Feature film: FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Upper Left theater
Date and time: 
Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 7:45pm
 

Fall of the House of Usher

Pacific NW Premiere
Directed by
Jean Epstein
starring
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy
72 mins
 | 1925
 | France
 | English
 

The first feature film based on any of Poe's works, Fall of the House of Usher is presented in a new restoration, translation, and with a new music score by Jay Woelfel.
It is often surreal and at times even meta. Certainly an influence on the later Vincent Price starring version.

Owner: 
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR