The story features an unnamed narrator visiting his old friend Roderick Usher in his mansion after receiving a letter complaining of illness.
But what exactly will that entail? First published in 1839, “The Fall of the House of Usher” features just about everything that makes a Poe story distinctly Poe: insanity, family, isolation, and of course: violence. Obviously the series called The Fall of the House of Usher will borror liberally from Poe’s titular short story. Here are some other Poe pieces that the limited series might seek to adapt. Though Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher will adapt one Poe work in particular, Netflix notes that it will cover several others. He also married his cousin and died penniless in the streets like any real Goth should. The Boston-born, Baltimore-dead writer produced dozens of classics like “The Raven”, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, and more. Just about every bit of horror content that has been produced on this continent since the early 1800s owes its existence in some part to Poe.
Scott Cooper and Guillermo del Toro Want to Make Edgar Allan Poe Movie By David Crow Meanwhile, 19th century writer Poe is quite simply the American horror story GOAT. Flanagan is the hottest name in horror right now thanks to his Netflix television work and major Stephen King film adaptations like Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep. This is one of the most natural partnerships between adapter and source material in a long time. It will feature eight episodes, four of which will be directed by Flanagan. This is the fifth horror series that Flanagan and Macy have brought to Netflix after Hill House, Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and the upcoming The Midnight Club. Netflix announced today that Flanagan and producing partner Trevor Macy will be shepherding a new limited series called The Fall of the House of Usher, based on Poe’s titular short story along with a handful of his other works. The mustachioed, cousin-loving freak himself. Ladies and gentlemen we present to you: America’s spookiest uncle. After borrowing Shirley Jackson’s source material for 2018 series adaptation The Haunting of Hill House and Henry James’s (again: we must insist you call him “Hank Jim”) for 2020’s The Haunting of Bly Manor, there was only one classic horror author for filmmaker Mike Flanagan to adapt next.
It all made too much sense not to happen.
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