The Fall of the House of Usher
Character: Madeline Usher
Created by: Edgar Allan Poe (original)
Directed by: James Darrah
Written by: Raúl Santos
Produced by: James Darrah
Cast Members: Mark Hamill, Carla Gugino, Frank Langella, Carl Lumbly
Released date: October 12, 2023
Language(s): English
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Duration: 1h 31min
The short story begins with an unnamed narrator arriving at the house of the Ushers at the request of his long-time friend Roderick. It seems that he and his sister Madeline are both very ill, and Roderick reached out to his friend for assistance.
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Character’s Quotes
♦ The company is the family, and we expect you to defend it with your life. And if anyone, anyone comes after us, we will exhaust our arsenal until the threat’s neutralized. […] Neutralized. Like dead.
♦ Tell everyone to take up arms. We are at war. I don’t know who, I don’t know how, but I know what it feels like when a bullet flies by, even if I can’t hear the shot.
♦ [referring to Verna] This woman looks remarkably like a certain bartender we met back in 1980 just up the street from here, in fact. The bar’s long gone now. I already checked, but I know I’m right. And since my brother likes to stick his d**k into anything that moves, you’ve got new b****rds popping up like new smart phones, and maybe this one is crazy and wants to be first in line.
♦ Four deaths in a row is not a coincidence. We don’t need to know how it’s happening to know it’s happening. We are under attack.
♦ Yes, brother dear, has it not occurred to you that if these coincidences keep happening, that family firewall you’ve always talked about is being dismantled one brick at a time. We could lose control of the board. That woman from the bar, if we don’t find her, if we don’t stop her right f***ing now, you won’t have a family left. You won’t have a company either.
♦ My first husband. I thought I missed him, but that was just this temporary insanity. This burp your heart goes through. He was fun to ride. Boy.
♦ Men, when they think they’re immortal, all they want to do is f***. When they figure out they’re going to die, all they want to do is f***.
♦ Everything has a price. Every negotiation’s a point of entry. Every deal is simply an expression of will. Mutual will. We can sort this. Woman to woman.
♦ You know what I am capable of. You know what I have done. You know who I am.
♦ I have run it all down. Every possible scenario. You trust me, you have always trusted me. This is the only one. This is it. Go ahead. You can do it. Now, that’s a legend. That’s a king. You’re saving us all. You’re a legend. You’re a king. You are saving us all.
♦ You always said it was you and me against the world. Said we’d change the world. We did, didn’t we?
♦ These f***ing monsters, these f***ing consumers, these f***ing mouths. They point at you and me like we’re the problem. They f***ing invented us. They begged for us. They’re begging for us still. So I say, we stand tall and proud, brother. Bill’s come due. Let’s not hide here in the basement like we’ve got something to be ashamed of. No. Not us. You and me against the world. Don’t care if it’s Death herself. If she wants Madeline f***ing Usher, she’s going to have to look me straight in the eyes.