The Fall of the House of Usher (1950)

Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastGwen Watford, Kay Tendeter, Irving Steen, Vernon Charles, Connie Goodwin, Gavin Lee, Keith Lorraine, Lucy Pavey, Tony Powell-Bristow, Robert Wolard
Review
"Here's an obscure Edgar Allan Poe adaptation from England that was made more than a decade before the more famous Roger Corman production. Fans of Poe may be a bit divided on it as it's not really faithful to the source material. And while it's not exactly good or anything, it's an interesting enough curio piece that at least has a handful of atmospheric moments... The opening sequence where a bunch of old men sit around telling each other spooky tales is pretty cool though. (It was probably the inspiration for Ghost Story.) But other than that, The Fall of the House of Usher is only worth a look if you absolutely HAVE to see every Poe movie ever made." - Mitch Lovell, The Video Vacuum
Ranking history
The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films
EDITIONS IN TOP 1,0000
HIGHEST#1,7372020
LOWEST#2,5812026
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