The Fall of the House of Usher Episode 1 Reaction

I am rewatching Usher and imfjgured I’d fire this up. Y’all talking poetry books made me lol. One of the coolest gifts I got was a poetry book that I have only read one out of. It’s the poetry book that Gale gave Walt that Hank found in the bathroom-Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, the only poem I read was the one referenced in the show smh. Still love that damn present and see it every day. Y’all need to watch The Shining so you can watch the sequel directed by Mike Flanagan-Doctor Sleep. Also think you lot would dig Life of Chuck directed by Flanagan as well, his wife was in that one.

I still haven't seen this show but now it picked my interest

The thumbnail made me think you were super excited for Mark Hamill but I don't think you even noticed him lol

i also thought the music felt like succession, i had to check to see if the composer is nicholas britell but it wasn’t

yesss i’m so happy u started this, watched it with my gf recently and it was far better than expected, didn’t love midnight mass when i watched it so this was a very nice surprise

I don't think there's a creator whose work I dislike more than Flanagan's (apart from maybe Aaron Sorkin's) and the first episode of this highlights why. I'll give it a go but not a promising start.

funny you mention poirot and agatha christie lola, edgar allan poe is actually considered the invertor or the defective fiction, august dupin being his detective. you can see how mike introduced him in this show.

character list so you can be less confused roderick - head of the family madeline - head of the family and roderick sister then we have the children ordered from older to younger frederick (freddie/froderick) - played by henry thomas, whchi was the father in both hill house and midnoight mass and the uncle in bly manor... also the kid in e.t. which is not related but still funny tamerlane (tammy) played by samantha sloyan (perfect penny killed my husband) which is obviously bev in midnight mass... what an enchanting woman and also had a small part in hill house. she's in more projects of mike but you haven't watched those. victorine, played by the wonderful t'nia miller, hannah grose in bly manor. napoleon usher (leo) played by rahul kohli, sheriff in midnight mass and owen in bly manor. camille, played kate siegel... no need to say more, she's been in every project of mike you've seen prospero (perry), the youngest, played by sauriyan sapkota. he was in the midnight club by mike, but you haven't watched that one. then we have arthur pym, the attorney of the usher family, played by the famous mark hamill. we have juno, the new and young wife of roderick played by the amazing ruth codd who also was amazing in the midnight club. the bartender, verna, played by carla gugino (plase, marry me ma'am) who was olivia crane in hill house and the narrator (not going to spoil the name in case someone wants to watch it and suffer) in bly manor. zach gilford (riley flynn in midnight mass) and willa fitzgerald (her first mike flanagan project... also, please marry me ma'am too) are young roderick and madeline. morella usher (freddie's wife was also in midnight mass but i don't remember the name. and finally lenor, the only granchild, played by kyliegh curran. she had a part in doctor sleep. amazing horror movie of mike that is a sequel to the shining totally recomended. auguste dupin, the lawyer who's talking to roderick, played by carl lumbly. first mike project i believe. minor roles are roderick annd madelines mom and dad actually played by both dudleys from hill house but more recently seen as sarah and joe collie in midnight mass. tammy's husban bill was also in midnight mass but i don't remember his name there. he was the dude who repaired the boats and followed bev like a lap dog. and that's all i can think of at this hour... sorry for the LONG comment. hope someone find this useful.

The joker/jester in the car at the end is another nod to one of Poe's short stories. Jumpscare aside, I found it pretty amusing, especially considering that Mark Hamill, the voice of The Joker himself, was standing right there

okay, gonna nerd out a bit, bare with me. i think you got your poets and writers confused. poe was a famous poet too but he was mostly known for his prose, especially his short stories. it's not a spoiler because if you know his work you can know it but each episode is losely based on one of his short stories and the fall of the house of usher is another famous short story. it's actually impressive what mike did with the show because he managed to use many of his short stories and mix it all together. theres many references to the poems too, like annabel lee (which was his last poem if i remember correctly). due to me being very familiar with his poetry and short stories i kinda spoiled myself with many things but i still enjoyed this a lot. also, emily dickinson was A poet, i really don't remember if she wrote anything but poems and i get it... poetry is not for everyone, but i do love dickinson. dickinson (the show) was not great but i enjoyed it ngl. ayo (sydney from the bear) appears in a couple of episodes and i think she wrote and directed a couple too. anyway, now that i'm done with the intro... i'm going to finally watch the full.

To answer your question about the episode being titled "A midnight dreary", that's taken from the opening line of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. The word dreary means bleak, or dull.

I watched this show over the last week. One episode a day. Loved it. Really excited the LM's reactions.

This type of show doesn't appeal to me but you can bet I'm gonna watch the intro anyways because the intros have been hilarious lately

Flanagan hype! When I watched this episode I couldn't stop humming the 7th Symphony for an whole day