American Horror Story: Asylum, a.k.a. American Horror Story Season 2

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I loved the first season of American Horror Story, even if I am a self-declared wuss. With the show’s second season, creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have decided to continue the horror, with a different story entitled Asylum. Those used to long-form storytelling might have some confusion here, but what those Glee guys are going for is actually quite novel and refreshing in these modern times, despite it being probably as old as the performing arts itself.

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"You do know that you are creepy, right?"

American Horror Story. Season 1

I don't remember the last time I saw a horror show on television. That's because I'm a wuss. It's not that I don't like them. It's just that I like getting scared, but I don't like getting scared. I'm not making sense. Let me put it this way. It's like you don't like the smell of your own fart, because it smells like rotten eggs, but you smell them anyway. It's the same with horror stories.

Anyway, this show seems to be critically acclaimed or something. But I've never heard of it. And that's the great thing about watching things which you know nothing about. There are no prejudices to begin with. So that when you like the show, you like it because it appeals to you, and not because of some review you read on a website by some writer who knows nothing of cinema.


1. "Pilot"

That's not what she really looks like.

Yes, it is creepy. The down syndrome kid is creepy. The burned-up guy Larry (Denis O'Hare) is creepy. The old maid is creepy. But the young maid is hot. And Violet Harmon (Taissa Farmiga) is cute. And yes, she is Vera's kid sister.