4/10
One of many adaptations of Poe's story, this is the 1949 version by director Ivan Barnett. It's not particularly good, especially the story which gets muddled in a hurry. The director elects to use a strange device in which the story begins in the present day with a bunch of men sitting around a smoking lounge telling tales, and one of the men decides to recite The Fall of the House of Usher, which leads to the main story portion of the film. I'm not sure why this was done, but it was pretty unnecessary.
The movie gets points for making "the hag" creepy enough and there's some cool black and white gothic shots, but one of the other adaptations probably did this story better.
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