THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Trailer Delivers a Poe-rrific Chilling Time

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• Episodes
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• Netflix’s ‘Fall of the House of Usher’ Releases First Photos, Premiere Date
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In this wicked series from Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House) and 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. From creator Mike Flanagan, the 8-episode limited series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, follows ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher who 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 startdying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.

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'Fall of the House of Usher' Release Date, Time, Trailer, and Plot for Mike Flanagan's Netflix Thriller.

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Episodes

The series consists of eight episodes, which will be released Oct. 12. Flanagan and Michael Fimognari directed four episodes each, with Trevor Macy also producing. Usher is an ambitious remix of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, taking some of his best-known tales and weaving them into an overarching story of a dynastic family suffering a mysterious series of calamities.

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Also appearing in the series are Mark Hamill as Arthur Pym, the family's ruthless attorney and clean-up guy; Crystal Balint as Morella "Morrie" Usher, wife of Frederick and mother of Lenore; Matt Biedel as Bill T. Driving home the Poe connection, Roderick begins deliriously repeating "nevermore," the haunting phrase from the poet's most famous work, "The Raven." It's no surprise that an actual raven is one of the many phantasms stalking the Ushers. It's almost October, which means it's almost time for Mike Flanagan to shock and awe us with another Netflix horror series.

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For more entertainment content, here are three reasons why Barbenheimer has taken over the box office. Also, here are the best Paul Giamatti performances (including his role in Billions). For now, the closest things to a trailer are some preview images that show various characters. Of course, it’s possible that Netflix will take a different approach with The Fall of the House of Usher.

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The pulse-pounding orchestral blasts that drive the first trailer for The Fall of the House of Usher appropriately belong to Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem," which is a mass for the dead. The specific excerpt comes from the "Dies Irae" movement, a.k.a. the funeral march. One might then consider this sneak peek, released Tuesday, as the start of the Usher family's slow, painful trudge towards the grave.

Despite being the natural heir to the company, he’s described as the least capable person to take over the business out of all his siblings. Carla Gugino’s Verna is a shape-shifting demon, who made a deal with twins Roderick and Madeline when they were younger. Decades later, she returns at the height of Fortunato’s power to massacre the heirs to the Usher fortune.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Trailer Delivers a Poe-rrific Chilling Time

The team behind The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass delve into the Usher family dynasty and the supernatural force targeting its heirs. Well, that’s surely a reference to Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” if there ever was one. And, we feel there will be many more Poe Easter eggs for us to uncover. Of course, we hear the famous refrain “Nevermore” echo through The Fall of the House of Usher‘s trailer and even see a raven.

His affliction is manifested in a rare nerve condition, which renders him hypersensitive. Under the watchful eye of the caretaker, Nurse Thatcher (Beth Grant), Jill appears to be haunted by Maddy's ghost. While there are some fanmade trailers that may seem real from the video titles, they are not. They are either made using the aforementioned images or snippets of Flanagan’s previous work. The trailer features Flanagan mainstays including Kate Siegel, Alex Essoe, Carla Gugino, and Rahul Kohli, relatively new faces to the franchise including Ruth Codd, Sauriyan Sapkota, and Igby Rigney, and huge names like Mark Hamill and Carl Lumbly. Flanagan’s monologue-heavy dialogue style is perfectly suited to juxtapose with the rapid-fire rapport of Succession, and the backstabbing industry drama blends seamlessly with the eerie horror twist that makes his works — and the works of Edgar Allan Poe before him — so gripping.

Siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege and power; however, secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty sta... EW previously revealed the main cast of power players populating this horror-drama. Bruce Greenwood (Gerald's Game) and Mary McDonnell (Dances with Wolves) star as Roderick and Madeline Usher, twins who built their company, Fortunato Pharmaceuticals, into a thriving modern dynasty. But long-buried secrets are dug up when a supernatural entity from their past, the shape-shifting Verna (Carla Gugino), starts targeting and killing the heirs to the Usher fortune. Based on the 1839 story by Edgar Allan Poe, the series focuses on siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell). The pair have built their company, Fortunato Pharmaceuticals, into a downright empire of wealth and privilege — and they've brought their whole family along for the ride.

Loosely based on various works by 19th-century author Edgar Allan Poe (most prominently the eponymous 1840 short story), the series adapts otherwise unrelated stories and characters by Poe into a single nonlinear narrative set from 1953 to 2023. It recounts both the rise to power of Roderick Usher, the powerful CEO of a corrupt pharmaceutical company and his sister Madeline Usher, the firm's genius COO, and the events leading to the deaths of all six of Roderick’s children. It stars an ensemble cast led by Carla Gugino as a mysterious woman plaguing the Ushers, Bruce Greenwood as an elderly Roderick and Mary McDonnell as an elderly Madeline.

Is that a terrific or horrific time we’re alluding to in the headline? Netflix’s latest (and final) limited series from creator Mike Flanagan promises yet another exquisite turn that lands somewhere between art-piece and terror. But it certainly looks like The Fall of the House of Usher will leave us with a bang. The Fall of the House of Usher trailer starts off strong and then only gets wilder. Check out character descriptions and our first good look at Mike Flanagan’s Poe-inspired series below.

But who are all The Fall of the House of Usher characters that we get to meet in the above trailer? Well, Entertainment Weekly, via ComingSoon.Net revealed more information about the various Ushers, friends, and foes we’ll meet in the series. You can catch a few more Poe-Easter eggs in these Flanagan creations if you look carefully enough. The first two episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher premiered at Fantastic Fest in September 2023 before the Netflix release the following month, being viewed more than 13 million times in its first two weeks. It was met with positive reviews, with critics praising its production values, directing, and performances (in particular from Gugino, Greenwood and Mark Hamill), although they were divided on its narrative, notably in relation to the source materials.

Jill Masters (Izabella Miko) has not seen or heard from her ex-lover, Roderick "Rick" Usher (Austin Nichols), or her best friend (Rick's twin), Madeline "Maddy" Usher (Danielle McCarthy), for three years. One night, Rick contacts Jill and informs her of Maddy's sudden death. Her love affair with Rick is rekindled as she learns he suffers from the same malady that robbed his twin sister, Maddy, of her sharp mind before taking her life.

Though he’s done original stories like Midnight Mass, the “Flana-verse” of Netflix series like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Midnight Club were all based on existing works of literature. The series is framed around a fireside confessional with an older Roderick, who's facing the literal ghosts of his past as he reflects on his life with C. Auguste Dupin (Doctor Sleep's Carl Lumbly), the attorney determined to take down what he calls "the Usher Crime Family." Katie Parker’s Annabel Lee is Roderick’s first wife and the mother of Frederick and Tamerlane. With a warm and trusting nature, she always sought to find the best in Roderick, but that might have left her blind to the dangers encroaching on her family. Kyliegh Curran’s Lenore Usher is the daughter of Frederick, who’s described as a kind and empathic young woman.