Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Fall of the House of Usher.
Here are the big references to the famed writer’s short stories and poems.
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Let’s start with the obvious… His followers know him better as “BILLT,” a combination of his nickname Bill and middle initial.
Carl Lumbly and Bruce Greenwood in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
The symbol of this insect is used as the logo for Tamerlane’s company.
He determines a monkey to be the killer.
Camille, too, dies at the hands of one of Victorine’s chimps.
Annabeth Gish as Eliza in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Netflix
These are nods to 1845’s “Some Words With a Mummy,” which involves a revived mummy.
Though, the warehouse orgy party is all new.
OnHouse of Usher, Perry throws a massive party in one of Fortunato’s abandoned warehouses.
Matt Biedel as BILLT in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Verna crashes the event disguised underneath a red cloak and a skull mask.
In a particular scene in episode 2, his boss exclaims “Toby, damn it!”
upon learning he hasn’t discovered who the supposed leak in the family is.
Paola Nuñez and T’Nia Miller in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Hamill’s Pym is described on the show as having been an explorer in his time before the Ushers.
Cannibalism was a part of Poe’s story for Pym.
Amid his scuffle with the feline, Leo pokes one of the eyes out of the cat’s head.
Aya Furukawa, Kate Siegel, and Igby Rigney in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Netflix
B. C. Smith, who’s lost most of his limbs and is mostly comprised of prosthetics.
Dr. Brevet is a name that appears on some of the forged Fortunato documents in the ’70s timeline.
This is a passage from Poe’s poem “Spirits of the Dead.”
Carla Gugino as the demon Verna in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
The stanzas tell of a city ruled by Death personified.
“The Raven”
And now for Poe’s most famous work… Then there’s the name Verna, which happens to be an anagram for Raven.
The Fall of the House of Usheris streaming now on Netflix.
Aya Furukawa and Igby Rigney in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Henry Thomas as Frederick Usher in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Mark Hamill as Arthur Pym in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Katie Parker as Annabel Lee in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Rahul Kohli in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Crystal Balint as Morella in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
Carla Gugino in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.Eike Schroter/Netflix
