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Episodes(12)
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Pilot (S01E01)
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Home Invasion (S01E02)
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Murder House (S01E03)
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Halloween: Part 1 (S01E04)
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Halloween: Part 2 (S01E05)
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Piggy Piggy (S01E06)
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Open House (S01E07)
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Rubber Man (S01E08)
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Spooky Little Girl (S01E09)
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Smoldering Children (S01E10)
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Birth (S01E11)
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Afterbirth (S01E12)
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American Horror Story revolves around the Harmons, a family of three who moved from Boston to Los Angeles as a means to reconcile past anguish. The all-star cast features Dylan McDermott as “Ben Harmon,” a psychiatrist; Connie Britton as “Vivien Harmon,” Ben’s wife; Taissa Farmiga as “Violet,” the Harmon’s teenage daughter; Jessica Lange in her first-ever regular series TV role as “Constance,” the Harmon’s neighbor; Evan Peters plays “Tate Langdon,” one of Ben’s patients; and Denis O’Hare as “Larry Harvey.” Guest stars for the series include Frances Conroy as the Harmon’s housekeeper; Alexandra Breckenridge as the Harmon’s housekeeper; and Jamie Brewer as Constance’s daughter. (official distributor synopsis)
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It should be mentioned right from the start that American Horror Story cannot be considered a serious work of horror. On the other hand, the FX guys are well aware that "seriousness" isn't much of a draw these days and that the more eccentric a given work is, the better its chances of success. I don't want to pontificate about the (non-)horror plot – though of course it is present here and there are some good jump scares here and there. Rather, I'd like to point out that the main reward of AHS is not the story, but the narrative style they’ve chosen, which is enhanced by the formal features (it took me a long time to get used to the initially very peculiar editing, only to appreciate it later as an element contributing to the ambivalence and confusion of some of the characters) and the omnipresent sexual tension. What I appreciate most about the first season that the creators managed to wring something very superior out of a subject that has been similarly raped a thousand times. The weirdness of the entire story and the abnormally perverse behavior of the characters are the alpha and omega of success in this case, but objectively there's not much to find fault with, as most of the ensemble cast delivers performances of a lifetime (Jessica Lange is demonically perfect) and the pace of the first series is for the most part truly murderous. For me, AHS represents an appealing deviation and interesting excursion into places I don't normally seek out. AHS probably won't find a place in my top ten TV series, but I can't deny the fact that in many ways it is a very original and intriguing piece of work that deserves its fair share of attention. Season I, Murder House – 85%... I will add ratings for the other seasons when I get to them, seeing as how I’ve got higher priorities in my viewing list at the moment :)))
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Pilot: American Horror Story came out of nowhere. Until the day the pilot was out, I didn’t have any detailed information about it. When foreign horror websites wrote about it, I didn’t pay attention to the articles because the title made be expect some kind of documentary (like, Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film). Under these circumstances, I didn’t have time to get sufficiently excited and maybe that’s why I liked the pilot more than if I’d been expecting something great. So far, it feels like Twin Peaks in a B-movie package. The cold opening is fantastically scary and the rest of the episode is entertainingly unsettling. I’m very curious about what aces the creators have up their sleeves, because stretching a haunted house story to the length of a TV series won’t be easy. There are two things that bother me: the character of Ben and that the scenes don’t link with each other very well – I’ve no idea whether the first episode takes place during a week, a month, or even more… The rating is provisional, I feel that with the remaining episodes the series can either drop to three or go up to five :) 1st season: So, it held to four. I liked the interesting characters and the story as a whole, which exploited everything it could out of the trodden premise of a haunted house, especially considering it is a twelve-episode series. If there’s one thing to complain about is that we didn’t get that many horror moments. But thumbs up. The last episode was a beautiful farewell to the characters and I’m looking forward to the second season, which will be about something completely different.
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In my opinion, American Horror Story is undoubtedly a well-made series that incorporates action, romance, mystery and horror, all of which are cleverly and effectively mixed together to form a great combination that I have absolutely no complaints about. Of the cast, I was most drawn to Jessica Lange, who can be both endlessly warm and extremely stone cold. The atmosphere is tense, poignant and perfectly paced. The soundtrack is slight, rather dominated by eerie sounds, and the intros to each episode perfectly capture the nature of the series. Morbid, bizarre, creepy, claustrophobic, but also poignant and (to some extent, e.g. the Harmon couple's line) from life. In short, one of the best series of our time.
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I only went for the second season, because I have a soft spot for sanatoriums and I haven't seen any good horror films from the same setting and I'm really pleasantly surprised. A decent choice of actors, a great bleak atmosphere, sometimes a great gore scene and decent twists all underline it very high. I was only disappointed by the finale and felt that the last three episodes lost their breath compared to the previous ones, but still great satisfaction.
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Relationship problems, infidelity, trust, new beginnings... and yet this story is definitely not a romance. Evil under the stairs, a ghost around the corner, and lots of skeletons that want to come out of one scary house's closet – and yet I wouldn't label the series purely a horror show. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have merely shaken off the optimism and enthusiasm that followed them for three years on Glee and decided to write down all the negative thoughts that had accumulated in their heads since the end of Nip/Tuck. And when the phenomenal Jessica Lange or the captivating Evan Peters come to their aid, they hit the mark. Although AHS is unsettling from the first seconds and creepily unpleasant with all its converging storylines, I found it hard to look away. If the family conversations didn't occasionally stutter in terms of pacing, the events could have been all that much more captivating. Still, this was the first obsidian from the black treasure box.
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