this tale base on two edgar allen poe piece ( the fall of the house of usher and dance of death ( poem ) ) be actually quite creepy from begin to end . it be similar to some of the old black and white movie about people that meet in an old decrepit house ( for example and the cat and the canary and the old dark house and night of terror and so on ) . boris karloff play a demented inventor of life size doll that terrorize the guest . he die early in the film ( or do he . ) and the resident of the house be subject to a number of terrify experience . i would not go into too much detail here and but it be definitely a must see for fan of old dark house mystery . watch it with plenty of popcorn and soda in a darkened room . dan basinger positive .