‘Fall of the House of Usher’ – Mike Flannigan Takes on Poe in First Images
The first look at Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher is here–as well as its drop date.
Flannigan is known for the horror series he’s created for Netflix, like Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House. This new series started filming early last year and is arriving on the streamer this fall. The Fall of the House of Usher is a remix of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic plus other works, including The Raven.
The main story focuses on the Usher family, who lead lives of wealth, privilege, and power thanks to the pharmaceutical empire they’ve created. The ruthless siblings, Roderick and Madeline Usher, at the head of the corporation, have made enemies along the way. One of them has started killing the heirs to the Usher fortune. Someone from Roderick and Madeline Usher’s past.
First Images
Netflix has shared the first images from the series that give a peek at the characters. Its stars provide more sneak peeks via what they have to say about the show. Rahul Kohli describes it as “bonkers, loud, in-your-face; very different from everything else Mike [Flanagan]’s done.” He’s not the only one.
“It’s batshit crazy in the best possible way. It has quite a lot of very dark humor, but also really touches the soul. There is a fantastical supernatural element to the story, and [Verna] is the manifestation of that. You could say she’s the executor of fate or the executor of karma.”
– Carla Gugino via Variety
“This one, it’s like candy… I always say Midnight Mass was a seven-hour movie, and it wasn’t a miniseries, where each episode has something. It’s like, no, it’s just seven hours that they broke into seven segments. This one, it starts fast and loud. It’s just like, each episode, it just ramps up and ramps up and ramps up. I remember reading the scripts, I was like, ‘What the f-ck? It’s going to be fun.”
– Zach Gilford via ComicBook
The Fall of the House of Usher Cast
The show consists of 8 episodes directed by Mike Flanagan and Michael Fimognari.
The Fall of the House of Usher features familiar faces from Flanagan’s other projects. Bruce Greenwood is playing the towering patriarch of the Usher dynasty, Roderick Usher, and Mary McDonnell will play Madeline Usher.
Other cast members include Carla Gugino, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Michael Trucco, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nuñez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Katie Parker, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Aya Furukawa, Daniel Jun, Matt Biedel, Ruth Codd, Annabeth Gish, Igby Rigney and Robert Longstreet.
The Fall of the House of Usher premieres on Netflix on October 12th.
