Fall Of The House Of Usher’s 7 Deadly Sins Theory Reveals Genius Meaning Behind Family’s Fates

As more viewers delve into The Fall of the House of Usher, a new theory that connects the family member’s fates to the 7 deadly sins is growing in prominence. Mike Flanagan’s latest horror miniseries follows his other Netflix projects and, like The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, the Edgar Allan Poe poem and short story-inspired series delivers on the scares. However, Fall of the House of Usher also risks Flanagan’s Netflix legacy in a crucial way: it leverages elements of comedy — namely parody — in order to lambast the titular family at its center. Based on Poe’s short fiction of the same name, the series sees twins Roderick and Madeline Usher outgrow their humble beginnings and seize control of Fortunato, a massive pharmaceutical company.