Subj : Netflixs The Fall of of the House of Usher is a terrifyingly good
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Oct 13 2023 12:00:05

Netflixs The Fall of of the House of Usher is a terrifyingly good treat for 
this Friday 13th

Date:
Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:40:02 +0000

Description:
Netflixs new Edgar Allan Poe-esque gothic horror show from terror director 
Mike Flanagan is a smash hit with critics already.

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The reviews are in and Netflix has a horror hit on its hands with The Fall of 
the House of Usher. The show is "a gleefully terrifying take on Edgar Allen 
Poe," says The Guardian , while Rolling Stone says it's "a literary orgy of 
death", which we think is a compliment. Variety says it's "gruesome", Metro 
says it's "gripping" and IGN says it "is some of Flanagan's best work". 

Given that the Flanagan in question is Mike Flanagan of The Haunting of Hill 
House fame, it was never likely to be a dud. But the reviews are particularly 
delighted here. Rolling Stone says it's like a more highbrow American Horror 
Story that has a lot in common with the brilliant The Haunting of Bly Manor . 
Where that was a mashup of multiple books by Henry James, this time the 
monstrous mash is made from the works of Edgar Allen Poe. What is The Fall of 
the House of Usher about? 

The titular Usher is Roderick Usher, whose adult children have died and whose 
deaths have wiped out his entire family's bloodline. Mooching about a spooky 
mansion, Usher tells his tale to Auguste Dupin believed to be if not the 
first fictional detective ever then one of the very first. And it's not a 
happy tale: it features a miserable childhood, a lot of creeps and many 
people for whom the best description is "dastardly" almost all of whom meet 
increasingly sticky ends. 

I love Rolling Stone's description of it as a mix of "Poe's greatest hits", 
Succession and Dopesick . The cast is superb, the deaths are horribly, 
hilariously graphic and because it's a Flanagan show you know you're in for 
eight episodes of stuns, shocks, sharp writing and even sharper implements. 
As Empire puts it, it's a "dark-hearted horror story that's horribly good 
fun". 

The consensus is clear: if you're looking for something horribly spooky to 
stream this Halloween, there ain't no party like a The Fall of the House of 
Usher party. You might also like 13 great horror movies new on Netflix, Hulu 
and more to stream in October 2023 Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher 
looks like a horror-tinged Succession Netflix's new slasher comedy could be 
this year's surprise horror delight



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/netflixs-the-fall-of-of-the-house-of-usher
-is-a-terrifyingly-good-treat-for-this-friday-13th


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