THE FALL OF THE LOUSE OF USHER - Ken Russell's home movie in which he delivers numerous of his fixations with throwaway Benny Hillness or genuinely affecting weirdness... being a Russell fan, I'm biased towards it anyway, and the presence of Gallon Drunk's James Johnston as 'Rod Usher' pretty much seals it for me... others may find it an acquired taste, but I feel a lot of affection for this film - kind of wish it lived up to its first 10 minutes or so, and was less given to whimsy (yeah, there's Russell full on whimsy, and something a bit more flimsy).
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