The House of . . . What?

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Hey thank you for this fascinating post. It inspired me to read "The Fall of the House of Usher" on Project Gutenberg at work the other day (I obviously don't have a very demanding job, lol), and I really enjoyed the story. Creepy as hell! I am an English Lit. major, but for some reason never got into Poe. I think that might change now.

As to whether or not "Fall" had any influence on "The House of Yes".... I DO see remarkable similarities. The importance of the actual dwelling in both the story and film is very intersting. The house takes on a life of its own (and is almost a character in itself) in both, and you'll notice that "The House of Yes" is very stagey. The entire plot takes place within the same dwelling that has for so long housed all of the siblings' dark secrets. Same thing with Poe's story--the house almost seems to be alive with the ghosts of its dark history.

Tori Spelling's character is like the narrator in "Fall"--both innocent outsiders who are brought in to each of the "houses" to provide the voice of reason in a isolated world full of totally loopy people. We need them there for the purpose of comparision, or else we might get sucked into the world of Marty and Jackie O or Roderick and Madeline, and fall under their spell. They are the voices of normalcy.

Also. At the end of "Fall", the narrator runs out of the house after the deaths of the siblings and the literal collapse of the House of Usher. Tori's character runs out of the house after the death of Marty and what can be called a figurative collapse of that household. Both characters entered a new world when they entered the houses, and returned to the real world when they left.

Wow. Well if I never get a job with my English degree, I suppose I could always write long-winded posts on the IMDB message boards. haha.

Thanks again for the insightful post, Roguekingofnothing.



"I always have a place at the Dairy Queen."

The house being the personification or at least, the symbol for Marty’s mind is probably an integral point to further appreciate the movie’s undertones. I am not familiar with “The House of Usher” but you made an interesting issue regarding the house and its relationship to the characters.

The blackout before Jackie confesses their true relationship to Anthony is maybe, a representation of Marty’s apprehensiveness toward disclosing such a taboo relationship to public, even to his own brother. And to a lesser note, those candles, they are perhaps a little too obvious of an image that pertains to what may happen in that particular night. The final scene (a close-up of Jackie with a malicious smile) left a thought that yes, Marty probably initiated their relationship but it seems that it may have gone longer and earlier than what the film initially portrays. Meaning, that they may have (metaphorically) started this since birth, recalling what Mrs. Pascal told Leslie at the kitchen “Jackie was holding Marty’s penis at birth” – more or less to that extent.

Even though it was not mentioned, if we argue that there are similarities with “House of Usher” and “House of Yes” then probably I can accept the unusual mental behavior of Jackie, Anthony, Marty and even Mrs. Pascal. Perhaps, with House of Usher being a influential material, all of House Pascal were, at some point in time, were inbreeds.

Regardless, this was a fascinating movie with an outstanding script.

Marty: One day I woke up stupid.
Jackie O: What did you do?
Marty: I slept.

I'm reading it again because of this. :)

He said it's all in your head, and I said, so's everything--
But he didnt get it.

i totally agree, and it definitely intrigues me.

"i'd rather break my ankle in a million places than cause you any pain."
~Boy Meets World <3

The house of what the F was going on, Why where all the characters dumb and slow??? This movie was dumb all together...


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