If you loved The Fall of the House of Usher, try Down to the Cellar

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Fall of the House of Usher

1982 · dir. Jan Švankmajer

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Down to the Cellar

1983 · dir. Jan Švankmajer

What they share

Both films are directed by Jan Švankmajer, and they both carry the dread, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Horror / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Fall of the House of Usher, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Down to the Cellar is

Dark cellar stairs creaking on a winter morning a single flickering bulb. A little girl faces her fears in twisted animated visions. This stop-motion horror short typifies Švankmajer's eerie 80s style.

If you loved The Fall of the House of Usher, try Down to the Cellar

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Down to the Cellar

What they share

What Down to the Cellar is

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