Netflix’s House of Usher, John Carpenter true crime, and more new TV this week
It’s officially spooky month, so it’s no surprise we’ve got a couple spooky entries from the who’s who of horror in this week’s roundup of new TV to watch. We’re talking about Mike Flanagan, who’s returning to Netflix with another interpretation of horror literature, this time Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
We’re also talking about John Carpenter — maybe the foremost horror guy still doing it — now doing a limited anthology series for Peacock. And he’s turning his eye on the most frightful place of all: the suburbs.
Of course, there’s plenty of TV beyond that, including Spy x Family, whose second season is now airing on Crunchyroll, and Our Flag Means Death, which is well into season 2 now (despite having only started airing last week).
Here’s all the notable TV premieres for this week:
Genre: Gothic horror
Release date: Oct. 12
Showrunner/creator: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Carla Gugino, Mark Hamill, Kate Siegel, Willa Fitzgerald, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Zach Gilford, Bruce Greenwood, Rahul Kohli, and more
You know what this show is about; the title puts it front and center. What Flanagan does in his adaptation of Poe’s short story (and other works) is tell the story along the way — how the house of Usher met its untimely demise, over and over again. Happy spooky season!
Genre: Cosmic fantasy
Release date: Oct. 9, with one episode
Studio: Studio Gokumi
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