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10 Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’

Writer and director, Mike Flanagan, delivers a modern adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story in Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher. The series explores the origins of siblings, Roderick and Madeline Usher, who have established a profitable pharmaceutical company and live a lavish life, but when the Usher children start dying, damning […]

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Stephen King’s Favorite Movies: 25 Films the Author Wants You to See

Stephen King is a tastemaker of terror. Ever since breaking out with “Carrie” — the sordid tale of a telekinetic teenager adapted into Brian De Palma’s 1976 classic starring Sissy Spacek — the horror author has had a hand in shaping our nightmares.With dozens of novels, novellas, and short stories to his name, the 75-year-old […]

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‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Gothic ‘Succession’ Is A Horror Tale Of Pharma Greed & Sackler Family Retribution

Some families are blessed and born into wealth and privilege, ala the royal Roys; others have to fight tooth and nail for scraps to survive. And some, born from tragedy but still ambitious— maybe believing a cruel and sh*tty world owes them—well, they might be willing to do anything, sell their souls even, for everything […]

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The Haunting Of Hill House Ending Explained: And Those Who Walk There Walk Together

Mike Flanagan had already made a name for himself by carving out a little niche in highly emotional horror movies before he (loosely) adapted Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House” into the Netflix series of the same name. However, it was that show that became his masterpiece.The series follows the fractured Crain family as […]

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The Fall Of The House Of Usher Review: Mike Flanagan’s Latest Is Succession Meets Edgar Allan Poe

What if Edgar Allan Poe had penned “Succession“? The result might be “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the latest streaming terror from Mike Flanagan (“Midnight Mass“). Flanagan, once again working with his usual stable of players, takes a “shut up and play the hits” approach to Poe here, dipping into the legendary author’s […]

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‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Review — Mike Flanagan Is Back

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.As much as Mike Flanagan has become synonymous with horror, his TV shows also heavily play on themes commonly found in classic Gothic literature. For some, horror […]

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‘Fall of the House of Usher’ Sneak Peek Introduces the Dysfunctional Family

The Fall of the House of Usher is imminent, and fans will be there to witness its glory and chaos in the coming weeks. Mike Flanagan’s miniseries, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story, has been steadily revealing its various characters and their sinister intentions recently, and now we finally get a look […]

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‘Fall of the House of Usher’ Image — Bruce Greenwood Calls a Family Meeting

Bruce Greenwood is gathering the family in a new image for Netflix’s limited series, The Fall of the House of Usher. From the mind of Mike Flanagan comes the horror director’s latest project with the streamer, set to arrive just in time for the spooky season on October 12, 2023. In a fresh shot courtesy […]

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‘Fall of the House of Usher’ Images – Mark Hamill Investigates Murder

You know it’s the spooky season when Mike Flanagan returns for another round of fantastic storytelling. While we’ve loved his feature-length projects like Oculus, Hush, and Doctor Sleep, the critically acclaimed filmmaker raked in an entirely new set of fans when he began teaming up with Netflix on a handful of horror series. What started […]

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