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Finales are always a difficult thing to get right as there's always the issue of making sure the viewers get the answers to all of their questions, getting the pacing right and ensuring a satisfying conclusion. American Horror Story has always had issues when it comes to their finales in that they always seem rushed …
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Episode 9 “Fire and Reign” (written by Asha Michelle Wilson and directed by Jennifer Arnold) was a solid penultimate episode tying together some loose ends in spite of a brief detour to 1918 Siberia and setting up the pieces for next week’s Season 8 finale, or for Season 9 depending on who you ask. This …
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There always seems to be a point in each season of American Horror Story when the show somehow manages to go 'off the rails' and this was definitely that point for Apocalypse. Directed by Bradley Buecker this was by no means a complete waste of an episode but being only 38 minutes long it's a …
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Episode 7 “Traitor”, (written by Adam Penn and directed by Jennifer Lynch) gives us no obvious traitor and we are without our favorite Antichrist (Cody Fern) this week. However we do get voodoo as monogamy enforcer, a very special Christmas Tales from the Crypt nod, a few more Coven returning characters and three burnings at the …
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This is the episode American Horror Story fans have been waiting and yearning for since Freak Show: The return of Jessica Lange. Directed by mainstay Sarah Paulson this feature-length episode definitely didn't disappoint but at the same time also had a few negatives for me. The episode was billed as 'going back to where it …
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From the title “Boy Wonder” I had high hopes that episode 5 (written by John J. Gray and directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton) would focus on the test of the Seven Wonders used by the coven to determine the next Supreme and it did not disappoint! Normally the Halloween episode each year is the biggest treat …
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“Forbidden Fruit” (written by Manny Coto and directed by Loni Peristere) was an action-packed Ryan Murphy Halloween episode that included poisoned apples, a Victorian masquerade, witches, and even a little Satan. Since, on Halloween, spirits can leave the spot they’re normally chained to, I was hoping we’d see Murder House’s Harmon family visiting our cozy …
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse is back for its second episode, directed by 25YL favourite Jennifer Lynch, who wastes no time in diving into the scares. Emily (Ash Santos) is getting undressed in her room within Outpost Three; her lights go out and upon lighting a candle her wardrobe door creeps open. When she checks she's …
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Every season on American Horror Story, we see a particularly American brand of nightmares, and the stories we’ve built around them in our popular culture, brought to new life in their most sick and twisted Grand Guignol forms. We’ve seen haunted houses, asylums, hotels, witchcraft, freak shows, lost colonies, and cults. Season 8 will offer …
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On September 12, American Horror Story returns for its 8th season, Apocalypse, which will be a direct crossover of two of the previous seasons, Murder House (Season 1) and Coven (Season 3). Before it begins, let's take a look at how these two seasons connect, not just to each other but to all the other …