On this day in television history - The Fall of the House of Usher (2023):

The Fall of the House of Usher

8-part mini-series directed by Mike Flanagan and Michael Fimognari,

written by Dani Parker, Emmy Grinwis, Jamie Flanagan, Justina Ireland, Kiele Sanchez, Mat Johnson, Mike Flanagan, Rebecca Klingel,

based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe,

was released on Netflix in the United States on October 12, 2023.

Music by The Newton Brothers.

Episode titles: A Midnight Dreary; The Masque of the Red Death; Murder in the Rue Morgue; The Black Cat; The Tell-Tale Heart; Goldbug; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Raven.

Cast:

Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Rahul Kohli, Samantha Sloyan, T'Nia Miller, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Michael Trucco, Katie Parker, Matt Biedel, Crystal Balint, Ruth Codd, Kyliegh Curran, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Paola Núñez, Malcolm Goodwin, Daniel Jun, Nicholas Lea, Igby Rigney, Aya Furukawa, William Kosovic, Mark Redfield, Jason Tremblay, Paul Jarrett, Felicity Anne, Selma Heyman, Annabeth Gish, Robert Longstreet, Kevin Miller, David Santana, Kate Gajdosik, Molly C. Quinn, Toby Poser, Eileen Cruz, Kyle Mitchell, Edwin Perez, Ava Johnson, Monique Durian, Lulu Wilson, JayR Tinaco, Ryan Mah, Camille Atebe, Bill Lawrie, Graham Verchere, Jason Simpson, Daylin Willis, Aidan Wright, Chelsea Hamill, Thomas Strumpski, Gerry Durand, Danielle Klaudt, Kate Whiddington, Ian Ronningen, Leo Chiang, Arianna Bent, Alexandra Essoe, Logan Tarasoff, Lincoln Russo, Jaren Moore, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Ruth Bidner, Ali Karr, Baldeep Singh, Vincent Gale, Sabrina Miniaci, Ambika Vas, Tracey Power, Aaron McCallum, Alex Weed, Niki Wipf, Elan Gale, Marco Walker-Ng, Gus Tayari, Britney Katelyn Miller, Elyse Maloway, Kelly McCabe, Jaiden Brown, Fox Brewster, Milena Brewster, Jason Cecchini, Jazmine Campanale, Robbie Segulam, Jennifer Clarke, Irma Leong, Janene Carleton, Jimmy Clarke, Jason Bell, Dustin Pederson, Carolyn Adair, Natasha Prasad, Peter Brown, Stewart Prince.

On this day in music history - The Fire Within, by Jennifer Thomas (2018):

The album The Fire Within,

by Jennifer Thomas,

was released on October 12, 2018.

On this day in music history - Acceptance, by Sherry Finzer (2018):

The album Acceptance,

by Sherry Finzer,

was released on October 12, 2018.

On this day in movie history - Her (2013):

Her

directed and written by Spike Jonze,

was released at the New York Film Festival in the United States on October 12, 2013.
Music by Arcade Fire.

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix, Lynn Adrianna Freedman, Lisa Renee Pitts, Gabe Gomez, Chris Pratt, Artt Butler, May Lindstrom, Rooney Mara, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Brian Johnson, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Matt Letscher, Spike Jonze, Olivia Wilde, David Azar, Guy Lewis, Melanie Seacat, Pramode Kumar, Evelyn Edwards, Steve Zissis, Dane White, Nicole Grother, James Ozasky, Samantha Sarakanti, Luka Jones, Gracie Prewitt, Claudia Choi, Laura Kai Chen, Portia Doubleday, Soko, Wendy Leon, Lil Buck, Robert Benard, Lisa Cohen, Grant Samson, Brian Cox, Marc Abbink, Leo Baligaya, Joan Blair, Freedom Bridgewater, Kathleen Carr, Seth Carr, Hallie Marie Chaney, Glenda Chism, Lee Christian, Andy Dale, Sandra Daubert, Nico David, Rick L. Dean, Aristotle Dreher, Mathew Dunlop, Shannon Edwards, William Evans, Kim Farris, Belinda Gosbee, Brandon Von Harrison, Alvin Hsing, Cecily Jamelia, Alia Janine, Richard Allan Jones, Jen Kuhn, Patrick Lander, Paul LeClair, Genevieve Levin, Fiona Lincke, Akeem Mair, Carol McFadden, Laura Meadows, Alan Mueting, Rachel Ann Mullins, Se Oh, Brent Picha, Susan Pinckney, Eric Pumphrey, Jeremy Rabb, Laura Rossi, Pamela Roylance, Jane Runnalls, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Kelly Sarah Samuels, Yvette Saunders, Natasha Sims, Cassandra Starr, Austin Steady, Alyson Stover, Marco Tazioli, Wendy Tsang, Hoyte Van Hoytema.

