From characters' names to background elements, here are all the nods to Edgar Allan Poe's work scattered in The Fall of the House of Usher.
The Big Picture Ever since his first project with Netflix, 2018's The Haunting of Hill House, writer/director Mike Flanagan has been specializing in taking classic horror tales and making them his own. In Hill House, he adapted the Shirley Jackson novel of the same name into a story about a family ravaged by grief. In 2020's The Haunting of Bly Manor, Flanagan gave his own spin to Henry James' The Turning of the Screw.
The references don't stop at the Usher family. Auguste Dupin is also the name of a detective who appears in many of Poe's stories, while Arthur Pym borrows his name from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Morella also has a short story with her name, and the same goes for Tamerlane's husband, William Wilson, best known as Bill T. Roderick's first wife, Annabel Lee , who is named after the poem "Annabel Lee", a treaty about lost love. Even Dr.
Verna Is a Direct Reference to 'The Raven' The matter of who is Verna is one that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats throughout the entirety of The Fall of the House of Usher. But when it comes to references to Edgar Allan Poe, the answer to this question is quite simple: Verna is an anagram for the word raven.
Both Griswold and Longfellow Are Named After the Contemporaries of Poe Unlike other characters in the show, Griswold wasn't named after someone invented by Poe, but after a real person from the writer's life. More specifically, Griswold's name is a reference to the anthologist Rufus Wilmot Griswold, who absolutely loathed Poe and his writing. After the poet's death, Griswold wrote a scathing obituary about him and spent the remainder of his years trying to tarnish his reputation.
Both Metzer and Landor Pharmaceuticals Are References to Short Stories Written by Poe Much like Fortunato, Landor Pharmaceuticals, the company that originally owned Ligodone, had its name inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe creation, the short story "Landor’s Cottage". Metzer, the chemist mentioned by Roderick as the original maker of the drug, is a reference to "Metzengerstein".
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