Project Terrible - David DeCoteau's HOUSE OF USHER

It would have been great if Mondo would have given me the House Of Usher interpretation from Roger Corman. 

Or the one with Donald Pleasence and Oliver Reed.

Or even the one from Jess Franco.

But no, he gave me the one from David DeCoteau. Oh christ...

HOUSE OF USHER

Alternate Title:
Edgar Allen Poe's House Of Usher

German Title:
Edgar Allen Poe's Untergang des Hauses Usher

USA, 2008
Director: David DeCoteau

2/10

My goodness, what was that?

David DeCoteau, the mastermind behind countless low-budget crapfests like "Dr. Alien" or "Creepozoids", turned the classic Edgar Allen Poe tale "The Fall of the House of Usher" into some kinda gay (yeah, gay) softcore thriller - for whatever reason.

The gay scenes are quite bearable. Many half-naked young men, some kissing and rubbing, but nothing that irritated or disgusted me. The scenes are just quite lackluster and too long.

Way more worse is the acting: damn, every single actor in here is so fuckin' untalented, it's laughable (most notably: Frank Mentier as super-dumb Roderick Usher).

Furthermore, the movie is horribly paced and horribly written - nothing scary, nothing tense, absolutely no suspense, just endless tediousness and boredom; plus: one of the most imbecile endings in history and one (yes, only one) really silly-looking CGI effect.

The soundtrack is pretty ok and I also dug a few nicely atmospheric shots,

but aside from that, this movie is just pointless rubbish.
Even people that are into homoerotic stuff will probably despise this schlock.

Imdb

Note:
DeCoteau did the same to Poe's 'The Raven' and 'The Pit And The Pendulum'.
Oh my...

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Next up is Mondo with the pointless 80s trash "Transmutations" aka "Underworld" aka 'Mutations' aka 'Who Cares??'.

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