On this day in movie history - For No Good Reason (2012):

For No Good Reason

a documentary directed by Charlie Paul,

produced by Lucy Paul,

was released at the London Film Festival in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2012.
Music by Ed Harcourt, Sacha Skarbek, Slash, Jason Mraz and Thom Crawford.

Cast:

Ralph Steadman, Johnny Depp, Richard E. Grant, Terry Gilliam, Jann Wenner, Hunter S. Thompson, Hal Willner, Patrick Godfrey.

On this day in movie history - Lars and the Real Girl (2007):

Lars and the Real Girl

directed by Craig Gillespie,

written by Nancy Oliver,

was released in the United States on October 12, 2007.
Music by David Torn.

Cast:

Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, R. D. Reid, Kelli Garner, Nancy Beatty, Doug Lennox, Joe Bostick, Liz Gordon, Nicky Guadagni, Patricia Clarkson, Karen Robinson, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Billy Parrott, Sally Cahill, Angela Vint, Liisa Repo-Martell, Boyd Banks, Darren Hynes, Víctor Gómez, Tommy Chang, Arnold Pinnock, Joshua Peace, Aurora Browne, Alec McClure, Tannis Burnett, Lauren Ash, Lindsey Connell.

On this day in movie history - We Own the Night (2007):

We Own the Night

directed and written by James Gray,

was released in the United States on October 12, 2007.
Music by Wojciech Kilar.

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Antoni Corone, Moni Moshonov, Oleg Taktarov, Danny Hoch, Tony Musante, Alex Veadov, Dominic Colon, Craig Walker, Yelena Solovey, Coati Mundi, Ed Koch.

On this day in music history - Rossini: La Cenerentola, by Cecilia Bartoli (1993):

The album Rossini: La Cenerentola,

by Cecilia Bartoli,

was released on October 12, 1993.

On this day in movie history - Out of the Darkness (1985):

Out of the Darkness

directed by Jud Taylor,

written by T. S. Cook,

was released in the United States on October 12, 1985.
Based on the true 1977 David Berkowitz case.
Music by Billy Goldenberg.

Cast:

Martin Sheen, Hector Elizondo, Matt Clark, Jennifer Salt, Eddie Egan, Robert Trebor, Val Avery, Joe Spinell, Victor Arnold, Ann Talman, Bernie McInerney, Dick Latessa, Sam McMurray, Paul Jabara, Larry Atlas, Beege Barkette, Jim Borrelli, James Canning, Jane Cronin, Gina DeAngeles, Rosemary De Angelis, Harold Guskin, Lucinda Jenney, Sugar Johnson, Eriq La Salle, Joe Lisi, John McCurry, Kate Mulligan, Pam Nahal, Antonia Rey, Vincent Russo, Ann Sachs, Lauren Sautner, John Scott Martin, Ben Siegler, Andrew Spathis, Fritz Sperberg, D.B. Sweeney, Mark Tenore, Mickey Treanor, Martin Vidnovic, Olivia Ward, Caryn West, Ed Zigo, Joseph Oliveira, Daniel Ahearn, Thomas Calabro, Joe Chiaramonte, Jude Ciccolella, Sonny Grosso, Tony D. Head, William James Kennedy, Frank Licato, Dennis O'Neill, Marvin Scott, Larry Sharp, Charlie Sheen, Filomena Spagnuolo, Valerie Swift.

On this day in music history - Tusk, by Fleetwood Mac (1979):

The album Tusk,

by Fleetwood Mac,

was released on October 12, 1979.

