Is there a crow? Naturally! There’s also a mansion, a courtroom drama, a funny dinner, death threats and jokes about funeral clothes. and tweets of sympathy and what looks like a bloody revenge plot against “the Usher crime family.” Trailer for The Fall of the House of Usher featuring a cast filled with some of Mike Flanagan’s favorite actors from his previous Netflix horror series.
Here’s the official description: “In this evil 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 the secrets of the past are coming comes to light as the heirs to the Usher dynasty begin to die at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
Oh, a shady family with wealth built off a pharmaceutical empire? It’s no surprise that the “consequences” result in these guys collecting big debts! The cast of this eight-part series includes returning members of Flanagan’s. The Haunting of Hill House, The Curse of Bly Manor, midnight fairj The Midnight Clubin addition to some new faces: Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Michael Trucco, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nunez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Katie Parker, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Aya Furukawa, Daniel Jun, Matt Biedel, Ruth Codd, Annabeth Gish, Igby Rigney and Robert Longstreet.
Flanagan created the series and directed four episodes, while Michael Fimognari directed the remaining episodes. Scroll to see more images from The Fall of the House of Usher which will be released on Netflix on October 12th.
