The Hainting of Hill House, whilst not perfect, was pretty amazing. Terrifying, heartbreaking, stylish and heart stopping. With the Haunting of Bly Manor we got a similar dispensation of horror and jump scares but this time it felt diluted and style over substance. Midnight was again, slightly wonky in pace and tension, but the setting, plot and acting made up for it.
Now with The Fall of the House of Usher we have reached a strange point of a series just being a series of set pieces, not a scare to be had and the most intriguing aspect being the FX make up on the dead bodies. I love Edgar Allen Poe, and I was ready to be taken on a new interpretation, ready to be horrified and emotional invested. I got the exact opposite. Interminable monologues, characters which were so one dimensional as to be mere cartoon drawings, plots that repeated themselves and went over and over the same thing. The acting was for the lost part so as to be laughable. So, so bad. 4 stars for the costumes, sets, and make up.
Now with The Fall of the House of Usher we have reached a strange point of a series just being a series of set pieces, not a scare to be had and the most intriguing aspect being the FX make up on the dead bodies. I love Edgar Allen Poe, and I was ready to be taken on a new interpretation, ready to be horrified and emotional invested. I got the exact opposite. Interminable monologues, characters which were so one dimensional as to be mere cartoon drawings, plots that repeated themselves and went over and over the same thing. The acting was for the lost part so as to be laughable. So, so bad. 4 stars for the costumes, sets, and make up.
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