Edgar Allan Poe: Last News

Spoilers ahead for Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher.*Forget the House of Extravaganza and the House of Balenciaga – there is a new house we are obsessed with this Halloween season: The House of Usher.Mike Flanagan’s latest for Netflix, The Fall of the House of Usher, adapts Edgar Allan Poe tales to tell the story of the wealthy Usher family (think of it like a spooky Succession). The limited series premieres October 12, and it is the horror auteur’s queerest entry yet, with multiple LGBTQ+ characters — and like the rest of the cast, most meet gruesome deaths.Scroll through below for a refresher on queer characters from past Flanagan Netflix series, and what to expect from The Fall of the House of Usher, but warning: It’s not for the faint of (the tell-tale) heart!From the first episode, viewers learn that Theodora “Theo” Crain (played by Kate Siegel) is a lesbian when, in a nightclub scene, she forgoes a man for Trish, a woman whom she locks eyes with, and eventually brings home.