Murder in the Rue Morgue
- Episode aired Oct 12, 2023
- TV-MA
- 1h
In charge of the Ushers' publicity, Camille conspires to spin controversy in her family's favor and expose the grim details of her sister's experiments.In charge of the Ushers' publicity, Camille conspires to spin controversy in her family's favor and expose the grim details of her sister's experiments.In charge of the Ushers' publicity, Camille conspires to spin controversy in her family's favor and expose the grim details of her sister's experiments.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPamela Clemm's driver's license lists her home address as "1849 Reynolds Street." Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849. Additionally, the license shows her birthday as January 19th, which is also Poe's birthday.
- Quotes
Roderick Usher: When life hands you lemons...
C. Auguste Dupin: Make lemonade?
Roderick Usher: [sighs] No. First you roll out a multi-media campaign to convince people lemons are incredibly scarce, which only works if you stockpile lemons, control the supply, then a... a media blitz. Lemon is the only way to say "I love you," the must-have accessory for engagements or anniversaries. Roses are out, lemons are in. Billboards that say she won't have sex with you unless you got lemons. You cut De Beers in on it. Limited edition lemon bracelets, yellow diamonds called lemon drops. You get Apple to call their new operating system OS Lemón, a little accent over the "o." You charge 40% more for organic lemons, 50% more for conflict-free lemons. You pack the Capitol with lemon lobbyists, you get a Kardashian to suck a lemon wedge in a leaked sex tape. Timothée Chalamet wears lemon shoes at Cannes. Get a hashtag campaign. Something that isn't "cool" or "tight" or "awesome," no, it's "lemon." "Did you see that movie?" "Did you go to that concert? It was effing lemon." Billie Eilish, "OMG, hashtag... lemon." You get Dr. Oz to recommend four lemons a day and a lemon suppository supplement to get rid of toxins 'cause there's nothing scarier than toxins. Then you patent the seeds. You write a line of genetic code that makes lemons look a little more just like tits... and you get a gene patent for the tit-lemon DNA sequence, you cross-pollinate... you get those seeds circulating in the wild, and then you sue the farmers for copyright infringement when that genetic code shows up on their land. Sit back, rake in the millions, and then, when you're done, and you've sold your lem-pire for a few billion dollars, then, and only then, you make some fucking lemonade.
[sighs]
- SoundtracksTrop Vite
Performed by Miel De Montagne
Here's what's wrong. The best of Mike Flanagan's output takes something the audience can sympathize with and uses that as the source of horror. When people do "good" things and have "good" motivations but the results are horrific, that's deeply disturbing because it reveals the random, unfair nature of the cosmos where good intentions mean nothing.
The Haunting of Hill House was driven by siblings wanting to solve the mystery of their mother's disappearance. Midnight Mass was driven by a priest trying to end all suffering and death. "Good" motives that led to horror.
But with The Fall of the House of Usher, we don't have anyone with good motives. When a greedy corporate jerk or some entitled brats get their comeuppance, it's satisfying, not horrifying. It can be okay to watch but the genre is Horror, not Satisfaction. And that's why this series is so shallow and entirely un-scary and un-horrifying.
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- Runtime1 hour
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