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.

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?

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Young novelist Ethan Pie is the descendant of the 19th century master of gothic Horror. While Ethan struggles with the burden of finishing his next novel, he also feels the pressure of bearing his famous ancestors name. On a book tour he meets Ann Hedgerow, a beautiful young woman who, like Ethan, can trace her ancestry to the long dead horror writer.

When Ann and Ethan meet, their attraction is instantaneous, and they begin a relationship at lightning-fast pace./ All seems well at first but a shadow looms over the lovers...the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe.