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WithThe Fall of the House of Usher, Mike Flanagan isa man unrestrained.
Not all deaths are created equal, however.
Let us rank the ways.
(Needless to say, major spoilers lie ahead.)
Remember the plot of that not-good Johnny Depp movieTranscendence?
Thats Madelines goal for herself: to upload her consciousness into an algorithm so she can live forever digitally.
Its some egotistical rich-person shit, as is Madelines obsession with the Egyptian queen Twosret.
Lo and behold, the Egyptian artifacts Madeline collects throughout the miniseries come back around in a gruesome way.
You know she hates that she died with Roderick instead of fulfilling her wannabe-pharaoh desires.
Good riddance!Roxana Hadadi
8.
Dude gets his eyeball scratched!
Her vanity and her need for control are combined into a toxic stew.
Death makes an easy meal of Tammy by increasingly appearing as her double and undermining Tammys sense of self.
Satisfying!RH
6.
The turn arrives when Roderick eventually discovers Dr. Ruizs body in Victorines apartment.
His death is consistent with the vibe.
Maximum points for creativity and contrivance.
Because she doesnt, it breaks ours instead.RH
2.
Justice comes in many forms!
That moment when Verna jumps straight up onto the labs surgical table, then stalks across it toward Camille?
The gargantuan amounts of blood smeared on the labs floor by Camilles ripped-apart body the next morning?
The CGI smile on the chimps face when its discovered next to Camilles corpse?
It all works to make this demise very nearly the miniseries most disturbing.RH
1.
As the guests are penned in by locked doors, the room swiftly transforms into an H.R.
Its a perverse and beautiful sight made even more unsettling by the sound of Perrys dying breaths.
NQ
Update: an earlier version of this piece included a confusion of Frederick and Roderick Ushers names.
It has been corrected.
