American Horror Story: Hotel

I'm still not sure how I feel about American Horror Story coming back (This time as AHS Hotel). In the past, I would have been excited, but after four seasons (only two of which I liked) and knowing that this season won't feature Jessica Lange, I'm feeling kind of meh about it. I do like the teasers they've shown, however.  The show starts October 7.

Jessica Lange to Hang up her Pointy Hat after Season 4 of American Horror Story

Jessica Lange is planning to ride her broom out of American Horror Story next season as her acting career winds down. She told the LA Times: “I am coming to the end of acting. I have a list: another stage production, maybe one or two more movies, one more season of ‘American Horror Story’ … and then that is it for me. Because I think that’s enough. I want to go out with a bang … or should I say, a scare?” 

Let's hope it's a scare. Whether she's wearing a nun's habit or a pair of black stilettos, she's become my favorite witchy woman.

 

"When Witches Don't Fight. . . We Burn"

A new full trailer for American Horror Story Coven has been released, proving Jessica Lange is as badass and brilliant as ever!

Witchy Women

Season three of American Horror Story will premier October 9th. Subtitled "Coven", the show will take place in New Orleans and focus on the Salem witch trials. According to executive producers, there will be a feminist theme running throughout the season and "a very strong theme of family, specifically mothers and daughters." Additionally, the tone will be lighter and peppered with more humor. Thank god. I had to drop out of last season because I couldn't stomach the brutality. Maybe enough people complained about all the meat hooks and human skin masks. . .

The cast of this season will be star-packed. The almighty Jessica Lange will play a witchy bad ass and Angela Basset will star as a voodoo queen. Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, and Sarah Paulson will return as will actors from Season One, including Frances Conroy, Dylan McDermott, and Taissa Farmiga. Kathy Bates will also be starring as historical serial killer, Delphine LaLaurie and Gabourey Sidibe will have a recurring role, which is unknown for now.

Overall, it sounds like a tasty brew. Check out the promo videos below:

American Horror Story Returns

American Horror Story is back this fall and will be titled American Horror Story: Asylum. If you haven't already heard, it's filled with a completely new cast of characters (some actors will return as new characters including Jessica Lange and Evan Peters) and is set in a new place - this time a church-run sanitarium in New England. I can feel the chills already.

Check out the creepy new trailers for the show:

American Horror Story Episode 2 Tonight

FX's new drama, American Horror Story, about a haunted house and its new occupants, is on tonight. I have to say I'm really looking forward to it after watching last week's premier. I was a bit wary at first. It looked like it could wind up cheesy or creepy. Well, it's both. And it works.

Its over-the-top antics and clichés will probably turn off a lot of people, but once I started watching I couldn't stop, even though I was aware of what the writers were doing. AHS plays off of many horror movie stereotypes and pays homage to well-known horror films such as The Shining, It, The Amityville Horror, AND it has Dylan McDermott naked. A lot. Not a big surprise since Ryan Murphy, creator of Nip Tuck, is behind this one.

The Washington Post has this to say about AHS:

The “American Horror Story” pilot has aired on FX. And anyone who watched thinks it’s either the worst, most jumbled, depraved excuse for television ever, or a brilliantly audacious, twistedly compelling piece of work.


I couldn't agree more. I'm intrigued. What is with the gimp suit? What about Jessica Lange acting like a nutjob with hair that looks like a baked good has been sewn into her head? What's up with that bizarro daughter of hers? Is the guy with the half-melted face real or a ghost? And what about that phantom maid?

If you don't know what I'm referring to, you should really tune in.

FX's New Show: American Horror Story

The opening credits sequence for FX's new show, "American Horror Story", looks like something out of my nightmares: medical equipment, body parts preserved in jars, vintage children's photographs, a white nightgown floating through the air. Christ. I don't know if I can watch this, but it sounds wildly intriguing. Here's what EW is saying about it:

"Usually you have to hit up a multiplex for the kind of jolts delivered by this thriller, but creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (Glee) have crafted a small-screen roller coaster ride. The series follows the Harmon Family — husband Ben (Dylan McDermott), wife Vivian (Connie Britton), daughter Violet (Taissa Farmiga) — as they move into an old Los Angeles home with a dark history. For example, the home’s basement not only is in need of dusting but also might be the resting place of a serious evil creature, seen in the Oct. 5 premiere. And then there’s the man in the rubber fetish suit…"

Oddly enough, when I went to the show's official site, I was surprised to learn it's described as a "psycho-sexual thriller." Didn't see that coming. I guess that explains the rubber fetish suit. . .

Watch the video here.  Thanks, Cat!