With Mike Flanagan’s final series for Netflix, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher,’ now streaming, we’re looking back on the atmospheric haunts and long monologues about life and death that define the horror auteur’s career.
It’s rare for Mike Flanagan to deny his characters sympathy, and rarer still to delight in their suffering. But with ‘The Fall of the House of Usher,’ the horror auteur invites us to do both as he loudly slams the door on his Netflix era.
In honor of its five-year anniversary this week, here's why Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House still holds the title for Netflix's scariest show.