He has two other novel adaptations in the work, including 1994's The Midnight Club and 1992's The Season of Passage, a horror story set on Mars. To say more would spoil the twists and turns, but fans of Poe's work (like "The Telltale Heart'') will be right at home as the situation at House Usher develops.įlanagan previously adapted two other novels, turning them into the two "Haunting" series for Netflix. It follows the experiences of an unnamed narrator who visits his old friend Roderick Usher, who lives in a crumbling mansion with his sister Madeline Usher.Īmong the many issues facing the family and narrator, Roderick exhibits hysteria and supposed illness when he claims the house is a sentient entity, and that a "family evil" has stricken him and Madeline with illness. The Fall of the House of Usher was originally published by Poe in 1839 and blended Poe's signature elements of gothic horror, psychological and supernatural terror, and madness.
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