The Fall of the House of Usher

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 12, 2023
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34

Critic Reviews

  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 13, 2023
    60
    A predictable if creepy death march. .... Still, with bodies in the wall and in the basement, with ticking heart sounds and a fiendishly resilient black cat conjuring Poe's most haunting inventions, you'll be hooked to the last scream. [16 Oct - 5 Nov 2023, p.9]
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  2. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: James Hibbs
    Sep 22, 2023
    60
    Maybe for mega-fans of Poe, there will be more to embrace here, and they will come away loving every second of The Fall of the House of Usher. I myself came away feeling it was very much a mixed bag - impressive for its ambition, its performances, its horror and its staging, but trying to do both too much and not enough within its inflated runtime.
  3. Slashfilm
    Reviewed by: Chris Evangelista
    Sep 22, 2023
    55
    While "House of Usher" begins to sag under its own weight, it still occasionally delivers, and the "Succession" meets Poe scenario might be enough to thrill you this Halloween season. If not, you can always revisit "Hill House" instead.
  5. Slate
    Reviewed by: Laura Miller
    Oct 23, 2023
    40
    The Fall of the House of Usher, frustratingly, once more shackles him to source material that’s simply incompatible with his own gifts. .... Flanagan has taken works that are fundamentally about the horror of loneliness and turned them into occasions for florid family melodrama.
  6. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Oct 12, 2023
    40
    The Fall of the House of Usher displays a surface-level appreciation for the writer. His genius is ultimately sacrificed on the altar of the Flanagan’s desire to give us a spooky Succession.