“The Fall of the House of Usher” marks the last series Mike Flanagan created for Netflix.
The series is currently streaming so let’s dive into some trivia and facts about it.
- The Fall of the House of Usher is an American gothic horror drama television miniseries
- It is created by Mike Flanagan
- The series was filmed in Vancouver
- It is loosely based on the short story of the same name and other works by Edgar Allan Poe
- It premiered on Netflix on October 12, 2023
- The CEO of a corrupt pharmaceutical company faces his questionable past when his children start dying in mysterious and brutal ways
- In October 2021, Netflix announced that Mike Flanagan was developing a new miniseries based on “The Fall of the House of Usher” and other works by Edgar Allan Poe
- On December 9, 2021, Frank Langella, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, and Mark Hamill were cast
- Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Henry Thomas, T’Nia Miller, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Katie Parker, Michael Trucco, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Kyleigh Curran, Paola Nuñez, Aya Furukawa, Matt Biedel, Daniel Jun, Ruth Codd, Robert Longstreet, Annabeth Gish, and Igby Rigney were cast the next day
- In April 2022, Langella was fired from the series after a misconduct investigation
- With his role set to be recast
- By the end of the month, Bruce Greenwood was cast to replace Langella
- Filming began on January 31, 2022, in Vancouver, Canada
- It wrapped on July 9, 2022
- The first two episodes debuted at Fantastic Fest in September 2023
- As well as a pre-screening at Flanagan’s alma mater, Towson University
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the miniseries holds a 90% rating
- Based on 78 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 7.9/10
- The website’s consensus reads: “Presenting vintage Poe stories filtered through Mike Flanagan’s deliciously dark lens, The Fall of the House of Usher will get a rise out of horror fans”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the show a score of 74 out of 100
- Based on 31 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- It marks the last time Mike Flanagan collaborates with Netflix
- The series is in the top 10 of most-watched series on Netflix in many countries
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