Netflix's Goth phase is not momentary but a permanent museum of incredible stories that promise uninterrupted awe, secrets, and aesthetics. Inside the moonlit hallways of the streaming titan's horror epics, a few corners never fail to worship the greats of Gothic literature, whether it is a sci-fi masterpiece born out of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein or a hymn offered to Edgar Allan Poe. Intertwining the primal beat of old-world fear with modern luxury, one such drama effectively lures viewers closer to their screens through candles lit in the aristocratic corridors, where power outlasts family disgrace.

For those who are riding high off of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, this drama is just the perfect weekend horror binge. 

Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher, available on Netflix, is the best horror miniseries to binge, thanks to its surprisingly smooth storyline and classic Halloween aesthetic. The series, although it pulls from numerous Edgar Allan Poe stories, has managed to consolidate them all into one vast family saga without losing its way. From the 1950s, the Ushers are the ones viewers follow, from youth to haunted present, and each episode reveals one family member's death, built on secrets previously revealed in another timeline, which grabs attention.

Flanagan juggles multiple timelines seamlessly, locating emotions and vulnerabilities of every family member, their deaths, and their fall from grace. The fate of each character is tied to a Poe novel and short story with clever nods to The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Pit and the Pendulum. Equally, it employs Poe's best works, integrating themes of guilt, decay, and obsession into character arcs and plot devices. It gives life to him in the nightmares of its characters and their sins, carrying his signature macabre into modern horror with a plot that makes viewers uncomfortably eager.

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The show deserves that weekend slot since it balances smart adaptation within a bingeable format and a unique story that builds tension.

Netflix offers The Fall of the House of Usher as a limited series with eight episodes, available on the platform globally as of October 12, 2023. Mike Flanagan is the mastermind behind its single nonlinear narrative set from 1953 to 2023, based on different stories of Edgar Allan Poe, told in a modern and twisted manner as a parable about family, wealth, and death, with Roderick Usher and Madeline Usher as the main characters.

The duo are influential yet corrupt representatives of a drug empire called Fortunato Pharmaceuticals. After Roderick Usher's children have all died under mysterious circumstances within a fortnight, he confesses to an investigator about his lifetime of secret sins. The show, well-received by fans, stars Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, and Samantha Sloyan, among others. If, after Usher, the cravings for gothic horror on Netflix persist, try a dose of The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, or The Haunting of Bly Manor.

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