re: Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher - Netflix (Available 10/12) (Spoilers)

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Is it going to stop me from enjoying the show? No

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Good for you. And because of that, there will be more political shite (one sided) and it will become more obnoxious.

I don't enjoy being lectured to by a derivative fantasy horror movie, but to each their own. There are still enough shows out there that don't feel the need, fortunately.

The sensitivity of the viewers in this thread are alarming. I couldn't imagine getting through anything if I turned it off because I didn't like what someone said. I finished it last night and thought it was thoroughly enjoyable and enjoyed all of the Poe Easter eggs. I think it is super cool how Flanagan sorta has his own "troupe" of actors in all his series.

I enjoy Poe works... I honestly found this to be the most enjoyable series he has done.

Not the scariest, but the one I liked the most

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for those who read the original story, was that how the sister in the basement part played out?

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Yes. In the original story, Roderick buries Madeline alive. I can't recall if it's intentional or not. She escapes and strangles him to death as the mansion falls down around them.

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DEI agenda shoved down my throat

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When was it shoved down your throat? I rolled my eyes at the 3 minute monologue at the end. But I didn’t get the DEI throughout.

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When was it shoved down your throat? I rolled my eyes at the 3 minute monologue at the end. But I didn’t get the DEI throughout.

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Pretty sure he’s talking about the racial makeup of the cast.

Which would lend some credence if they casted those actors/actresses for DEI sake. It’s less that and more almost all of them have starred in other Mike Flanagan productions. It’s like the Judd Apatow Troupe for Horror.

Finally finished it, thought it was great.

Greenwood was incredible.

Has anyone read the Poe shorty story?

Finally finished it. Liked it better than Bly Manor but I think Flanagan lost himself in his message this time around, particularly at the end. The thing that made Midnight Mass and Hill House great was that it wasn’t JUST about the message he was trying to tell, he also cared deeply about the characters and story in each of those series. It was still well done but you can tell Flanagan just didn’t care as much about these characters or this story.


I especially disliked Madeline’s message at the end. It felt like Flanagan beating us over the head one last time. But the show fell flat for me in the character department. Even deeply hated characters like Bev from Midnight Mass and Olivia from Hill House were extremely well done and nuanced. The only characters that really had any nuance to them in Usher was Pym. He ended up being the most interesting. The rest of them just ended up being characters you just wish died, which of course Flanagan wanted but I think not making them more human and nuanced and not just one-note rich assholes really missed the mark for me.


I still liked it and it was still well done but it’s not Hill House or Mass for me

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h. I didn’t see it that way. I just thought the old man liked women. Regardless of color.

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I took it that Roderick was trying to spread his bloodline as much as he could through many different women to try and beat the curse till he got too old to cock sling anymore and settled down with the little weirdo. I laughed way to hard at her getting hit in the face with the mic stand.