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Despite being the product of Roger Corman's AIP exploitation studio, House of Usher enjoys a high standing. But while the impact and cult status of Corman's Edgar Allan Poe cycle is often discussed in histories of gothic, horror, and exploitation cinema, no extended analysis and criticaldiscussion has been published to date that explores specifically the aesthetic appeal of House of Usher. This Devil's Advocate provides a complete study of the aesthetic appeal of Corman's influential first Poe…
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Despite being the product of Roger Corman's AIP exploitation studio, House of Usher enjoys a high standing. But while the impact and cult status of Corman's Edgar Allan Poe cycle is often discussed in histories of gothic, horror, and exploitation cinema, no extended analysis and critical
discussion has been published to date that explores specifically the aesthetic appeal of House of Usher. This Devil's Advocate provides a complete study of the aesthetic appeal of Corman's influential first Poe picture.

Evert van Leeuwen explores the underlying narrative structure borrowed from Poe's original story and shows how closely Richard Matheson's script followed Poe's theory of short fiction. He goes on to explore the formal techniques of allegory and symbolism employed to represent the house as a monster
before focusing on Corman's imagery, showing how the use of specific camera angles, lenses, colors, and sound effects create and sustain the simultaneously morbid and beautiful atmosphere of gothic decay. Finally, he situates horror icon Vincent Price's performance as Roderick Usher in the context
of the nineteenth-century Romantic misfit and the postwar countercultural antihero, two closely related cultural identities.
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Despite being the product of Roger Corman's AIP exploitation studio, House of Usher enjoys a high standing. But while the impact and cult status of Corman's Edgar Allan Poe cycle is often discussed in histories of gothic, horror, and exploitation cinema, no extended analysis and critical
discussion has been published to date that explores specifically the aesthetic appeal of House of Usher. This Devil's Advocate provides a complete study of the aesthetic appeal of Corman's influential first Poe picture.

Evert van Leeuwen explores the underlying narrative structure borrowed from Poe's original story and shows how closely Richard Matheson's script followed Poe's theory of short fiction. He goes on to explore the formal techniques of allegory and symbolism employed to represent the house as a monster
before focusing on Corman's imagery, showing how the use of specific camera angles, lenses, colors, and sound effects create and sustain the simultaneously morbid and beautiful atmosphere of gothic decay. Finally, he situates horror icon Vincent Price's performance as Roderick Usher in the context
of the nineteenth-century Romantic misfit and the postwar countercultural antihero, two closely related cultural identities.

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