Rish Outfield's reviews
I understand that some of Poe's work is rather literary, and a little slow, but does it have to be THIS boring? This claustrophobic and aimless movie neither scared nor entertained nor interested me. At some point, I just fell asleep and had to take tyranist's word for it on how many skulls it received. And you know, I wasn't even that tired.
It had Donald Pleasence in it, which should have guaranteed some quality (please ignore Halloween 6 as that wasn't his fault), and although he was the best part of the movie, I can't recommend it to anyone.
Note: The video cover proclaimed it as an erotic thriller. Maybe in Amish country, okay, but nowhere else. Don't be sucked in.

The tyranist's thoughts
This is quite easily the worst movie that I have seen in some time. We rented it because we both have a passion for Poe and really like Donald Pleasence. Apparently those are the wrong reasons to rent just any movie. Now, it has been a while since I last read "The Fall of the House of Usher," but I have read it more than once and even done a little bit of academic work around it. This bears almost no relation to the Poe story. Literally. The original story is a haunting story about the downfall of a once proud family and how their house reflects their lives. There are a couple of plot points that are shared, but not enough to convince me. Or rather, perhaps I just found this effort so reprehensible that I can't tolerate thinking it is associated with a story and author that I love as much as Poe. If this ever comes up in conversation, I may even be tempted to say I haven't seen it. It was just that terrible. I will admit that adapting a short story for the screen (while easier than a novel because of length) is truly a challenge, however, there have been many, many better examples including a few based on this very story. Skip this one and thank me for telling you to.