Mike Flanagan’s New Netflix Series Continues An Exciting Modern Horror Trend

While viewers haven’t seen much from The Fall of the House of Usher yet, writer/director Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series already looks like a visual treat. Visuals are central to the horror genre, but there is a diverse range of ways that directors can approach horror when it comes to visual aesthetics. Some directors, like Dario Argento and Mario Bava, lean into a lush color palette filled with deep reds and variant primary colors. Other directors opt for a more muted palette of grays and greens to give their movies a washed-out, haunted appearance epitomized in 1997’s Cure or 2002’s Ju-On: The Grudge.