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American Horror Story - Season 1
The story follows the Harmon family: psychiatrist Ben, his wife Vivien, and their teenage daughter Violet, who move from Boston to Los Angeles after Vivien has a miscarriage and Ben has an affair. The Harmons discover that several violent murders were committed in their new home, which locals have nicknamed 'The Murder House', and a series of increasingly disturbing events indicate they may be sharing their home with the restless and violent spirits of those killed.
8 October 1975, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
23 September 1935, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
18 November 1974, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
3 December 1955, La Jolla, California, USA
October 05, 2011
To Murphy and Falchuk's credit, the brisk tempo serves the multiple converging plotlines well, allowing weirdness to befall everyone in their own unique way, while producing a myriad of questions for the viewer to ponder.
October 05, 2011
In truth, even many adults might not be ready for the show's frank depiction of everyday horrors that we'd too often rather forget.
October 05, 2011
Viewers who like the horror genre and the offbeat Murphy/Falchuk approach, and who are willing to put in enough serious time to absorb all the nuances, will fall in love.
October 05, 2011
It's a lot to process, and at times too much to take. Still, Horror Story often is a wonder.
October 05, 2011
It feels more like the place where old horror movies have come to die.
October 05, 2011
Amusing to watch, but not particularly scary. "Creepy" seems the better word.
October 05, 2011
This gourmet junk food gives you some pure evil, and it takes some axes to some evildoers, and the American type represented has a predilection for French maids. Bon appetit.
September 30, 2011
Prime time is so full of mainstream pabulum these days that when a work as audacious and ambitious as American Horror Story comes along, some of us feel compelled to embrace it. Most TV shows quickly fade from memory. This one will haunt your dreams.
October 05, 2011
Engrossing and genuinely scary.
October 02, 2011
American Horror Story is beginning its run with problems, but enough goes right to give this twisted terror tale the ghost of a chance (several ghosts, in fact).
