Descendant (2003 film)

Descendant

Directed by	Kermit Christman Del Tenney
Written by	Kermit Christman (screenplay) Margot Hartman
Based on	The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Starring	Jeremy London Katherine Heigl Arie Verveen
Music by	Tim Wynn
Release date	June 17, 2003
Running time	86 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$650,000 (estimated)

Descendant is a 2003 film starring Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London based on the 1839 short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.^[1]

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Plot

Ethan Poe, a writer living in the shadow of his infamous ancestor, is under deadline to finish his next book. He moves to a small town to concentrate on his novel and meets Anne who falls for the troubled writer. When the shadow of Poe's ghost falls over the two lovers women turn up murdered in Poe-etic fashion. Ethan is the Police's prime suspect. Is Anne next to be murdered? Can she save herself from the dark curse on the Poe family?^[2]

Cast

Jeremy London as Ethan Poe / Frederick Usher
Katherine Heigl as Ann Hedgerow / Emily Hedgerow
Nick Stabile as Deputy John Burns
Arie Verveen as Edgar Allan Poe
William Katt as Dr. Tom Murray
Whitney Dylan as Lisa
Matt Farnsworth as Keifer Hedgerow
Margot Hartman as Margaret Usher (credited as Margot Hartman Tenney)
Cheryl Dent as Camille Lane
Lissa Pallo as Susan Smith
Marilyn Burns as Dr. White
Jodi Stevens as Rebecca Dodd
Jenna Bodnar as Kate
Craig Patton as Bartender
Diane Foster as Vicki
Amy Lindsay as Dee

References

^ "Descendant 2003". Garth Typepad. United States. January 23, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
^ Descendant, dir. Kermit Christman and Del Tenney, perf. Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London, DVD, York Horror, 2003.

External links

Descendant at IMDb

v t e Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839)
Film	La Chute de la maison Usher (1928, French) The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, American) The Fall of the House of Usher (1950) House of Usher (1960) The House of Usher (1989) The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002) Descendant (2003) Usher (2004) The House of Usher (2006) The Bloodhound (2020)
Television	The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Operas	La chute de la maison Usher (Debussy) The Fall of the House of Usher (Glass) The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill) Usher House (Getty) The Fall of the House of Usher (Sitsky)
Other	Alone in the Dark "Lady Eleanor"

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