House of Usher (film)

House of Usher
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byRoger Corman
Screenplay byRichard Matheson
Based on"The Fall of the House of Usher"
by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced byRoger Corman
'executive
James H. Nicholson
Starring
CinematographyFloyd Crosby
Edited byAnthony Carras
Music byLes Baxter
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Alta Vista Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • June 18, 1960 (1960-06-18)
[1]
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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]

  1. ^ Eagan 2010, p. 565.
  2. ^ Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p. 179
  3. ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p. 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
  4. ^ "Poe & Bikinis". Variety. 9 October 1963. p. 17.
  5. ^ Box office information for Roger Corman films in France at Box Office Story
  6. ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  7. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Retrieved 2020-10-30.