There be demons in the house.
The Fall of the House of Usher–the new small-screen adaptation of the 1839 Edgar Allan Poe short story–lands on Netflix just before Halloween, and a new (more detailed) synopsis arrived this week, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.
The eight-episode series–debuting Oct. 12–is the brainchild of writer/director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting series, Midnight Mass).
The storyline follows siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), who have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into a thriving–if controversial–empire.
But when “a mysterious woman from their past–the shape-shifting demon known as Verna (Carla Gugino)–arrives to kill the heirs to the Usher dynasty, dark secrets emerge.”
The star-studded cast is rounded out by Carl Lumbly, Samantha Sloyan, Henry Thomas, T’Nia Miller, Mark Hamill and Kate Siegel.
Keep reading Horror News Network for the latest on The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix.
