House of Usher fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind, family, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
House of Usher is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
The mind, family, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind, family, and history. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
Edgar Allan Poe's demonic tale of The Ungodly... The Evil House of Usher
You are here: House of UsherTap a poster to move
You are herePreview
vscompared with House of Usher
House of Usher1960
Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it
A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.
Open a page:Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)Black Sabbath (1963)The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)I Walked with a Zombie (1943)Dorian Gray (2009)The Old Dark House (1932)We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019)Sinners (2025)The Black Cat (1934)Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)Tales of Terror (1962)Lovecraft Country (2020)Dracula (1979)Don't Look Now (1973)The Wolf Man (1941)The Magician (1958)Cronos (1993)Penny Dreadful (2014)The Wind (2018)Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)Bulbbul (2020)Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)Byzantium (2013)Censor (2021)The Butcher Boy (1998)The Reflecting Skin (1990)FX's A Christmas Carol (2019)The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)The End of Oak Street (2026)Kuroneko (1968)Chapelwaite (2021)The Devil's Backbone (2001)The Tenant (1976)The Lighthouse (2019)The Company of Wolves (1984)Under the Shadow (2016)Night of the Demon (1957)The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)Carnival of Souls (1962)Hellhole (2022)White Zombie (1932)Marnie (1964)Leave Her to Heaven (1945)The Isle (2019)The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)Dead of Night (1945)Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)Spider (2002)Black Narcissus (1947)American Horror Story (2011)Moon Knight (2022)Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2018)The Limehouse Golem (2016)The Black Phone (2022)IT: Welcome to Derry (2025)The Devil Rides Out (1968)Dracula (2020)You Won't Be Alone (2022)The Mummy (1959)The Damned (2025)Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)Nightmare Alley (1947)
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
House of Usher is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Eternal Family, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free, Darkroom, and Public Domain Movies. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 72/100 (IMDb 6.9 and Metacritic 75). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 19 min
House of Usher runs 1 h 19 min.
Yes. Critics average 75 and audiences 70 out of 100, so both groups see House of Usher much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $270,000 to make and earned $1 million worldwide, 5.4 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+56GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for House of Usher in 70 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 38 storytelling tropes for House of Usher, including Buried Alive, Fisher Kingdom, Hollywood Darkness.
6.9
