Fall of the House of Usher (1960)

Review: Fall of the House of Usher (1960)

Director: Roger Corman

Cast: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe, David Andar,

Vincent Price
Vincent Price
Mark Damon
Mark Damon
Myrna Fahey
Myrna Fahey
Harry Ellerbe
Harry Ellerbe
David Andar
David Andar

Plot: Convinced that his family’s blood is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hell-bent on destroying his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from extending any further. When her fiancé, Philip Winthrop, arrives at the crumbling family estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless lengths to keep them apart.

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Styles of Horror, part two

Styles of Horror, part two

Recent disks offer a range of horror movies displaying commercial and artier approaches to the genre from Vincent Price vehicles from American-International to Roger Vadim’s visually rich LeFanu adaptation …et mourir de plaisir and […]

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Genre On Disk, part one

Genre On Disk, part one

My genre viewing on disk over the past couple of months ranges from classics to crap, and I have to admit that I’ve enjoyed it all. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) From England, I’ve obtained impressive Blu-rays of three key movies from […]

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