Mike Flanagan’s New Horror Show Risks His Entire Netflix Legacy

While Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher is only the latest in a string of Netflix shows from the writer-director, the series seems set to fundamentally alter how his work for the streaming service will be viewed going forward. It is usually pretty easy to guess when a Netflix show is created by Mike Flanagan. The story will typically be a horror drama that focuses on a sprawling set of interlinked characters, most of whom will contend with supernatural horrors that come to represent their buried traumas. There will be long monologues, complicated and often tragic family relationships, and usually a lengthy tracking shot or two.