On this day in movie history - The Magnificent Seven (1960):

The Magnificent Seven

directed by John Sturges,

written by William Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 12, 1960.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Vladimir Sokoloff, Rosenda Monteros, Rico Alaniz, Pepe Hern, Natividad Vacío, Mario Navarro, Danny Bravo, John A. Alonzo, Enrique Lucero, Alex Montoya, Robert J. Wilke, Val Avery, Whit Bissell, Bing Russell, Manuel Alvarado, Henry Amargo, José Chávez, Roberto Contreras, Jim Davis, Valentin de Vargas, Larry Duran, Victor French, Edwin Max, Lalo Rios, Joseph Ruskin.

Born on this day – Satoshi Kon:

Satoshi Kon

Director

Animator

Writer

Manga artist

Actor

Member of JaniCA (Japanese Animation Creators Association)

October 12, 1963 – August 24, 2010

Credits:

Ani*Kuri15 (2007); Anime Giga (2007); Dope Sheet (1997); Hashire Melos! (1992); Into the Blue - Perfect Blue Relay Interview File (2008); Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999); Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993–1994); Lectures by Satoshi Kon (2007); Magnetic Rose (1995); Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime (2005); Memories / Magnetic Rose (1995); Millennium Actress (2001); Paprika (2006); Paranoia Agent (2004); Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993); Perfect Blue (1997); Roujin Z (1991); Susumu Hirasawa: Berserk -Forces- (1997); Tokyo Godfathers (2003); Top Runner (2005); Wârudo apâtomento horâ (1991).

Born on this day – Catherine Jourdan:

Catherine Jourdan

Actress

October 12, 1948 – February 18, 2011

Credits:

The Night of the Canvases (1989); The Satin Spider (1985); El diablo y la dama (1984); Ode to Video (1983); Aphrodite (1982); Zoo Zero (1979); Civil Wars in France (1978); Henry News James (1976); Vortex (1976); Outside-Inside (1975); The Charlots en folie: À the four of us Cardinals! (1974); The Four Musketeers (1974); The Fashionable Wedding (1973); Les rendez-vous en forêt (1972); N. Took the Dice (1972); The Early Morning (1971); Eden and After (1970); The Leatherstocking Tales (1969); A Wonderful Sorrel Perfume (1969); Amore e rabbia (1969); Love in the Night (1968); The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968); The Samurai (1967).

Born on this day – James Crumley:

James Crumley

Writer

October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008

Credits:

Books:

The Wrong Case (1975); Dancing Bear (1983); The Final Country (2001); The Last Good Kiss (1978); The Mexican Tree Duck (1993); Bordersnakes (1996); The Right Madness (2005); One to Count Cadence (1969); Whores (1988); Muddy Fork & Other Things (1991); Murder For Love (1996); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); The Putt at the End of the World (2000); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); Measures of Poison (2002); The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003); Contrappasso Magazine, Issue 1 (2012); Books to Die For (2012).

Movies:

The Far Side of Jericho (2006); L'esprit de la route (2002).

Born on this day – Luciano Pavarotti:

Luciano Pavarotti

Opera singer (tenor)

October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007

Born on this day – Pascale Audret:

Pascale Audret

Actress

October 12, 1935 – July 17, 2000

Born on this day – Jean Wallace:

Jean Wallace

Actress

October 12, 1923 – February 14, 1990

Credits:

No Blade of Grass (1970); Beach Red (1967); Sword of Lancelot (1963); Maracaibo (1958); The Devil's Hairpin (1957); Storm Fear (1955); General Electric Theater (1955); The Big Combo (1955); Star of India (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Native Son (1951); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); Jigsaw (1949); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Blaze of Noon (1947); It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946); You Can't Ration Love (1944); Salute for Three (1943); Louisiana Purchase (1941); Glamour Boy (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – Lester Dent:

Lester Dent

Writer

October 12, 1904 – March 11, 1959

Credits:

