For any civilized reader, there is no better way to usher in the howling fall than with “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a tale observing its 175th anniversary of publication this September and there is no better way to encounter the terrors of this tale than with a glimpse of the terrors of its teller.Ī wealthy Virginia tobacco and tombstone merchant named John Allan took in the orphaned Edgar Poe, born January 19, 1809.
Conjured over a century ago, Poe’s phantasmagorias remain unparalleled to this day in their rich, velvety, cerebral, and suffocating horror.
He is the undisputed master of the macabre and the father of the supernatural and psychological thriller. Throughout his 40 tormented years of life, Edgar Allan Poe was widely hailed as a genius for the black brilliance of his art. Like Midnight Mass, House of Usher will be a standalone series, not a third installment in Flanagan's Haunting anthology.There is a notable nightmarish and intangible quality to “The Fall of the House of Usher,” as there is in many of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic masterpieces-a vague sense of foreboding, a floating uneasiness, or shadowy moodiness that is beyond the power of words to express…Įnigmatic. Similar to Flanagan's The Haunting of Bly Manor, which adapts several short stories by Henry James, House of Usher will adapt multiple of Poe's works, starting with the titular one. House of Usher adapts Edgar Allen Poe's 1839 short story of the same name which follows an unnamed narrator traveling to help their friend, Roderick Usher, at his crumbling estate in the countryside, only to uncover the dark and disturbing secrets hiding within its walls. The Fall of the House of Usher officially wrapped filming in July 2022, with Flanagan serving as the director and executive producer behind four episodes of the limited series. Despite backlash from fans over these abrupt cancellations, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos claimed that the streamer has never " canceled a successful show." The Fall of the House of Usher Has Wrapped
Additionally, the streamer has canceled several popular shows in recent months, including Warrior Nun, Inside Job, 1899, and Resident Evil. has planned to cut spending by $300 million in 2023. Flanagan's response comes after reports that Netflix Inc.
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