Unfortunately, "The Fall of the House of Usher" didn't appeal to me at all. Even after watching half of the series, the series just doesn't hold much interest for me.
One of the big problems this series has is that it's just too damn long-winded. You have such an interesting premise here, but you just don't use it properly. The episodes are usually filled with boring scenes and bad dialogue until the last minute, to end the episode with a big shocking moment to send the audience with a positive feeling to the next episode, which repeats the same pattern.
Another problem is the number of characters - there are simply too many in one go. Around 15 characters are introduced in the first episode, who continue to be important to the story - how am I supposed to remember all the names and faces all at once?!
This gives rise to another problem.
Because there are so many characters, they are written extremely flatly.
Every character feels like they have a single character trait and of course this has to be made clear in every scene in which this character appears.
I found the main plot very interesting and I also read a summary of it when I decided not to continue watching the series after the end scene of the 4th episode (oh dear, that was bad) and I have to admit that the story is really good, but you can also make the most delicious smoothie ever, if you end up throwing dog poop into the blender, that smoothie will probably not taste good.
Ultimately, "The Fall of the House of Usher" simply doesn't create any atmosphere at all and quickly becomes boring.
Unfortunately, Mike Flanagan remains a "one-hit wonder" for me when it comes to series, as I only really liked "Haunting of Hill House" - the rest of his series ranges from pretty bad to mediocre at best.
One of the big problems this series has is that it's just too damn long-winded. You have such an interesting premise here, but you just don't use it properly. The episodes are usually filled with boring scenes and bad dialogue until the last minute, to end the episode with a big shocking moment to send the audience with a positive feeling to the next episode, which repeats the same pattern.
Another problem is the number of characters - there are simply too many in one go. Around 15 characters are introduced in the first episode, who continue to be important to the story - how am I supposed to remember all the names and faces all at once?!
This gives rise to another problem.
Because there are so many characters, they are written extremely flatly.
Every character feels like they have a single character trait and of course this has to be made clear in every scene in which this character appears.
I found the main plot very interesting and I also read a summary of it when I decided not to continue watching the series after the end scene of the 4th episode (oh dear, that was bad) and I have to admit that the story is really good, but you can also make the most delicious smoothie ever, if you end up throwing dog poop into the blender, that smoothie will probably not taste good.
Ultimately, "The Fall of the House of Usher" simply doesn't create any atmosphere at all and quickly becomes boring.
Unfortunately, Mike Flanagan remains a "one-hit wonder" for me when it comes to series, as I only really liked "Haunting of Hill House" - the rest of his series ranges from pretty bad to mediocre at best.