The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher

1928 · 63 min · FR · 7.1 (147 votes)
Dir. Jean Epstein · Starring Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan, Abel Gance
Horror

A man travels to the remote and decaying mansion of his old friend Roderick Usher, who lives in isolation with his mysterious and gravely ill wife, Madeleine. As the strange atmosphere surrounding the Usher family grows increasingly unsettling, the visitor finds himself drawn into their world of obsession, illness, and supernatural dread.

VIBE

A chilling descent into madness and decay. This silent masterpiece immerses you in a suffocating atmosphere of dread, where the line between life and death blurs within a crumbling gothic estate.

gothicmelancholicdread-soakedeerieslow-burnsilent filmexpressionistgothic horrorarthousemadnessmortalityobsessiondecay
based on novel or bookcryptsilent film