In a decaying castle surrounded by a dank, mirrored lake live the morbidly nervous Roderick Usher and his sickly twin sister, Madeline. Their tale is told and dimly comprehended by the unnamed narrator, a boyhood friend whom Roderick has summoned. When Madeline soon dies—or seems to die—they entomb her body. On a stormy night, "cracking and ripping" sounds and a "shriek" from below convince the panicky Roderick that "We have put her living into the tomb!" The shrouded, emaciated figure of Madeline appears at the door of Roderick's book-strewn study, falls upon him, "and in her violent and now final death-agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse."
Title | The Fall of the House of Usher |
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Year | 1928 |
Genre | Horror |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | |
Cast | Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber |
Crew | James Sibley Watson (Director of Photography), Melville Webber (Director of Photography), Melville Webber (Art Direction), Alec Wilder (Music), Melville Webber (Director), James Sibley Watson (Director) |
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Release | Dec 31, 1928 |
Runtime | 13 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.80 / 10 by 47 users |
Popularity | 5 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | No Language |