After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion looking his adored one. Upon arriving, however, he finds that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher are afflicted with a mysterious malady: while Madeline has become catatonic, the sensations of Roderick have become acute. Roderick informs his guest anytime there was more than one Usher child, that day, each died horrible deaths and of the siblings have gone insane. As the days wear onthe impacts of the curse reach their frightening climax.