خلاصه داستان : "جری رایان" پس از درخواست طلاق همسرش، کارش در نبراسکار را رها کرده و به نیویورک می رود....

Jerry Ryan wanders aimlessly around New York after giving up his Nebraskan law practice. His wife asks for a divorce. He meets Gittel, a struggling dancer from Greenwich Village and they try to sort out their lives. An extended conversation piece with a static camera, but reflects the moral climate of the time.

خلاصه داستان : فیلیپ وینتروپ نامزدش ، مادلین آشر ، را در خانه خانواده اش فرا می خواند. حضور او ناخوشایند است ، به خصوص برای برادر مادلین ، رودریک. رودریک توضیح می دهد که آشرها نفرین شده اند و از نقایص جسمی ارثی رنج می برند. با ازدواج مادلین با وینتروپ ، این احتمالاً رنج را ادامه...

After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.