| Kris P Lettus |
10-24-2013 08:40 AM |
Googling the title was prolly easier than searching out that video, but I think you were trying to be "funny"
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American Horror Story is a horror television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own "beginning, middle, and end".[2]
The first season, subsequently re-titled American Horror Story: Murder House, takes place in 2011 and follows the story of a family that moves into a home haunted by its former occupants. The second season, titled American Horror Story: Asylum, takes place in 1964 and follows the stories of the inhabitants of an institution for the criminally insane. The third season, titled American Horror Story: Coven takes place in the 1800s and present day and follows the battle between witches and voodoo practitioners.[3]
The series is broadcast on the cable television channel FX in the United States. The first season premiered on October 5, 2011, and concluded on December 21, 2011. The second season premiered on October 17, 2012 and concluded on January 23, 2013. The third season premiered on October 9, 2013, and is scheduled to conclude in January 2014.[4][5][6]
American Horror Story has been well received by television critics. The repertory cast has been generally praised, particularly Jessica Lange,[7][8][9] who received the Emmy Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance.[10][11][12] The series draws consistently high ratings for the FX network, with its first season being the biggest new cable series of 2011.[13]
Season 1: Murder House (2011)[edit]
See also: American Horror Story: Murder House
The first season, retroactively titled American Horror Story: Murder House,[4][14][15] is about infidelity.[2] The story takes place in 2011 and follows the Harmon family: psychiatrist Ben (Dylan McDermott), his wife Vivien (Connie Britton), and their teenage daughter Violet (Taissa Farmiga), who move from Boston to Los Angeles after Vivien has a miscarriage and Ben has an affair. The Harmons move into a restored mansion and soon encounter the home's former residents, the Langdons: Constance Langdon (Jessica Lange), and her two children, Tate (Evan Peters) and Addie (Jamie Brewer), and the disfigured Larry Harvey (Denis O'Hare). Ben and Vivien try to rekindle their relationship, as Violet, suffering from depression, finds comfort with Tate. The Langdons and Larry frequently influence the Harmons' lives, as the family discovers that the home is haunted by the ghosts of anyone who has ever died on the property.
Season 2: Asylum (2012–13)[edit]
See also: American Horror Story: Asylum
The second season, titled American Horror Story: Asylum, is about sanity.[2] The story takes place in 1964 and follows the patients, doctors and nuns who occupy the Briarcliff Mental Institution, founded to treat and house the criminally insane. The wardens who run the institution include the stern Sister Jude (Jessica Lange), her protégé Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe) and the founder of the institution, Monsignor Timothy Howard (Joseph Fiennes). The doctors charged with treating the patients at the asylum include psychiatrist Dr. Oliver Thredson (Zachary Quinto) and the sadistic scientist Dr. Arthur Arden (James Cromwell). The patients, many of whom claim to be unjustly institutionalized, include lesbian journalist Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson), accused serial killer Kit Walker (Evan Peters), and alleged murderer Grace Bertrand (Lizzie Brocheré). Briarcliff's inhabitants are routinely subject to supernatural and scientific influences, including demonic possession and extraterrestrial abduction.
Season 3: Coven (2013–14)[edit]
Main article: American Horror Story: Coven
It's been over 300 years since the Salem witch trials. Those who remain are almost extinct and in danger again. A school in New Orleans serves young witches to teach them how to blend into society and keep from being discovered. The long-absent Supreme arrives with a different mission to teach the burgeoning witches how to fight those who would oppress them .[16] The themes include witches, witch hunts, incest, minorities, slavery, mothers and daughters, and witchcraft versus voodoo. The third season's theme is oppression. The season is set in modern day and the 1830s.[17]
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