New Netflix horror by creator of The Haunting of Hill House released today

A new horror from Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Hill House, has landed on Netflix today.

Flanagan, the creative mind behind The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass and The Midnight Club, now takes on American Gothic horror writer Edgar Allan Poe with his new masterpiece The Fall of the House of Usher.

The eight-part series, which lands today (October 12th), is based on Poe’s 1839 short story of the same name, but with a modern and ‘wicked’ twist – with each of its episodes also named after Poe’s shorts.

The new drop features a stellar cast and fans of Flanagan’s previous Netflix horrors will recognise a line-up of familiar faces, as well as some new ones.

The cast includes the likes of Mary McDonnell, Willa Fitzgerald, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Henry Thomas, Crystal Balint, Kyliegh Curran, Samantha Sloyan, Matt Biedel, Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, Daniel Jun, T’Nia Miller, Paola Núñez, Sauriyan Sapkota, and Ruth Codd.

The synopsis says: “She’s coming for them all. 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.”

“It’s batshit crazy in the best possible way,” star Carla Gugino told Netflix during production. 

“It has quite a lot of very dark humour, but also really touches the soul.” 

In the series, Gugino portrays a shape-shifter named Verna, whose origins can be traced back to a ‘very famous Poe character’. 

She added: “There is a fantastical supernatural element to the story, and she is the manifestation of that. You could say she’s the executor of fate or the executor of karma.”

The series has already received many positive reviews from critics, and it currently has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 94%.

You can watch Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix now.