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.
Direction
Corman's 15-day shoot that launched an entire Poe cycle.
Cinematography
Floyd Crosby's lurid color palette of rot and flame.
Acting
Price's operatic hypochondria—no one suffers more beautifully.
Director
Roger Corman
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