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American Horror Story : Coven
Oct. 13th, 2013 07:06 pmI admittedly skipped American Horror Story : Asylum, and gave up halfway through on the first series about the Haunted House. Only tried this one because of the female cast which is extraordinary. Lead by Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Verma Farminga, Gibdhe Sidhe (the gal from the flick Precious) and Angela Basset.
This episode received controversial reactions online and mixed reviews. One of which made me think twice about watching the episode and I almost deleted it from my DVR, but a response to my Television Poll changed my mind. The negative reactions were mainly due to two controversial scenes, which I'll discuss behind a spoiler cut. The one I did not know about bothered me and I find unwatchable, the one I knew about surprisingly did not - actually, I'm bewildered by the reactions to the second one, because American Horror Story dealt with it far better than any television series I've seen or read about.(In fact I thought at the time - I've seen far worse.) This surprised me, I was expecting something offensive and unwatchable. It really wasn't. I don't understand the controversy. (Will explain in detail behind the spoiler cut.)
Overall it's an interesting series...a bit gory for more taste, and rather scary. Not for the weak-stomach or the easily scared. This is horror for adults, with satirical subversive twists. Also it's by Brad Falchuck/Ryan Murphy and Tim Minear - who like to ...how to put this? Break new boundaries that most television networks would frown on but which F/X allows you to do.
What's most interesting about it is the protagonists and antagonists are all female. And the focus is on female not male arcs. This is sort of rare in horror stories. Not to mention gritty anti-hero tales.
( Review of American Horror Story: Coven with spoilers for the first episode )
This episode received controversial reactions online and mixed reviews. One of which made me think twice about watching the episode and I almost deleted it from my DVR, but a response to my Television Poll changed my mind. The negative reactions were mainly due to two controversial scenes, which I'll discuss behind a spoiler cut. The one I did not know about bothered me and I find unwatchable, the one I knew about surprisingly did not - actually, I'm bewildered by the reactions to the second one, because American Horror Story dealt with it far better than any television series I've seen or read about.(In fact I thought at the time - I've seen far worse.) This surprised me, I was expecting something offensive and unwatchable. It really wasn't. I don't understand the controversy. (Will explain in detail behind the spoiler cut.)
Overall it's an interesting series...a bit gory for more taste, and rather scary. Not for the weak-stomach or the easily scared. This is horror for adults, with satirical subversive twists. Also it's by Brad Falchuck/Ryan Murphy and Tim Minear - who like to ...how to put this? Break new boundaries that most television networks would frown on but which F/X allows you to do.
What's most interesting about it is the protagonists and antagonists are all female. And the focus is on female not male arcs. This is sort of rare in horror stories. Not to mention gritty anti-hero tales.
( Review of American Horror Story: Coven with spoilers for the first episode )