Country: USA
Year: 2002
Duration: 40'


This is the story of a traveler who goes to the Usher's house. There, he discovers two twins - brother and sister - who live in this falling-down house as recluses. The brother is excessively worried about his sister's illness. When she dies, it becomes clear why the brother was so apprehensive. The woman comes out of her tomb and calls the brother to her. The two share the same soul. The traveler is shocked and flees the old house.

Biography

film director

Curtis Harrington

Curtis Harrington (Los Angeles, 1928), after studying cinema at the University of Southern California, directed four avant-garde films between the end of the 1940's and the early è50's: Fragment of Seeking, On the Edge, Picnic and The Wormwood Star. In 1961 he directed his first full-length film, Night Tide. Some of his most important films are Planet of Blood (1966), Games (1967), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971), The Killing Kind (1973), Ruby (1977) and Mata Hari (1985). He has also worked on numerous occasions for television. In 2000 he decided to direct a new version of the short story by Poe, using a very small troupe made up of friends and volunteers. One of the people who helped him is his old friend Roger Corman.

FILMOGRAFIA

Fragment of Seeking (1946), On the Edge (1947), Picnic (1948), The Wormwood Star (1952), Night Tide (1961), Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965), Planet of Blood (1966), Games (1967), How Awful About Allan (TV, 1970), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971), The Cat Creature (TV, 1973), The Killing Kind (1973), Killer Bees (TV, 1974), The Dead Don't Die (TV, 1974), Ruby (1977), Mata Hari (1985), Usher (2002).

Cast

& Credits

Director and screenplay: Curtis Harrington.
Plot: dal racconto di Edgar Allan Poe.
Director of photography: Gary Graver.
Music: Dan Schmeidler.
Costume designer: Shura Reininger.
Editor: Tyler Hubby.
Sound: Maui Holcomb.
Cast and characters: Sean Nepita (Truman Jones), Fabrice Uzan (Pierre), G.C. Harrington (Roderick Usher/Madeline Usher), Renate Druks, Robert Mundy, Nicholas Schreck, Zeena Taylor, Ruth-Ellen Taylor (ospiti della festa).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Fin de Siecle Productions/Curtis Harrington, Los Angeles, CA, USA, fax +1-323-4636988.
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