{"id":34261,"date":"2023-10-23T05:46:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T09:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34261"},"modified":"2023-10-23T05:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T09:46:28","slug":"the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-2023-created-by-mike-flanagan-starring-carla-gugino-bruce-greenwood-mary-mcdonnell-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34261","title":{"rendered":"“The Fall of the House of Usher” (2023) created by Mike Flanagan, starring Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood & Mary McDonnell \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Fall of the House of Usher <\/strong><\/em>(2023)<\/p>\n

Director:\u00a0 Mike Flanagan <\/strong>(Eps.1 – 2, 5 – 6); Michael Fimognari <\/strong>(Eps. 3 – 4, 7 -8)<\/p>\n

Teleplay by: \u00a0Mike Flanagan<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Ep. 1); Emmy Grinwis <\/strong>and Mike Flanagann<\/strong> (Ep. 2); Justina Ireland<\/strong> and Mike Flanagan<\/strong> (Ep. 3); Mat Johnson <\/strong>and Mike Flanagan<\/strong> (Ep. 4); Dani Parker<\/strong> (Ep. 5); Rebecca Leigh Klingel <\/strong>and Mike Flanagan<\/strong> (Ep. 6);Jamie Flanagan <\/strong>and Mike Flanagan<\/strong> (Ep. 7); Mike Flanagan<\/strong> and Kiele Sanchez<\/strong> (Ep. 8)
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Starring:\u00a0 Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Rahul Kohli, Samantha Sloyan, T’Nia Miller,<\/strong> Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Michael Trucco, Katie Parker, Matt Biedel, Crystal Balint, Ruth Codd, Kyliegh Curran, Carl Lumbly, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Malcolm Goodwin \u00a0 <\/strong>and Mark Hamill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tagline: Nevermore<\/p>\n

The Plot:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roderick Usher (Greenwood) and his sister Madeline (McDonnell) teamed to take over Fortunato Pharmaceuticals.\u00a0 Along the way they fudged test results, broke laws, lied under oath, ruined lives and committed at least one murder.\u00a0 Now, decades later Roderick is CEO of Fortunato and one of the richest men on the planet.\u00a0 His sister remains his trusted partner.\u00a0 Over the years Roderick fathered several children from different mothers.\u00a0 Now the kids are grown and using daddy’s money to try to build their own dynasties. But when Roderick’s offspring begin dying under unusual circumstances, one after the other, we learn what happened all those years ago that leads to The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mike Flanagan has created another winner.\u00a0 Rather than a literal adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em>, Flannigan has given us modern interpretations of many of Poe’s short stories, poems and characters integrated into a single, unified story. This is genius.<\/p>\n

The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em> features an amazing cast.\u00a0 I would not be surprised to several Emmy nominations from this production. Standouts include:<\/p>\n