The House of Usher (2006)

Director:

Hayley Cloake

Writers:

Edgar Allan Poe (short story)
Boyd Hancock (story)
(more)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Some doors should never be opened

Plot:

Three years after her lover, Rick Usher, and her best friend, Maddy Usher, had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Funeral | Secret | Death | Caretaker

Cast

Austin Nichols	...	Roderick Usher
Izabella Miko	...	Jill Michaelson
Beth Grant	...	Mrs. Thatcher
Stephen Fischer	...	Rupert Johnson (as Stephen C. Fischer)
Danielle McCarthy	...	Maddy Usher
Elizabeth Duff	...	Nurse Lambert
Robin Kurian	...	Shay
Jason Fields	...	Club Guy
Jamey Jasta	...	Mini Cooper Guy
Ann Howland	...	Edith (as Ann Richardson Howland)
Henry Ebinger	...	Patient
Chris Eagan	...	Priest
Tim Hancock	...	Bouncer
Nicholas Lapolla	...	Taxi Driver
Patricia Durisin Barbera	...	Stunt Belly
George Bossi	...	Funeral Attendee
Margaret Buff	...	Funeral Attendee
Judy Allan Poe	...	Funeral Attendee
Elaine Cox	...	Funeral Attendee
Amanda Dionne	...	Funeral Attendee
Zachary Dionne	...	Funeral Attendee
Joan Hancock	...	Funeral Attendee
Matthew Hancock	...	Funeral Attendee
Les Harris	...	Funeral Attendee
Alma Hewitt	...	Funeral Attendee
John Howland	...	Funeral Attendee
Pembroke King	...	Funeral Attendee
Stina Kolegey	...	Funeral Attendee
Renato Ocanez	...	Funeral Attendee
Kurt Bergeron	...	Club Crowd
Jane Chang	...	Club Crowd
Michael Colorusso	...	Club Crowd
Sam Dionne	...	Club Crowd
Rebecca Dorr	...	Club Crowd
Jamie Griesbach	...	Club Crowd
Amy Gunter	...	Club Crowd
Erin Meads	...	Club Crowd
Michael Nazarro	...	Club Crowd
Jennifer M. Hunter	...	Club Crowd
Michael Ostrowski	...	Club Crowd
Sarah Register	...	Club Crowd
Larry Sampson	...	Club Crowd
Anthony Sanguedolce	...	Club Crowd
Peter Scaefer	...	Club Crowd
Kimberlee Wall	...	Club Crowd
Lindsay Waller	...	Club Crowd
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sam Krueger	...	Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by
Hayley Cloake

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Collin Chang
Boyd Hancock		story
Edgar Allan Poe		short story

Produced by
Collin Chang	....	associate producer
Melissa DeSimone	....	associate producer
Boyd Hancock	....	producer
Karie Koppel	....	line producer
Alyssa Weisberg	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Eric Trageser

Film Editing by
Jo Francis

Casting by
Alyssa Weisberg

Production Design by
Lawrence Sampson

Costume Design by
Candice Carella

Makeup Department
Christina LaPointe	....	key hair stylist
Christina LaPointe	....	key makeup artist
Carrie-Ann Melvin	....	assistant makeup artist
Stephanie Noyes	....	assistant makeup artist
Janelle Petit	....	assistant makeup artist
Shauna Shay	....	assistant hair stylist
Shauna Shay	....	assistant makeup artist
Ann Marie Shimanoski	....	assistant hair stylist
Ann Marie Shimanoski	....	assistant makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Melissa DeSimone	....	second assistant director
Roy Holt	....	first assistant director
Karlina Lyons	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Kurt Bergeron	....	set dresser
Susan Haynes Davis	....	property master
J.M. Hunter	....	art supervisor
Allison Morrissette	....	painter
Michael Ostrowski	....	assistant art director
Sarah Register	....	property mistress

Sound Department
Brian Courchine	....	sound mixer
Justin Gadberry	....	boom operator
Jeffery Alan Jones	....	sound designer
Jeffery Alan Jones	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeffery Alan Jones	....	supervising sound editor
Will Ogilvie	....	assistant sound editor

Stunts
Karl Dabritz	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jason Booth	....	key grip
Mark Brochu	....	best boy grip (as Mark S. Brochu)
Robert Bullard	....	first assistant camera (as Rob Bullard)
Lizzie Cagmano	....	assistant camera
Jeff Costello	....	assistant camera
Joseph Dudda	....	grip
Joseph Duor	....	best boy electric
Peter Hand	....	dolly grip (as Peter F. Hand Jr.)
Alec Jarnagin	....	Steadicam operator
James Northrup	....	second assistant camera
Peter Schaeffer	....	assistant camera
Debora Strout	....	still photographer (as Deb Strout)
Silas Tyler	....	gaffer
Jaxon White	....	still photographer
Brandon J. Meadows	....	grip (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Paul Bronkar	....	supervising digital intermediate colorist
Doug Delaney	....	digital intermediate colorist
Kacie Haggerty	....	digital intermediate producer
Jonathan Moore	....	assistant editor
Bob Warpehoski	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Izabella Miko	....	composer: song "I Can't Ignore"

Transportation Department
Nicholas Lapolla	....	transportation

Other crew
Lisa Arnone	....	script supervisor (as Lisa Marie Arnone)
Karen Mae Black	....	production assistant
Cory Butler	....	creative consultant
Mark Action Gallagher	....	production assistant
Greg J. Glenn	....	production assistant
Deborah Goodwin	....	production assistant
Jennifer Harding	....	production assistant (as Jen Harding)
Sandra Jessop	....	stand-in
Jennifer Kent	....	production assistant
Caroline Lussky	....	craft service
Karlina Lyons	....	production coordinator
Sharon McElveen	....	production assistant
Tracy Oliver	....	production assistant
Dan Perri	....	title designer
Patrick Pitu	....	production assistant
Patrick Pitu	....	stand-in
Jonathan Salvo	....	production assistant
Jacob Spilman	....	psychological consultant (as Jacob Spilman LPC LMFT)
Jaxon White	....	production assistant
Steven Woods	....	production assistant
S. Michael Youngstrom	....	production assistant (as Michael Youngstrom)

Thanks
Stu Pollard	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Abernathy Productions

Distributors

• Dream Entertainment (2006) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Alberto Bitelli Intl. Films (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• One Movie (2007) (Italy) (all media)
• THINKFilm (2007) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Kaye Lites  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality and violence

Runtime:

Germany:81 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:G (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Abernathy Productions

Trivia:

Judy Allan Poe, a descendant of Edgar Allan Poe, took part in the funeral scene.

Utterly Unwatchable

This could only appeal to someone who hasn't seen many movies, and/or is too young to be able to discriminate between good and bad in terms of film -- or perhaps to those who want an unwatchable movie playing in the background.

The main parts are acted without any conviction, without any apparent regard for mood or color. Music is lame, cobbled together from entry-level loops, with a lowest common denominator feel.

The supporting cast overwhelms the juvenile leads, with leaden performances dispensed to creaky-hinged editing without vision or purpose.

The hints at praise on these boards are good evidence that IMDb is the first port of call for all film-makers, great and small. The entire crew appear to have been requested to press the appropriate buttons on their browsers -- the standard substitute for the director's failure to do so in the actual movie.