"Fall of the House of Usher" Recap - Listen 🎧
"Fall of the House of Usher" Recap - Listen 🎧
🎃Happy Halloween🎃: A little horror ☠️ (in the form of greed) and a lot of talk
Mike Flanagan, creator of The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, Midnight Club, and Doctor Sleep is back for another round of Netflix Halloween horror.
This time, he adapts the works of Edgar Allan Poe and reimagines them for an 8-episode thrill ride rooted in an opioid Sackler family context and crisis.
To do this show its proper, I sat down with
of to recap its highlights and lowlights, dish out some commentary and talk Salem and its connection to the narrative.Listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or everywhere else!
Podcasting has been on my “scared to do this” list so it’s only fitting I embark on my first tv review podcast for Halloween.
The Fall of the House of Usher is streaming on Netflix.
Grade: B
Premise: Siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege and power; however, secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying.
⬆️ This week’s review/recap is found at the link above
Interesting Poe Factoid: Poe uncovered the deception behind “The Turk” a chess automaton from the early 1800s and outed it publicly via a publication much to the chagrin of the people making $ off it. A tale of wealth, greed and duping consumers. Sound familiar? Check it out here. It’s early AI :)
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