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Mike Flanagan closes Netflix chapter with ambitious Edgar Allan Poe adaptation 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

  • The Fall of the House of Usher is a Netflix miniseries created by Mike Flanagan that adapts and remixes the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
  • The series follows the wealthy but troubled Usher family, owners of a pharmaceutical company connected to the opioid crisis.
  • Each episode focuses on the death of one of patriarch Roderick Usher's children, inspired by a different Poe story.
  • The ensemble cast includes Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, and other Flanagan regulars bringing the material to life.
  • Flanagan has moved from Netflix to Amazon, so this gothic tale marks the ambitious conclusion to his creative chapter at Netflix.
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