House of Usher | |
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Directed by | Roger Corman |
Screenplay by | Richard Matheson |
Based on | "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe |
Produced by | Roger Corman |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
Edited by | Anthony Carras |
Music by | Les Baxter |
Color process | Eastmancolor |
Production company | Alta Vista Productions |
Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $300,000[2] |
Box office | $1,450,000 (US/Canada)(rentals)[3][4]
213,785 admissions (France)[5] |
House of Usher (also known as The Fall of the House of Usher) is a 1960 American gothic horror film directed by Roger Corman and written by Richard Matheson from the 1839 short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. The film was the first of eight Corman/Poe feature films and stars Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, Mark Damon and Harry Ellerbe.
In 2005, the film was listed with the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[6][7]