La Chute de la maison usher

A stranger stops at a country inn to ask directions to the Usher chateau. He has come to visit his old friend Roderick Usher whose young wife, Madeleine, appears to be dying. He finds Roderick painting a huge portrait of his wife with a feverish disregard for her health. Not long after his arrival, Madeleine collapses and dies. But Roderick believes she is still alive. After she is buried in a grotto, Roderick sinks into an existence of torpor and monotony; yet paradoxically his senses sharpen to frustrating acuteness. One night, a sudden storm erupts. Roderick watches and listens intently at a window and Madeleine slowly arises from the grotto and comes to him, while, simultaneously, lightning strikes the chateau and sets it afire...