Spooked: The Fall of the House of Usher (PG) With Neil Brand Live Score

An underseen gem, Jean Epstein’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher is an atmospheric study of hereditary madness. Allan is the sole friend of Roderick Usher, who lives with his wife, Madeleine in an eerie house. Upon visiting them, Allan finds Madeleine suffering from a mysterious illness and Roderick acting erratically.

Neil Brand has been a silent film accompanist for over 30 years and is regarded as one of the best in the country. He has scored several BFI releases, including Alfred Hitchcock’s The Ring and Anthony Asquith’s Underground. Neil is also a TV presenter with the hugely successful series Sound of Cinema, The Music that Made the Movies and Sound of Song, and he is a regular presenter on Radio 4’s Film Programme.