“What if ‘Succession‘ but Edgar Allan Poe?” is a pretty damn fine pitch for a horror series if you ask me, especially when it’s coming from Mike Flanagan.
The modern horror maestro has been a practical machine for Netflix these last several years, churning out hit after hit like “Gerald’s Game,” “The Haunting of Hill House,” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.” He’s since secured a deal to develop projects for Amazon Studios, but before he leaves, he’s gifted Netflix with one final offering.
Titled “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the show sees Flanagan turning his eye to the works of the father of Gothic horror fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, as filtered through the modern-day world of cutthroat corporate culture and familial dynasties.
So, yeah, it’s “Succession” with a whole lot more literal bloodshed.Such is the vibe of the trailer for “The Fall of the House of Usher,…
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