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House of Usher Overview:

House of Usher (1960) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Roger Corman and produced by Roger Corman and James H. Nicholson.

House of Usher was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2005.

House of Usher BlogHub Articles:

O Solar Maldito (1960) / House of Usher (1960)

By Lê on Mar 10, 2019 From Critica Retro

O Solar Maldito (1960) / House of Usher (1960) Há poucas coisas melhores que um bom filme de terror. E não há quase nada melhor que uma boa adaptação de uma das aterrorizantes histórias de Edgar Allan Poe. Poe é um dos meus autores favoritos, e sua obra encontrou um lugar perfeito nas... Read full article

House of Usher (1960)

By Beatrice on Feb 14, 2017 From Flickers in Time

House of Usher Directed by Roger Corman Written by Richard Matheson based on “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe 1960/USA Alta Vista Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant Roderick Usher: No. None whatever. The films Roger Corman directed himself tend to be the best ... Read full article

When A House Falls Silently, Twice – The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1928)

By Michael on Oct 31, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie Musings

Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of The House of Usher has been the subject of a number of filmic adaptations over the years, and while most fans of horror films consider Roger Corman‘s 1960 take to be the go-to version, I’d like to submit a couple of other, much earlier versions for you... Read full article

When A House Falls Silently, Twice – The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1928)

By Michael on Oct 31, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie Musings

Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of The House of Usher has been the subject of a number of filmic adaptations over the years, and while most fans of horror films consider Roger Corman‘s 1960 take to be the go-to version, I’d like to submit a couple of other, much earlier versions for you... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: HOUSE OF USHER (1960)

By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 21, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Roger Corman's series of Poe adaptations begins with House of Usher (1960), which sets the tone for the later films and establishes Vincent Price as Corman's ideal Gothic figure, a cultured, romantic, but fatally haunted central character entangled by strange twists of fate. Screenwriter Richard Mat... Read full article

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House of Usher Quotes:

Philip Winthrop: You have murdered your sister, Mr. Usher, and I intend to see that you hang for it.
Roderick Usher: Arrange it quickly then. The old house crumbles.
Roderick Usher: [shouting] Be done.
Philip Winthrop: What?
Roderick Usher: I think I rave.
Philip Winthrop: You said be done.
Roderick Usher: Madeline and I are like figures of fine glass. The slightest touch and we may shatter. Both of us suffer from a morbid acuteness of the senses. Mine is the worst for having existed the longer, but both of us are afflicted with it. Any sort of food more exotic then the most pallid mash is unendurable to my taste buds. Any sort of garment other then the softest, is agony to my flesh. My eyes are tormented by all but the faintest illumination. Odors assail me constantly, and as I've said, sounds of any degree whatsoever inspire me with terror.
Philip Winthrop: [as the house starts to rumble] Don't you think that crack in the wall should be repaired?
Roderick Usher: For future generations of Ushers?
Philip Winthrop: For Madeline's safety.
Philip Winthrop: While I was riding here I noticed a singular lack of vegetation, is there something wrong with the soil?
Roderick Usher: The soil?
Madeline Usher: Roderick please!
Roderick Usher: [looking at Madeline] As you wish.
Roderick Usher: See to the crypt, will you?
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House of Usher Facts
Vincent Price dyed his hair to play Roderick Usher.
This film was one of the early examples of American International Pictures' occasional practice of distributing a feature under two different titles. In some areas the main title, and the ad campaign, read "The Fall of the House of Usher." In other areas, the main title, and the ad campaign, read simply "House of Usher." This also carried over to the 16mm U.S. television syndication prints in which one, or the other title, would appear on the print itself.
Burt Shonberg's paintings were given to various cast and crew members after the film was wrapped. Roger Corman took the portrait of Vincent Price.
Roger Corman learned that there was an old barn in Orange County, CA, that was about to be demolished. He was able to strike a deal that would allow him to burn the barn at night and film it. The resulting footage was so good that it was used not only in the climax of this film but in later "Poe" films as well.
The stark landscape that Mark Damon rides through was the site of a fire in the Hollywood hills. Roger Corman had heard of the fire on the radio and went to the location the next day with his crew to do the shots of Damon.
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