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"The Fall of the House of Usher" | Limited series premieres on Netflix Thursday, Oct. 12
Genre: Horror
The granddaddy of American gothic horror is getting a 21st century facelift in Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series. Based on several short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, the eight-episode show is populated with more than 20 long-time Flanagan collaborators, including Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, T’Nia Miller, Kate Siegel, and Henry Thomas, just to name a few. But it’s the addition of Mark Hamill that really has us ready to face whatever frights the director has in store. Flanagan often uses his source material as a jumping off point for entirely new tales of terror, and "Usher" appears to be no exception. A drama about a pharmaceutical empire may seem like a far cry from Poe’s original story of familial madness, but if we know anything about the acclaimed director’s approach, it’s not to count our ravens before they’ve hatched.
Genre: Horror
The granddaddy of American gothic horror is getting a 21st century facelift in Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series. Based on several short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, the eight-episode show is populated with more than 20 long-time Flanagan collaborators, including Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, T’Nia Miller, Kate Siegel, and Henry Thomas, just to name a few. But it’s the addition of Mark Hamill that really has us ready to face whatever frights the director has in store. Flanagan often uses his source material as a jumping off point for entirely new tales of terror, and "Usher" appears to be no exception. A drama about a pharmaceutical empire may seem like a far cry from Poe’s original story of familial madness, but if we know anything about the acclaimed director’s approach, it’s not to count our ravens before they’ve hatched.
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