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American Horror Story has become bleak reality TV
“I wouldn’t have sex with you if you were the last man on earth.” Such a clichéd dig seems weightier when whispered in…
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American Horror Story is back with our worst nightmare, which just isn’t that scary
Welcome to the world of American Horror Story: Apocalypse. And… now it’s gone. After last year’s so topical it hurts…
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American Horror Story: Cult delivers on a political horror story
American Horror Story: Cult has had the weight of the 2016 election crushing it since its showrunners first began to…
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American Horror Story is really cutting down on its cast
It seems kind of fitting that the penultimate episode of AHS: Cult, a season that seemed less like an echo or…
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American Horror Story: Cult gives us a history lesson
In addition to the sense that even those closest to them can never, ever be trusted, American Horror Story is giving…
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American Horror Story goes back to the beginning (again)
Three episodes left in the season and every character of importance has joined the cult (or has died, or, in some…
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American Horror Story: Cult ditches alternative facts for alternative history
Shows have been accused, rightly so, of increasingly creating “fan service” episodes, appearing to pick storylines (or…
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A shooting scene is cut, but high tensions remain in this week's American Horror Story
This season of American Horror Story has officially joined a grim and ever-growing club of pieces of pop culture that…
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American Horror Story is heavy on big reveals, light on explanations
In an episode full of more shocking reveals than the first four episodes of the season have had combined, a lot more…
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American Horror Story gets closer to the election to move beyond it
This week’s episode was kind of reminiscent of the middle of Valentine’s Day if the Garry Marshall film had included a…
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American Horror Story "microwaves the dog" and gets smarter
“I am one of you.” It’s what Ally screams at the protestors as they surround her car, calling for justice for the man…
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American Horror Story: Cult gets to the point, then blows past it
In the era of Peak TV, it’s hard not to think about what a show’s legacy will be once it’s off the air, how often its…
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American Horror Story: Cult isn't just clowning around in its premiere
“There’s nothing more dangerous in this world than a humiliated man,” says Kai Anderson (Evan Peters) after a city…
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Adina Porter makes a choppy AHS: Roanoke finale into a showcase
The finale of American Horror Story: Roanoke is simultaneously a rip-roaring hour of television and a disappointment.…
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As the finale looms, American Horror Story: Roanoke reveals its final girl
For the entire run of American Horror Story: Roanoke, I’ve pointed out its fictionalized images of real horrors visited…
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Flickers of tenderness lift up AHS: Roanoke’s torture
Early in tonight’s episode, Shelby tries to lead Dominic to safety through the tunnels under the house. But before…
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American Horror Story: Roanoke turns subtext into powerful text
“Why the hell is she filming herself?” Dominic asks as Agnes stands outside, threatening the house’s inhabitants with…
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AHS: Roanoke starts rolling and doesn’t stop, no matter what
“We rolling? The camera never stops, no matter what,” reality-show creator/producer Sidney Aaron James (Cheyenne…
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AHS: Roanoke finds itself in a hole, keeps digging—into its past
Trust American Horror Story to build the house, then worry about what it rests on. When Edward Phillippe Mott (Evan…
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A messy AHS: Roanoke spills its guts
In a messy, visceral jumble of storytelling from every angle, “Chapter 4” of American Horror Story: Roanoke spills its…