This "house of Usher" has nothing to do with Edgar Allen Poe. At first glance, this Usher family is pretty normal. There are the parents, Ted and Biddy, their children William, Amy, and Sam, and grandmother Martha. After the savage murder of their downstairs neighbor by her husband, things start going wrong. Ted buys the downstairs flat to make their living space larger. Workmen installing a staircase leave a gaping hole in the floor that Martha falls through causing a stroke. A mysterious fire erupts in Amy's room. Then family members begin dying. Adopted son, Sam, believes the house is haunted because he has discovered a witch was burned at that location. This graphic novel brings to mind Rod Serling's "Night Gallery" television show--very dark and creepy.
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