91 Ratings

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

United Kingdom, 2002

Comedy, Musical

Synopsis

After murdering his wife, a young man finds himself in a lunatic asylum. Once inside he’s at the mercy of Dr Calahari, whose alternative treatment gives rise to a series of weird and nightmarish hallucinations.

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The Fall of the Louse of Usher Directed by Ken Russell

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anthonybowman's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
anthonybowman

A hilariously campy sendup of the works of Poe. Featuring a stereotype German shrink, a sexy nurse, a remote controlled gorilla, lady wrestling, ghosts fucking, a microwave that thinks it's a tv/vcr, Poe poems re-imagined as goth rock songs and an orgy of blowup sex dolls and inflatable dinosaurs. Amazing.
January 27, 2013 13:59
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Daniel Dawson's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
Daniel Dawson

It is hard to tell whether this devoutly low-budget surrealist expedition from the ‘unbankable’ Ken Russell borders on the inanely insane or the insanely inane. I would recommend this to nobody, unless of course, like myself, you find any Ken Russell film to be a religious experience.
July 18, 2011 01:13
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EdieEmm's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
EdieEmm

Surreal, deranged, high-camp extravaganza! And the blow up doll orgy scene was nothing short of sublime. God help me, this might have just kicked off a Ken Russell movie marathon.
February 11, 2015 22:37
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sbalmbra's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
sbalmbra

The silliest film I have seen in a long time. So much was so corny that it was a struggle to watch it at first, but then it grew on me and I started to enjoy it, particularly the over-exaggerated acting and James Johnson's music.
March 09, 2014 11:37
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Max Seqgar's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
Max Seqgar

Louse! Veeeeerrrrryyyy Louse!!!! -add my intellectually approving comment just to look cool... like comments for Godards' recent 3D Movie... LOUSE!!!
March 04, 2015 13:41
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gonzalo's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
gonzalo

asd
May 29, 2017 04:57
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Buddy Love's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
Buddy Love

Very absurd and amusing. It was probably a lot more fun to make than to watch.
March 06, 2015 09:04
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anne helga henning's rating of the film The Fall of the Louse of Usher
anne helga henning

Ken Russellsque! A bit long in the middle part of the film, though.
October 27, 2014 17:28
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