Product Details

• Actors: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan
• Directors: Jean Epstein
• Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Silent, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 15, 2001
• Run Time: 66 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005ABVH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,834 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Fall of the House of Usher" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Silent, sinister & solid version of Poe's tale, July 3, 2001

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Hazen B Markoe (St. Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (DVD)

This silent film by French avant-guarde film director Jean Epstein is a unique, and dark take on the classic Poe tale of premature burial and internal decay of the soul. Combining the story "The Oval Portrait" with the Usher story, Epstein and his actors create a solid narrative. The camera work is very powerful, helping to convey the nightmare within the story. If you enjoy silent films and Poe's work, I would highly recommend this one.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slow and Disturbing, February 17, 2001

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Edgar 'n' Son (The West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (DVD)

I knew very little about this story when I saw the movie, but it turned out to be an excellent horror movie. Not a modern slasher film, but something slow and creepy that gets under your skin. It's frightening, but for no apparent reason. Unfortunately not a movie that would get made today.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "with one look ........., July 1, 2001

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This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (DVD)

.....this artwork will freeze your heart!

It has a Medusa touch, you're slowly drawn into this grotesque, balletic interpretation of E.A. Poe's study of decay, delusion and eventual death? Well, maybe.

The music by Rolande De Cande aptly punctuates the mood. [Excellent in "surround"].

Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamay and [shudder!] the bespectacled/dome headed doctor Fournez-Gouffard as well as the servant Luc Dartagnan convey volumes with just a look ---- in the right direction. {You don't want to stay too long in their company, there might just be an unfortunate "occurrence"}.

A primer lesson for any film student. This neglected work, lovingly restored to almost pristine youth well deserves to be visited, frequently! An inspiration to later works like "Suspiria"; "The Haunting" [original black and white version]and especially "The Innocents".

Trivia: Poe may or may not have written this work "Under the Influence" - he favored the mix of laudanum {tincture of opium} and alcohol, Enough ! - According to Poe, he drank and partook of drugs to keep himself from going insane!