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 laden heavy with a mystical sense of dread and impending death. Can Phillip persuade Madeline to leave this crumbling abode? will he…
Edgar Allan Poe's demonic tale of The Ungodly... The Evil House of Usher
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Philip Winthrop arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.
Top Cast
Vincent Price
Roderick Usher
Mark Damon
Philip Winthrop
Myrna Fahey
Madeline Usher
Harry Ellerbe
Bristol
David Andar
Ghost (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
Ghost (uncredited)
Mario Bellini
Ghost (uncredited)
Eleanor LeFaber
Ghost (uncredited)
Nadajan
Ghost (uncredited)
Ruth Oklander
Ghost (uncredited)
George Paul
Ghost (uncredited)
Géraldine Paulette
Ghost (uncredited)
Phil Sulvestre
Ghost (uncredited)
John Zimeas
Ghost (uncredited)
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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" (1960) was the first of AIP’s gothic horror flicks of the 60s inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, eight of which were done by Roger Corman,…
FAQ about House of Usher
What is House of Usher about?
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Philip Winthrop arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick…
When was House of Usher released?
House of Usher was released in 1960.
What genres does House of Usher belong to?
House of Usher is categorised as Horror, Drama.
Who stars in House of Usher?
The cast of House of Usher includes Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe, David Andar.