What a disappointment. No atmosphere, too much and too little going on. The story, set design, clothing, writing, make-up, all mediocre. This had more in common with The Goldbergs than 80s slashers. I thought Murphy was a horror fan. The intro was the bomb though, they should've hired whoever did that to make the show.
shareI like it so far throwback to horror films
shareWhat ruined it for me was watching 80's slashers for 2 months in anticipation of the season so all those movies are fresh in my mind. On the one hand I see a lot of references to various slasher movies but overall it lacked jump scares, weight, atmosphere, and punch. Like the dead hiker pinned to the door found by Emma Roberts, she barely had a reaction, same for me, because there was no weight to the scene. She walks in and there is a guy pinned to the door, oh my, better go tell someone. Compared to body reveals in Halloween, F13, or Sleepaway Camp movies, it was a lifeless scene. No dread or tension leading up to it, just.. here's a body. And it would have benefited from some post processing to give it a grittier appearance. We have TV shows like Glow, Halt and Catch Fire, and Stranger Things that are set in the 80's and knocking it out of the park, I expect more from AHS.
shareWeak. But I will give it a try.
shareI bailed out on AHS years ago b/c it was going too overboard. But b/c of the reviews, I decided to try again with this season. Idk. Despite being stuffed with all the tropes, it strangely doesn't feel like that period in film at all.
shareYeah same. I think Murphy is the kind of person, like Eli Roth, that needs people to keep him grounded. Big ideas are easy, execution is tricky, and this is poorly executed and isn't the first season to have that problem.
shareI wonder did the hitch-hiker time travel? Notice his attire was 70s themed???? I think the lady who bought the camp, killed her husband. She possibly did the killing 15 years prior and pretended to be a victim by Mr. Jingles. I hope this season doesn't disappoint me. We all know how it could start good and just go down hill !
shareI guess the hiker was a counselor at the camp previously that escaped.
I'm sure it's somehow going to tie into the wave of devil worshipping hysteria that swept across the U.S. in the 80s.
LOL, you were so right about this season being another shit show! I still need to finish the latest episode. Laughed hard when Jingles gave the Night Stalker up!
shareI think there is just way too much going on. Would it really have been that hard to make a straight forward, 80’s inspired Slasher?
Why in the fuck is Richard Ramirez here?
/I think there is just way too much going on. Would it really have been that hard to make a straight forward, 80’s inspired Slasher?
Why in the fuck is Richard Ramirez here?/
this 100%
There is a lot going on right now. Too much. We are only through 4 episodes.
shareAfter the 3rd episode I wasn't thrilled w/ all the twists. But after the flashbacks during this episode I was fine with them. Richard getting the tree branch through the head topped this off as the best episode yet. Unfortunately, when he rose from the dead that made my eyes roll.
shareI don't know, of all the terrible things this season, a devil worshipping murderer worked the best.
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