Horror Story Essay

of the dead flash before your eyes, complete with a chainsaw-like sound that permeates the silence of your living room. If it seems like the images above are straight out of a gory horror flick, you are partially correct. In fact, they are featured in the title sequence of the popular television show American Horror Story. First aired in 2011 on FX, this anthology series plays on common and often romanticized fears, from murderous clowns to sexy undead serial killers. The program is produced by…

American Horror Story: Cult takes place in Brookfield Heights, Michigan. This small cities’ diversity consists from white supremacists and feminist cults. The story begins with the protagonist, Ally (Sarah Paulson) who is distraught at the 2016 election results. With the results, her phobias reemerged, such as: clowns, blood and small holes/bumps making her the ideal target to be terrorized by the local neighborhoods cult. The antagonist, Kai (Evan Peters), (who happens to be the leader of the…

taped to the cold meatal wall of the playhouse, which is one of the theaters at camp. Cast list went up at 6:45am and about 400 groggy teenagers showed up to get a look. One of the shows camp was doing was Little Shop of Horrors. For those of you who do not know, Little Shop of Horrors is…

the truth about life and that not everyone’s stories are going to be an upbeat fairy tale. In the show “American Horror Stories,” each season is revolved around possession, witchcraft, insanity, and flashbacks of horror stories shared among the characters of the show. These elements along with many others create…

“Contemporary anti-witchcraft movements illustrate the meaning of traditional witchcraft as an explanation of evil.” (Behringer 7) The portrayal of witches in the media today are still mostly women that are power hungry and selfish. In the show, American Horror Story: Coven, witches are portrayed by women of all colors and men portrays witch hunters who savagely hunts and murders witches. The leading female character, Fiona, is the head witch of a coven that resides in New Orleans. Fiona is…

In the story American Horror Story: Murder House it surrounds a boy named Tate Langdon and his misadventure with his friends and family Vivian Harmon, Dr. Ben Harmon, and Constant Langdon. Tate was born in 1977 to Constance and Hugo Langdon. Tate was the brother of Adelaide, Beauregard, and possibly one other unidentified albino sibling. Though he alone of the Langdon children has escaped visible physical defect, he is very mentally disturbed, perhaps owing in some part to his absentee father…

was 9 and a troubled child who just got enjoyment out of messing with me and her younger sister Ashley she was 6 and I was 7. I only knew her for a couple years but I can tell you she was the evil step sister that you would always hear about in horror stories. Ali told me I had to help her do something to Ashley I was scared of her and I had to figure out whether or not I should help her or not. One day in the summer on a hot and sunny day, too hot and sunny to play…

The previous season of “American Horror Story” may seem a deep exploration of the show’s past seasons. Indeed, it makes noise for its unpredicted storyline but its ending is quite monotonous. With that, there are some believe that “American Horror Story” Season 7 will be the anthology’s final offering. According to Movie Pilot, it looks like Ryan Murphy runs out of original idea thus “American Horror Story” Season 6 is a retell of the past events. Although the show is already renewed, there are…

Analysis of American Horror Story: Freak Show In class we have learned about many different aspects of disability. In American Horror Story: Freak Show (Freak Show), there were many themes shown throughout that touched on material we have talked about in class. Freak Show illustrates the medical and sociopolitical models of disability, uses terms that are deemed inappropriate or unacceptable by the disability community, and represents people with disabilities in the media. I have…

MILE 35 is a supernatural horror tale. It explores themes about greed and poses the moral question how far will someone go for power and wealth. It explores the concept of making a deal with the devil. While the story contains some strong features, overall, the script would benefit from more development. Areas to explore include: structure, tension, and character development. The story opens with a mysterious scene setting the tone. The script then introduces Tommy Walker, who appears to be…