Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

On July 13, 2008, "scpenn" wrote here that THE HOUSE OF USHER (2006) "was like something out of the far left wing of the democratic (sic) party." At first I was mystified by this remark, as I had not observed a political bent to the left OR right on my initial viewing. Fortunately, I hadn't yet returned this flick to the video store, so I was able to watch it again at 1/16th speed. In so doing, the following amazing plot twists were revealed in a nefarious series of subliminal images and subtitles:1)A draft-dodging coke-head buffoon uses a soon-to-"suicide" Enron bag-man from the state that lost the Alamo to keep-the-slaves slaves (!) to bribe the U.S. Supreme Court for a White House apartment. 2)Promising to be "uniter-not-a-divider," this bush-leaguer unites the Confederates, Nazis, and House of the Rising Sun under one bloody flag to take all the blue-state middle class jobs and tax dollars and give them to red state billionaires and foreign sheikhs. 3)Hearing his oil buddies were upset at making profits in only the billions when gasoline sold for 89 cents a gallon under his predecessor, the poison shrub engineers a series of catastrophes which boost oil firm executive compensation alone into the billions, while bringing down the U.S. economy on five-buck-a-gallon gas and getting more than a million people killed, including 10,000 Americans. Viewed at this speed, USHER is the most chilling horror flick ever!

"The House of Usher" is a bland, boring barely horror.**SPOILERS**Heartbroken over their break-up, Jill Michaelson, (Izabella Miko) is invited go back to Roderick Usher, (Austin Nichols) at his house, where they attend the funeral of a close friend. After the services, they realize how they've drifted apart and decide to stay the weekend to catch up. The more time they spend together, the closer they become until he reveals he suffers from an acute cell disease that renders him ill and weak. Thinking something more might be going on, she stays by his side where she learns the dreaded secret he was hiding and tries to get away from the mansion.The Good News: This one barely qualifies as a horror film, but the few that are related help it nicely. The ghost scenes near the middle section generates a couple of rather nice shock scenes, especially in the walk outside. That's a solid scare and helps the film out. There's a nice atmosphere derived from the house, as there's an attempt for it to be somewhat centered around old-school Gothic ideals about the setting, but there's also the really great design that also works nicely for this. The only other area to work is the finale, which has a lot to like. It's the closest to actually having some excitement with some nice chasing through the house, a couple good moments in the attic as well as the deprivation tank, and along with the film's sole appearance of violence as well as the great revelation scene, make this one's finale its best scene, as well as all of the good parts from the film as a whole.The Bad News: This here was a pretty below-average horror film, mainly for one large reason. For the majority of the film, it refuses to be like a horror film and instead acts like a drama about the family's disease. There's rarely any mention of anything horrific happening, which could've been gold with the disease plot-line already in place for it. This had the deadly, degenerative disease angle ready to go, using it to throw symptoms his way and forcing the stay to take care of him, but here they keep it a mystery and go for the romance and drama angle, which is plain weak. The other part that's weak is that this gives the film no scares, which if done the real Gothic route combined with the dangerous disease angle would've made this one entertaining, instead there's large sections, which consists of mainly the first hour of the film with absolutely nothing of interest, which is a really bad sign. None of the other flaws can overcome this, although there isn't much else since there's very little else to the film.The Final Verdict: Pretty dreadful horror-drama that has very little about it that's worthwhile or even interesting, leaving it as a really lacking viewing. Really only watch this one if you're into the horror-drama side or are looking for something to kill an hour with, otherwise just leave this one alone.Rated R: Violence and a sex scene

I must say, I'm not really a fan of Poe, but after this film.. Woh, I am now.. This film was great! The feel brought me back to the time of Alfred Hitchcock! I love this film! Ms. Thatcher was an amazing touch! What to say about this film? It's a great film, especially when you don't know the plot. Thats how I went in and I loved it! The acting is very good. Austin and Izabella are very great in this film. I for one, am not a Izabella fan, only seeing her in Forsaken. But was pretty impressed. I wonder why she hasn't broken out yet. And Austin Nichols was a very nice addition. He made a great choice of the character, but felt he could've been less wooden. Other than that, great watch! I suggest this to everyone!

"The House of Usher" is called "the modern re-telling of Edgar Allen Poe's story from a female perspective".Yeah right,and I'm an alien invader from Pluto.First of all,the film fails as a thriller as it's extremely boring and lacks tension.Like so many earlier adaptations of Poe's work,this latest interpretation bears little resemblance to the source material.The cast is pretty terrible,albeit it's nice to see Polish beauty Izabella Miko in the main role.On the plus side the cinematography is great and the last 15 minutes are actually quite interesting to say the least.It's a shame that the rest of the film is so painfully dull.If you want a proper Poe's adaptations rent or buy a couple of Roger Corman's flicks.3 out of 10.