Yes, that particular costume was the cover picture the entire time before I watched it (Netflix). It switched to a couple other shots of that character as I progressed but I don’t know if it was related. As a Halloween enthusiast, I have studied this picture a lot and I’m always excited to see it. In my opinion, it (and other moments with this costume) is just perfectly unsettling. I guess because of the very clean seams around the mask, perfectly masking the wearer’s identity. The eyes are so perfectly black and the face so perfectly pointed at the viewer. It’s probably also fueled by the sex appeal, tricking me into the danger zone. That’s even before I found out how unsettling the scene actually is. It caused me concern in a daily activity for a couple weeks (no spoilers).
Anyway, as for the show, I really enjoyed it as well. It’s a series of separate events being retold by daddy/grandpa Usher, leading up to the present. It’s horror and fairly gruesome without toouch gore, but, imo, tells a damn good story. I greatly enjoyed the pacing of the reveals and the action. I would say it resembles American Horror Story as a genre, but without as much senseless violence and horror - or maybe it tells you it isn’t so senseless. Maybe a little more sexually driven but certainly less gory.
It was also cool, as a Battlestar Galactica fan, see two BSG actors come up. Mary MacDonell as a titular series character, and Michael Trucco as an episode character. I enjoyed the music, both the soundtrack and score, so much that I was surprised it wasn’t Bear McCreary.
Like I said, I’m just here to talk about The Fall of the House of Usher. I recommend it as an 8-episode self-contained series. I enjoyed the placement and delivery of all the actors in their roles.
Yes, that particular costume was the cover picture the entire time before I watched it (Netflix). It switched to a couple other shots of that character as I progressed but I don’t know if it was related. As a Halloween enthusiast, I have studied this picture a lot and I’m always excited to see it. In my opinion, it (and other moments with this costume) is just perfectly unsettling. I guess because of the very clean seams around the mask, perfectly masking the wearer’s identity. The eyes are so perfectly black and the face so perfectly pointed at the viewer. It’s probably also fueled by the sex appeal, tricking me into the danger zone. That’s even before I found out how unsettling the scene actually is. It caused me concern in a daily activity for a couple weeks (no spoilers).
Anyway, as for the show, I really enjoyed it as well. It’s a series of separate events being retold by daddy/grandpa Usher, leading up to the present. It’s horror and fairly gruesome without toouch gore, but, imo, tells a damn good story. I greatly enjoyed the pacing of the reveals and the action. I would say it resembles American Horror Story as a genre, but without as much senseless violence and horror - or maybe it tells you it isn’t so senseless. Maybe a little more sexually driven but certainly less gory.
It was also cool, as a Battlestar Galactica fan, see two BSG actors come up. Mary MacDonell as a titular series character, and Michael Trucco as an episode character. I enjoyed the music, both the soundtrack and score, so much that I was surprised it wasn’t Bear McCreary.
Like I said, I’m just here to talk about The Fall of the House of Usher. I recommend it as an 8-episode self-contained series. I enjoyed the placement and delivery of all the actors in their roles.