The Fall of the House of Usher – Review
8 Episodes (8 hours 13 minutes), Rated TV-MA
Created by Mike Flanagan
**NOTE: Have a quick listen for Mark’s thoughts below. Remember, though, you can listen to all our discussions of this and every other movie directly over on ACAST. Stay tuned.**
Synopsis:
To secure their fortune (and future) two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.
Edgar Allen Poe was an eff-ing genius.
I said it.
His grasp of human frailty and the terrors that only the human mind couple conceive of, coupled with the horrors that only humans could inflict upon themselves and each other, is unrivaled in the literary world.
Poe pulled no punches, and neither does Mike Flanagan, creator the new Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher.
Have a listen to find out my full thoughts on this show (not really enough for a full “episode,” so…
The Fall of the House of Usher is currently streaming all episodes on Netflix and stars Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Rahul Kohli, Samantha Sloyan, T’Nia Miller, Crystal Balint, Ruth Codd, Kyleigh Curran, Kate Siegel, Carl Lumbly, Sauriyan Sapkota, Katie Parker, and Mark Hamill.
And remember, if the BEST thing you can say about a movie is that it’s “visually stunning,” then they’ve done something wrong.
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