The Man of Bronze (1933); The Land of Terror (1933); Quest of the Spider (1933); The Polar Treasure (1933); Pirate of the Pacific (1933); The Red Skull (1933); The Lost Oasis (1933); The Sargasso Ogre (1933); The Phantom City (1933); Brand of the Werewolf (1934); The Man Who Shook the Earth (1934); Meteor Menace (1934); The Monsters (1934); The Mystery on the Snow (1934); The Thousand-Headed Man (1934); The Squeaking Goblin (1934); Fear Cay (1934); Death in Silver (1934); The Sea Magician (1934); The Annihilist (1934); The Land of Always-Night (1935); The Spook Legion (aka The Ghost Legion) (1935); The Secret in the Sky (1935); The Roar Devil (1935); Spook Hole (1935); Dust of Death (1935); Murder Melody (1935); The Fantastic Island (1935); Murder Mirage (1936); Mystery Under the Sea (1936); The Metal Master (1936); The Men Who Smiled No More (1936); The Seven Agate Devils (1936); The Haunted Ocean (1936); The Black Spot (1936); The Midas Man (1936); Cold Death (1936); The South Pole Terror (1936); Resurrection Day (1936); The Vanisher (1936); Land of Long Juju (1937); The Derrick Devil (1937); The Mental Wizard (1937); Mad Eyes (1937); The Land of Fear (1937); The Feathered Octopus (1937); Repel (aka The Deadly Dwarf) (1937); The Golden Peril (1937); The Living-Fire Menace (1938); The Mountain Monster (1938); Devil on the Moon (1938); The Pirate's Ghost (1938); The Motion Menace (1938); The Submarine Mystery (1938); The Giggling Ghosts (1938); The Munitions Master (1938); Fortress of Solitude (1938); The Green Death (1938); The Devil Genghis (1938); Mad Mesa (1939); The Yellow Cloud (1939); The Freckled Shark (1939); World's Fair Goblin (1939); The Gold Ogre (1939); The Flaming Falcons (1939); Merchants of Disaster (1939); The Crimson Serpent (1939); Poison Island (1939); The Stone Man (1939); Hex (1939); The Dagger in the Sky (1939); The Other World (1939); The Angry Ghost (1940); The Spotted Men (1940); The Evil Gnome (1940); Tunnel Terror (1940); The Purple Dragon (1940); Devils of the Deep (1940); The Awful Dynasty (1940); The Men Vanished (1940); The Devil's Playground (1941); Bequest of Evil (1941); The Golden Man (1941); The Pink Lady (1941); The Headless Men (1941); The Green Eagle (1941); Mystery Island (1941); The Mindless Monsters (1941); Birds of Death (1941); The Invisible Box Murders (1941); Peril in the North (1941); The Rustling Death (1942); Men of Fear (1942); The Too-Wise Owl (1942); The Magic Forest (1942); Pirate Isle (1942); The Speaking Stone (1942); The Man Who Fell Up (1942); The Three Wild Men (1942); The Fiery Menace (1942); The Laugh of Death (1942); They Died Twice (1942); The Devil's Black Rock (1942); The Time Terror (1943); Waves of Death (1943); The Black, Black Witch (1943); The King of Terror (1943); The Talking Devil (1943); The Running Skeletons (1943); Mystery on Happy Bones (1943); The Mental Monster (1943); Hell Below (1943); The Goblins (1943); The Secret of the Su (1943); The Spook of Grandpa Eden (1943); According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic (1944); Death Had Yellow Eyes (1944); The Derelict of Skull Shoal (1944); The Whisker of Hercules (1944); The Three Devils (1944); The Pharaoh's Ghost (1944); The Man Who Was Scared (1944); The Shape of Terror (1944); Weird Valley (1944); Jiu San (1944); Satan Black (1944); The Lost Giant (1944); Violent Night (aka The Hate Genius) (1945); Strange Fish (1945); The Ten Ton Snakes (1945); Cargo Unknown (1945); Rock Sinister (1945); The Terrible Stork (1945); King Joe Cay (1945); The Wee Ones (1945); Terror Takes 7 (1945); The Thing That Pursued (1945); Trouble on Parade (1945); The Screaming Man (1945); Measures for a Coffin (1946); Terror and the Lonely Widow (1946); Five Fathoms Dead (1946); Death is a Round Black Spot (1946); Colors for Murder (1946); Fire and Ice (1946); Three Times a Corpse (1946); The Exploding Lake (1946); Death in Little Houses (1946); The Devil is Jones (1946); The Disappearing Lady (1946); Target for Death (1947); The Death Lady (1947); Danger Lies East (1947); No Light to Die By (1947); The Monkey Suit (1947); Let's Kill Ames (1947); Once Over Lightly (1947); I Died Yesterday (1948); The Pure Evil (1948); Terror Wears No Shoes (1948); The Angry Canary (1948); The Swooning Lady (1948); The Green Master (1949); Return From Cormoral (1949); Up From Earth's Center (1949); The Red Spider (1979); Dead at the Take-Off (1946); Lady to Kill (1947); Lady Afraid (1950); Cry at Dusk (1952); Lady in Peril (1959); Hades & Hocus Pocus (1979); Sinister Ray (1987); Honey in his Mouth (2009); Genius Jones (2015); Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent (2009); Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester Dent (2009); The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester Dent (2009); Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt Flagg (2011); Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent Dent (2013); Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales (2006); The Weird Adventures Of The Blond Adder (2010); Radio Western Adventures (2010); Hell in Boxes: The Exploits of Lynn Lash and Foster Fade (2012); Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent (2007); Six Scarlet Scorpions (2016); Justice, Inc. (1939); The Yellow Hoard (1939); The Sky Walker (1939); The Devil's Horns (1939); The Frosted Death (1940); The Blood Ring (1940); Stockholders in Death (1940); The Glass Mountain (1940); Tuned for Murder (1940); The Smiling Dogs (1940); River of Ice (1940); The Flame Breathers (1940); Murder on Wheels (1940); Three Gold Crowns (1941); House of Death (1941); The Hate Master (1941); Nevlo (1941); Death in Slow Motion (1941); Pictures of Death (1941); The Green Killer (1942); The Happy Killers (1942); The Black Death (1942); The Wilder Curse (1942); Midnight Murder (1942); The Man From Atlantis (1974); Red Moon (1974); The Purple Zombie (1974); Dr. Time (1974); The Nightwitch Devil (1974); Black Chariots (1974); The Cartoon Crimes (1974); The Blood Countess (1975); The Death Machine (1975); The Glass Man (1975); The Iron Skull (1975); Demon Island (1975); Roaring Heart of the Crucible (2013); Python Isle (1991); White Eyes (1992); The Frightened Fish (1992); The Jade Ogre (1992); Flight into Fear (1993); The Whistling Wraith (1993); The Forgotten Realm (1993); The Desert Demons (2011); Horror in Gold (2011); The Infernal Buddha (2012); Death's Dark Domain (2012); The Miracle Menace (2013); Skull Island (2013); Phantom Lagoon (2013); The War Makers (2014); The Ice Genius (2014); The Sinister Shadow (2015); The Secret of Satan's Spine (2015); Glare of the Gorgon (2016); Empire of Doom (2017); Mr. Calamity (2018); Famous Fantastic Mysteries (2017); Black Mask (2017); Thrilling Adventure Yarns (2019); Miami Noir (2020).

Born on this day – Josephine Hutchinson:

Josephine Hutchinson

Actress

October 12, 1903 – June 4, 1998

Born on this day – William Nigh:

William Nigh

Director

Writer

Actor

October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955

Recommended reading - The Fall of the House of Usher (2023):

The Fall of the House of Usher

And Other Stories That Inspired the Netflix Series

By Edgar Allan Poe.

Foreword by Mike Flanagan.

Published by Random House Worlds.

Media TV tie-in edition.

Published 2023.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0593725255

ISBN-13: 978-0593725252

Description:

A deluxe anthology of works by Edgar Allan Poe that inspired Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher, curated by series creator Mike Flanagan.

There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart – an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it – I paused to think – what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher?

Slip behind the bleak walls and vacant windows of Netflix’s reimagining of the mansion of doom in this anthology of works by Edgar Allan Poe that inspired the limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. From well-loved classics like The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart to lesser-known gems such as Tamerlane and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, these collected tales have withstood the test of time, haunting readers for nearly two hundred years.

With a foreword by series creator and horror maverick Mike Flanagan, this anthology is the perfect viewer’s companion to Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher.

Julia Alvarez, on books:

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

– Julia Alvarez.