Mike Flanagan's ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ uses Edgar Allan Poe's work as its source material — and we explain it all!

House of Usher – Dupin listening to Roderick’s confession throughout the midpoint conversation (present time) is reflective of the narrator in “The Fall of the House of Usher” story.

Poe's story “The Fall of the House of Usher” provides the TV show with its narrative structure. In both, a sick Roderick Usher tells his story to another person.

The narrator escapes the house and turns back to see it splitting in two and falling into the adjacent lake. Henry Thomas as Frederick Usher in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ (RICARDO HUBBS ...

WARNING: Spoilers for Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher below. Mike Flanagan has gifted horror fans chilling adaptations and beautifully moving originals on Netflix for half a decade but ...

The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass maestro Mike Flanagan is (almost) back with his new series, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, as inspired by the 1839 Edgar Allen Poe short story.Do not ...

In Poe’s story, The Fall of the House of Usher follows an unnamed narrator who is called to the country home of his friend Roderick Usher who is unwell. It is revealed that Roderick’s sister ...

Carla Gugino as Verna in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ (EIKE SCHROTER/NETFLIX) In Poe’s story, The Fall of the House of Usher follows an unnamed narrator who is called to the country home ...