Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher is one of my top two favourite short stories of all time. I also very much like hot, athletic, shirtless men. But can someone explain to me how anyone was able to come up with a treatment that combines both and still call it Edgar Allan Poe’s House of Usher?
Poe’s story is about an ill man, living with his sister, also ill, that invites an old childhood friend to comfort him during his sickness. I won’t ruin the end, which is terrifying, but at no point do four young, hot, gay men make an appearance—either explicitly or in subtext.
And… “Many have arrived, few have survived?” What?
Don’t get me wrong, I like gay cinema as much as the next non-straight guy (except when it’s low-budget, pretentious, or a re-hash), but this is just silly.
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