Revenge in the House of Usher

Revenge in the House of Usher (1983, France/Spain) is a Horror film directed by Jess Franco and Oliver Mathot.

Contents: Watch Trailer | Stream Neurosis version on KinoCult.com
Featured in: The Orloff Collection

Main Details

Released on March 23, 1983 (Madrid, Spain)
Color
Running time: 93 minutes (95 minutes- Argentina; 78 minutes - France [censored])
Production Co.: Elite Films
Distribution Co.: Paraiso Films S.A. (Spain)
Directed by Jess Franco and Oliver Mathot (uncredited)
Written by Jess Franco, based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Starring: Howard Vernon, Antonio Mayans, Lina Romay

Plot Summary

A young doctor visits the secluded home of his ailing mentor - Eric Usher - who believes the house itself is alive and plotting to drive him insane, manifesting itself through ghostly apparitions.

Trivia

"Jess Franco utilized footage from three decades of filming to craft a unique story that pays homage to the morbid poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, while indulging the director’s personal obsessions." - KinoCult on Neurosis. There are three versions of this film, the first, The Fall of the House of Usher, was Franco's original cut, but it never played after its premiere and is now lost. The second added some reshoots and was called The Crimes of Usher. The third retells the story in a more Frankensteinian manner, is called Neurosis or Revenge in the House of Usher and recycles footage from his Dr. Orloff film for the black and white flashbacks and is the furthest removed from the story of its source material.