncredited)
- 1434693: Bill Borzage - Ghost (uncredited)
- 2413035: Mario Bellini - Ghost (uncredited)
Crews
- 12415: Richard Matheson - Writer - Writing
- 51730: James H. Nicholson - Executive Producer - Production
- 99452: Les Baxter - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 4083: Floyd Crosby - Director of Photography - Camera
- 41399: Anthony Carras - Editor - Editing
- 28236: Daniel Haller - Production Design - Art
- 100988: Pat Dinga - Special Effects - Crew
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
Fissures of concrete and of the mind... Phillip Winthrop has been searching for his missing fiancée, Madeline Usher. Tracking her down to the Usher family castle, he finds that Madeline is held strangely under the spell of her brother Roderick. The house itself also seems to be la ....
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_**“It’s a mad house, a mad house!”**_ In the late 1830s, a man from Boston (Mark Damon) visits the ancestral manor of his fiancé out in the country (Myrna Fahey), but he finds her curiously ill and her older brother nigh insane (Vincent Price). What’s going on? "House of Usher ....
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