La Chute de la Maison Usher (1928)
English: Fall of the House of Usher
Directed By: Jean Epstein
Starring: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance
Length: 63 min
Genre: Horror
Based On: "Fall of the House of Usher" Short Story by Edgar Allen Poe
Maybe it was just something about French film making. Like La Passion, this movie was very slow paced. The nice special effects did a good job of distracting me from the total nothing that was going on. Except for this film, the slow pace worked.
I won't explain the plot, since if you don't know it already you should be ashamed of yourself. One major difference, though, is that it's changed to a married couple rather than siblings.
The effects were pretty decent. As the movie goes along, everything just gets...weirder. The director did a really good job at setting the mood. Outside of the effects and the mood, though, the movie wasn't really all that good. The acting was nothing to write home about, pace felt slow, and it didn't really hold my attention. I nearly fell asleep while watching it.
My Rating: 5/10
IMDB User Rating: 7.3/10 (691 votes)