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American Horror Story: ? |OT| We know nothing about this season
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RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Nah, I'd say that it's pretty likely.
I mean, Sarah Paulson's character is just playing Shelby after all. Plus, Billie Dean tells the Murder House characters about Roanoke and Croatoan, so it seems likely that she learned about the story from being on the set of My Roanoke Nightmare. Billie Dean is a real psychic though, so perhaps she gained her powers while running around the forest as a Shelby reenactor? Like, maybe Lady Gaga granted her her abilities or something.
How so? Because she called the cops on an apparent murderer, or because she's mad at her husband whom she saw apparently screwing some woman in the woods with some hillbillies?
Just off-camera, honing a dumbass jaunty accent.
He is already listed in the credits at the end.
Also, this reminds me of Storm of the Century from Stephen King who did his version of what happened to the lost colony.
The Last Wizard
Member
What was his version? I remember the Andre character but don't remember it referencing what exactly happened in Roanoke.
All caught up, I'm interest so far funny how Ive only watched seasons 3 and 6.
The colony refused his request to give up one child to replace him before he dies. So he made the whole colony walk into the Ocean.
Spectromixer
Member
I liked episode 3. The fourth wall break with the documentary was cool. I hope they do more stuff like that. I would be cool to see the actors in the same room as the real people.
WordAssassin
Member
I wonder if the stuff from the reenactment will catch up to the people being interviewed? I mean, the stuff they're talking about happened in the past, but it might not actually be OVER. Imagine them being interviewed and then suddenly the lights go out or something, and we get even more Blair Witch that we had already with the stickmen.
Spectromixer
Member
That would be cool. Like how in the end of Asylum when they past caught up with the future.
Episode 6 is supposed to have a big twist too
Insane Metal
Member
Thinking about dropping this. Not feeling this season at all 
SO much boredom.
SO much boredom.
User 479360
Banned
American Horror Story would be better if it had less ADD involved in it. Something new, some new monster, has to be introduced every episode. It's worrying me, because that hurt Asylum a lot.
Hey look, there's aliens, monsters we don't give depth to, an evil scientist, crazy people, murder...and that's not all. The devil, too. I mean, c'mon...focus.
Hey look, there's aliens, monsters we don't give depth to, an evil scientist, crazy people, murder...and that's not all. The devil, too. I mean, c'mon...focus.
It's the same almost every time. So much wasted potential.
They should also get whoever does their teasers on as a consultant for some visuals because they almost always are clumsily executed in the show proper.
User 479360
Banned
It's one of the main reasons as to why I think the first season is by far the best.
Lord Frieza
Member
Have you ever seen those ghost re-enactment shows on Discovery or Destination America? Specifically talking about A Haunting, Paranormal Survivor, Ghostly Encounters, etc.? It's set up like that. If you don't know what I mean, it's basically like a 'real life' person (people) is telling a story via interview and you see segment where actors act it out. Some aren't digging it because the interview segments defuses tension because....reasons? I'm not really all that sure.
I love that stuff, so I'm loving it. There's apparently a big twist in episode 6 that changes everything, though, so the format may change.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Murder House was chock full of random stuff too though. I don't know why people always blame that aspect of the series on Asylum.
What's annoying me with this show is characters constantly doing stupid illogical stuff. It's definitely scarier than AHS has been in a long time.
WordAssassin
Member
Thankfully this season isn't like that. Yet, of course, AHS has a history of starting out strong and shitting the bed.
But did you watch AHS beyond Asylum? Coven and Freak Show weren't really like that. I always feel weird comparing Coven to any other season of AHS though because it just feels so out of place in the series. It's like it was a backdoor pilot for Scream Queens or something. But Freak Show was pretty consistent (albeit boring) through its run, with the main cast and then the two villains. Hotel was nuts though and yeah every new episode had like a billion new things in it on top of like 50 characters with crazy in-depth back stories and side plots.
User 479360
Banned
To answer the question above: So far this season is pretty good.
I haven't seen Coven, because I didn't have FX at the time. I agree that Freak Show wasn't as bad with it.
I haven't seen Coven, because I didn't have FX at the time. I agree that Freak Show wasn't as bad with it.
Monocle
Member
Season 5 is way better than Season 6 so far. Don't skip Season 5 if you have the slightest interest in this show. It's great.
WordAssassin
Member
Coven is on Netflix and Hulu if you're interested. It's not.. bad, per sey, but it's just SUPER different from all the other AHS seasons. I'd say there's really only one sequence that has any kind of scary/horror element to it out of the entire season, but Kathy Bates is amazing in it and so is Angela Bassett.
I also think I like the theme song from Coven best out of all of them, even though it does feature a Jersey Devil (I think?) in it that has nothing whatsoever to do with Coven and served only to hype and then crush me ):
If you go in with low expectations you might actually enjoy it. In retrospect it's not that bad but I was pretty put off by how different it was coming off of watching Murder House and Asylum back to back.
User 479360
Banned
I definitely do want to watch it. I've been searching my satellite for weekend marathons, but that's one season they haven't aired again much, if at all. I'm going to try to go in with an open mind, as I want to enjoy it, much like I want to enjoy all AHS.
I have Canadian Netflix, and will have to check if it's on there. I honestly don't watch much of it. Thanks.
I think you might be alone on that boat
You and I disagree on everything AHS, though, so it's all in fun. I respect your opinion.
Spectromixer
Member
Coven was fun. It had its moments.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The latter. Ryan Murphy is already talking about seasons 7 and 8.
Probably because they had so many extremes with it. They had wacky sci fi with the aliens and then the supernatural with the Devil and Angel of Death. It's almost like they couldn't stick with one of those and keep it consistent with the other concepts of the show.
Asylum still rocks, though.
WordAssassin
Member
I feel like Coven could be its own series but we got Scream Queens instead. The world they set up with all the different factions of witches has a ton of room to be explored, not to mention Murphy said they'd get into male witches/wizards and then did absolutely fuck all with them. Plus that Jersey Devil in the intro, along with a lot of other extremely interesting and creepy imagery (the group in the cloaks and hoods).
I kind of wouldn't mind if they did a Coven II at some point to get into the stuff they left out the first go-around but I'm sure that would really piss a ton of people off, especially when there's so many other horror themes and tropes they could do first.
User 479360
Banned
I loved Season 1 and for some reason Season 2 is my favourite. The aliens, sexy devil possesions and all. Season 3 I found good if a little choresome, Season 4 I couldn't manage more than 2 episodes and Season 5 I was indifferent to by the time I stopped at episode 4. Season 5 I recognised as being better than 4 but the show at this point for me had gone up its own creative arse.
Came into this thread to see what the setting was and to be honest it doesn't sound that inspiring.
Came into this thread to see what the setting was and to be honest it doesn't sound that inspiring.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The show has been renewed for a seventh season.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
New episode tonight!
EmpressInYellow
Banned
Yeah, AHS has ALWAYS been horror Mad-Libs. It's not about a coherent horror story. It's about jamming a bunch of horror tropes together.
In fact, the weakest season (Freak Show) suffered a little from having less of that than previous seasons, I think.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I personally think we're going to do two more layers: flashbacks to Roanoake as well as to the TV station that is doing the show.
Spectromixer
Member
Lol at the episode description
My guide on my cable box has the same description for each episode so far: "Matt and Shelby move into a farmhouse" or something like that.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
2spooky4me
A true American horror story.
EstoyBlackWaldo
Member
Oh my, you picked up the knife stab the creature!
NipplesAndToes23
Member
What?
blitzwolf215
Member
Not like stabbing would do any good.
EstoyBlackWaldo
Member
Wow, what a way to die.
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