The poster should have no holes or tears.Ī generally unused poster with fresh, saturated colors. The house itself is a great piece of horror imagery it is responsible for most of the atmosphere that is present in the movie.Ī poster that has never been used or displayed and may show the most minor signs of age and wear. The movie also benefits from some very lavish sets, which gives the movie it’s upper class dinosaur feel. Of course, Edgar Allen Poe can take much of the credit for this as the great man did write the story that it was based on, but Corman comes off looking good as well as it is his direction that makes the story so consistently thrilling. When it comes to the ‘greatest actor of all time’ awards, Vincent Price never gets mentioned, but this is a great injustice as anyone who has seen a number of films will know.Ĭorman also succeeds in creating a constant sense of intrigue, and the audience is left hanging on every moment, as we can’t wait to see what happens next. Vincent Price delivers his lines with just the right tone in order to make him obviously evil, but yet pathetic at the same time just how the character should be played. Price was born to play roles like Roderick Usher, and anyone that sees this film wont find it hard to see why. Of course, this movie benefits implicitly from the presence of a man that is maybe horror’s purest actor Vincent Price. Here, Corman creates a constantly morbid and foreboding atmosphere not with shocks or other cheap methods, but by simple things such as smoke, an old house and it’s creepy inhabitants that utter the most malevolent of lines, some of which are truly bone chilling. Although this is certainly somewhat true as a few of them aren’t particularly good if you take a look at his Poe films, this couldn’t be further from then truth. Roger Corman is often seen as a ‘cheap’ director because of the vast amount of films that he has made. However, his sister, Madeline’s fiancé has come to the Usher house to take her back with him, but Roderick knows that this will mean that the Usher family line will continue and he cannot allow the evil to spread across the world…. Because of this curse of evil, he doesn’t want the Usher family line to continue and so he has decided to do all in his power to stop it. Roderick Usher believes that there is an evil curse on his family, a curse that is also the reason for his and his sister’s affliction. “ The Fall of the House of Usher“ (to give its full title) is the first of Roger Corman‘s adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories and stars Vincent Price as the head of the Usher house Roderick Usher. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.” That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick’s senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. “After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. …more detailįilm Description The Fall of the House of Usher Movie Poster 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. He was able to strike a deal that would allow him to burn the barn at night and film it. Trivia: Roger Corman learned that there was an old barn in Orange County, CA, that was about to be demolished. An incredibly rare and important example of a personal favourite film & movie poster that represents an incredible chance to own a corner stone piece of hugely collectable original horror movie memorabilia highly recommended. Unrestored and presented in original folded (as issued) condition this superb example presents & displays to impressive effect. A truly classic horror movie poster lovely deep rich unfaded colours, fantastic ‘family crypt’ imagery of Myrna Loy laid to rest in a glass coffin and perfectly complemented by the horizontal landscape design of the British quad. A magnificent original 1960 British UK quad film poster for Roger Corman’s gothic horror masterpiece for Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”…Beautiful (uncredited) rich atmospheric artwork for the first of Roger Corman‘s adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories and stars Vincent Price as the head of the Usher house Roderick Usher.
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