TV Mini Series Review: The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
Intrepid Pictures
Netflix
Release date
October 12th, 2023
Description
From Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, a wicked horror series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
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Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell) built an abundantly successful company called Fortunato Pharmaceuticals. All of a sudden, the children in the Usher family start to die off under mysterious circumstances. The question is why? Do Roderick and Madeline have a secret?
The Fall of the House of Usher is the perfect series to watch this Halloween season.
Episode count
8 Episodes
Series
Horror, Drama
Created by
Mike Flanagan
Based on
"The Fall of the House of Usher" and other works by Edgar Allan Poe
Written by
Mike Flanagan
Directed by
Mike Flanagan and Michael Fimognari
Starring
Carla Gugino as Verna
Bruce Greenwood as Roderick Usher
Zach Gilford as young Roderick Usher
Mary McDonnell as Madeline Usher
Willa Fitzgerald as young Madeline Usher
Carl Lumbly as C. Auguste Dupin
Malcolm Goodwin as young C. Auguste Dupin
Samantha Sloyan as Tamerlane Usher
T'Nia Miller as Victorine LaFourcade
Rahul Kohli as Napoleon Usher
Kate Siegel as Camille L'Espanaye
Sauriyan Sapkota as Prospero Usher
Katie Parker as Annabel Lee
Michael Trucco as Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Henry Thomas as Frederick Usher
Mark Hamill as Arthur Pym
Paola Nuñez as Dr. Alessandra "Al" Ruiz
Matt Biedel as William "Bill-T" Wilson
Crystal Balint as Morelle Usher
Kyleigh Curran as Lenore Usher
Igby Rigney as Toby
Aya Furukawa as Tina
Daniel Jun as Julius
Annabeth Gish as Eliza
Robert Longstreet as Mr. Longfellow
Sarah-Jane Redmond as Mrs. Longfellow
Nicholas Lea as Judge John Neal
JayR Tinaco as Faraj
Tommy Nelson
Lulu Wilson
Composer
The Newton Brothers
Executive producers
Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy, Emmy Grinwis, Michael Fimognari, and Melinda Nishioka
Cinematography
Michael Fimognari
Editor
Brett Bachman
Bruce Greenwood discusses his character Roderick Usher
“Roderick Usher is a guy who has never had to pay for any trespass”
“He’s moved forward in his life without impediment at the expense of everybody and everything around him, and he’s never paid for it in any way at all.”
Carla Gugino discusses her character Verna
“Unfortunately, most people are made of who they are from the start, and so they rarely change their minds. But I think that the cool thing about Verna is that she always has some kind of –– if not faith, fascination –– in human beings”
“She is always waiting for the occasional one that will actually make a different decision.”
Mary McDonnell discusses her character Madeline
“I’ve played a lot of empowered women or women in power, but they’re still aware of certain kinds of rules and decorum. And Madeline really doesn’t give a f*ck about it”
“And I love that about her. She just does not care. So there’s freedom in her, along with all of the other things that attracted me to her.”
Mark Hamill discusses his character Arthur Pym
“[Pym’s] the investigative thread providing a lot of exposition for the audience wondering, ‘What’s going on? Who is this? Why is this happening?’ ”
“That’s my job, to figure out what’s going on.”
Carl Lumbly discusses his character Auguste Dupin
“Charles Auguste Dupin is a simple man”
“He believes in simple things like justice and love. He thinks that the nobler ideas that we carry about ourselves as human beings are worthy of defense. He believes in justice. He believes in love the hard way. Love that is not always soft and/or pretty, but that involves an opening of the heart, a love that involves a sacrifice, and that people need to be held accountable for what they do.”
Samantha Sloyan discusses her character Tamerlane Usher
“Tamerlane Usher considers herself a true Usher”
“She is the daughter of both Roderick and Annabel Lee, his first wife. And I think she aspires so much to please her father and to make him proud. And that has distorted her ambition in a way that has caused her to lock out all other things from life. [There’s] a single-mindedness to her and she’s put so much pressure on herself and so much importance on her success that her anxiety level has just gone through the roof. She’s created this circumstance for herself [where] she’s not sleeping. She’s not doing anything. She's just completely focused on her one goal. And through that laser focus, she kind of loses the plot entirely — loses the point of everything.”
T'Nia Miller discusses her character Victorine
“She wants to basically be the new Roderick”
“She wants to be the CEO. She wants to run things.”
Rahul Kohli discusses his character Napoleon “Leo” Usher
“Leo is one of the children from Roderick’s adventures that find out later in life that their father is Roderick Usher”
“Leo’s thing is indulgence and greed. And he tends to supplement his life with either. He treats people almost like drugs. So if he wants an upper or a downer, he uses people that way. And when they’re no longer of any use to him, he disposes of them.”
Kate Siegel discusses her character Camille L’Espanaye
“Camille’s a stone-cold b*tch. There is no stopping her”
“She loathes human emotion in any way, shape, or form and thinks weakness is probably the most embarrassing thing that could happen to a person.”
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