American Horror Story

[coffee achiever]

If that's the case, and not just Ryan Murphy throwing everyone off the trail, then I REALLY doubt I'll be back for another round next season.

[insan0]

I love this show. Kinda sad that it won't be the same house. I figured they had more history to tell...

Same here, had no idea every season would be a new story.

[enduser]

I like it as multiple stories - they just should have ended this one when they found violet in the basement.

It's kind of like taking episodes of Amazing Stories/Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Twilight Zone and stretching each one into a season. I could get in to that.

[Cap'n Ken]

I guess multiple stories would be better than just packing more people into this house who want to steal babies. But if that's the idea, they did a really piss-poor job of executing it in season 1.

This "story" would be about the original doctor, the women he treated/abused/whatever and the doctor's descent into madness with the Frankenbaby. Everybody else is reacting to that ... except of course for things like the nurses that were murdered, which as far as we know is just an unrelated murder in the house (I think).

So what did we ever really find out about Frankenbaby, the women in the house and all that? What we ended up with was this stupid soap opera about ghosts and their relationships with each other, broad themes about what it means to be a ghost, this apparently universal desire as a ghost to still have a baby and all that garbage. Then the climax is a real-world baby spawned by a ghost and a live person is kind of evil and decent ghosts in the house want to break the cycle of death there.

Stupid.

[J. Grouchy]

For those still interested...


‘American Horror Story’ Season 2 Details Revealed: What Happens Next

Contained within the penultimate episode of season one, entitled “Birth,” are hints that not only reveal the location of American Horror Story season 2, but also what the story will be about.

Taunting fans to find his masterfully placed clues, Murphy says, “Go through it frame by frame. I planted it in there. I will never reveal it.”

Unfortunately, Murphy acknowledges that it’s highly unlikely for the two main actors to return, though he holds out hope:

“I will say that Connie and Dylan will not be playing the leads of the show in the second season. We’d love for them to come back and do something, maybe a smaller role or a cameo.”

While fans of the series may be upset that Britton and McDermott are being replaced, Murphy explained that this was the reason why they were able to cast them in the first place:

“There are a lot of actors who have their own careers and don’t want to make a five-year commitment. This gives people who haven’t done TV before an opportunity. Our shooting schedule is like three or four months every season, so it’s like committing to a film really. I get a lot of calls from film actors who want to dabble in TV but don’t know how to do it. Being on a series where all of the characters’ stories are done after a season is a way in for them. That’s been the plan from the beginning with this show.”

Electing to change and evolve the series from season to season, Murphy and the rest of the series writers are looking at topical themes effecting society – along with locations “filled with demons and ghosts.”

While Murphy has yet to reveal what, exactly, the theme will be for next season, he did give an example of some stories that would fit within the “American horror” genre:

“There are serial killing stories, prison stories or true crime stories. Each year of the show is designed to be a little miniseries unto itself. The only thing we’re not open to doing is a season on vampires.”

And the big stretch...

But what about American Horror Story season 3 and beyond?

Despite not officially announcing anything beyond season 2, FX president John Landgraf stated that he intends on American Horror Story becoming “a Halloween tradition for people who love the genre.”

Like Frank Darabont with The Walking Dead, Murphy and Falchuk have found a way to elevate an abused genre into must-see, groundbreaking television. And for all intents and purposes, it appears that American Horror Story will continue to be a staple for fall television.

I don't know if I'd put money on that just yet...

[TraciDeb]

I'm willing to see where this is going. It could be interesting having new stories every season as long as it stays super creepy!

[T@Nk]

As long as they learn from this season's mistakes (not enough focus on the doctor/frankenbaby storyline, inconsistencies in plot and timeline, too many damn ghosts, etc.) then I'll definitely keep watching...

[Cap'n Ken]

If As long as they learn from this season's mistakes (not enough focus on the doctor/frankenbaby storyline, inconsistencies in plot and timeline, too many damn ghosts, etc.) then I'll definitely keep watching after next season's opener...

Fixd to reflect appropriate distain for Season 1's ultimate direction.

[J. Grouchy]

Zachary Quinto returns to American Horror Story — but not as who you may think

As we mentioned in yesterday's Morning Spoilers, the second season will revolve around Jessica Lange's delightfully demented mother hen Constance (Edit: Sadly, she will be returning not as Constance, but as a new character), with other actors from the first season popping up now and then. Murphy has now confirmed that Quinto will also be back for the new season, but this time not as Chad, but as an entirely new character. He'll be one of the two male leads who will torment Constance in her new East Coast digs. So what's up with the bicoastal doppelgangers? Murphy isn't saying.