The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Loosely based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher is a horror drama mini-series created by Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House) for Netflix. This modern retelling follows a corrupt pharmaceutical CEO, Roderick Usher, as he is forced to reckon with his past as a curse begins to claim the lives of each of his children.
The Fall of the House of Usher
- Cast
- Carla Gugino , Bruce Greenwood , Mary McDonnell , Carl Lumbly , Samantha Sloyan , T'Nia Miller , Rahul Kohli , Kate Siegel , Sauriyan Sapkota , Zach Gilford
- Release Date
- October 12, 2023
- Seasons
- 1
- Streaming Sevice
- Netflix
- Writers
- Mike Flanagan
- Directors
- Mike Flanagan , Michael Fimognari
- Showrunner
- Mike Flanagan
- Story By
- Edgar Allan Poe
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