User Reviews

I had not heard of this and thought it was about Usher. I kept seeing it and finally took a closer look. My favorite series is American Horror and this season is so bad I want to cry. This show has made me feel better. It is what I would have expected from AH.

I am so friggen happy to find this wonderfully dark series. Finally something so different and so interesting.

The first episode is EVERYTHING it should be and more. It establishes characters, the tone of the show and PROMISE of what is to come! The casting is amazing, the writing phenomenal. Everything a good series need this has. Even though most of the season is out as I write this I will not watch unless I can give my undivided attention as it is THAT good!

(S1. E1) My Live Reaction / Review for The Fall of the House of Usher Season 1 Episode 1 ''A Midnight Dreary''. I've heard many people talking about this show so im gonna give it a chance. So we have a family and its members keep dying, interesting, I wonder why they die. Damn, this Longfellow guy is heartless, their mother worked for him for so many years and he doesn't care at all. Disgusting human being. Their mother came back from the dead? How? She killed Longfellow? That's satisfying. This is a family with lots of secrets, it's fascinating to watch. Roderick Usher has so many kids from different wives, it's a bit weird. Roderick sees things? Overall this episode was good, my rating is 9/10.

I need to say that im pretty disappointed. It lack clearly of mysteries, implicit scenes, horror scenes(psychological too?). Instead we had some talks of law, contract, politics, money, family. We had a brief scene where the horror was kind of effective (with the mother when Roderick was young). The story show us the present and the past. The present make us more understand the past and also the opposite is true but clearly i didnt see anything that engage me into the story: so unclear in the intentions too and clearly lack of directions. So if i really understand the main interest of the episode is to understand how the family died trough the story of Roderick and what will be the consequences of the future? Ok i guess but too much scenes was unnecessary in my opinions. Some talks too but its ok i guess. And let be clear here! Put some jumpscares in the episode cant make the horror and we needed instead a mood, an ambience, something more visually interesting

I will watch more to see what its really about. And of course the end let us a little bit worried: what happened to Roderick? We need to see more but really a little bit disappointed and expected something more mysterious, more engaging and with more horrors. But it is what it is.

Mike Flanagan's first horror Netflix miniseries - I loved the tale of the heartbroken, haunted family, trapped in a cycle of gloom and doom all tied to a spooky family home with individually interesting characters. There was one sibling who indulged in girl on girl action...ok, didn't add to nor distract from the central story.

Mike Flanagan's second horror miniseries - I liked the tale of the heartbroken American nanny, escaping her grieving past, just to land in an English mansion that holds a heartbreaking and tragic past of a doomed love affair and supernatural evil trying to possess the living. The actor playing the handsome evil was the stand out, but overall the cast was good. I didn't like the never-ending final episode, but I liked the miniseries overall. There's a random girl on girl loving relationship that added nothing nor took away anything from the main plot.

Mike Flanagan's third horror Netflix miniseries Midnight Mass was incredibly acted, paced, written and shot until the final two episodes. It went from something profound to just a basic gory supernatural horror miniseries. Hamish Linklater was brilliant as the mysterious, charismatic priest and I refuse to believe anyone out-acted him in 2021! How did he not get nominated for all the awards?! Zach Gilford is also perfect in his role and his final scene on the boat is unforgettable. I think a nurse might have liked women. She's sidelined most of the runtime, so I don't remember. If so, it's not the focus.

Mike Flanagan's fourth and latest horror miniseries - I could not finish the episode. Good cast, although I would have preferred the original casting of Frank Langella as Roderick Usher. Already, I see Flanagan is not staying true to Poe's tale. Ok, I'll stick with it. I like the dark cinematography and how the story starts. Pretty early on, you see Flanagan is committed to pushing an agenda, not his pen. We're supposed to root for the strangle death of a "powerful" man because, because he's powerful. He was mean. Is that punishable by death though? I guess the Eat The Rich agenda makes Flanagan feel cool, despite him being rich. Mr. District Attorney has a Husband. Ok. An Usher daughter has a girlfriend (Wife?). Ok. An Usher son is getting serviced by a sexy girl who he hides from his boyfriend. Another Usher daughter says a Fox News host makes her sick to her stomach. Here comes the politics. Sigh. I exited out. Hollywood, same-sex loving is not edgy or shocking. It's 2023, not 1953. If you go by percentages, no family has all that going on. And why must DNC politics be in everything? Mike Flanagan, no fifth miniseries please.