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American Horror Story is known for its mix of campy fun and horrifying moments that can leave viewers feeling uncomfortable. The show frequently includes absurd storylines and comedic relief, but it can also take a dark turn and delve into pure terror. Each season of American Horror Story has its share of disturbing fates for characters, from massacres to torture, making it a memorably shocking series.

While American Horror Story can be a lot of campy fun, the show’s most disturbing episodes prove that the horror anthology series can also be unforgettably uncomfortable. American Horror Story has a tough tone to pin down. Like a lot of producer Ryan Murphy’s work, the horror anthology series features many funny, over-the-top supporting characters who provide solid comedic relief. American Horror Story also frequently plays host to absurd, unlikely storylines, meaning the series has a somewhat heightened, silly atmosphere. However, this...

She’s baaack! Emma Roberts has reportedly signed on to star in “American Horror Story” Season 12, the details of which are still being kept under wraps. (See everything to know about the new installment.) This former “Scream Queen” is of course an “AHS” stalwart who previously appeared in “Coven,” “Freak Show,” “Cult,” “Apocalypse” and “1984.” But which of her former spooky roles is Your favorite? Read through our Emma Roberts “AHS” characters ranked listing below, and then be sure to vote in our poll.

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1. Madison Montgomery (“American Horror Story: Coven” & “American Horror Story: Apocalypse”)

Madison is the quintessential Emma Roberts character: sassy, sexy and self-centered. When we first meet her, she’s a teenage witch at Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies with the power of telekinesis. After her throat is slit by...

While American Horror Story: 1984 did not work as a season of AHS, the tone and story would have been perfectly suited to another Ryan Murphy series. While most of Ryan Murphy’s projects have a lot in common in terms of themes, the super-producer’s output is not remotely consistent in terms of tone. Some of Murphy’s projects, like the grisly horror anthology series American Horror Story, can be extremely dark and brutal, while other shows from the creator, such as Glee and The Politician, boast a much lighter tone.

Despite a lot of motifs recurring throughout Murphy’s oeuvre - and frequent collaborators cropping up in various shows from the producer - this tonal disparity makes it tough to pin down the creator’s style. While American Horror Story's early seasons are undeniably campy and over-the-top, they lack the explicitly satirical elements seen in the American Horror Story cult season and beyond.

The 2020 Emmy ballots have been released by the Television Academy, so we now know which shows, actors, etc. are in contention for this year’s golden statues. FX’s “American Horror Story: 1984” accounts for a whopping 29 entries across all competitive ballots, including 10 actors for their roles as counselors/workers at the hauntingly tubular Camp Redwood. This ninth season of the popular anthology series welcomed back fan favorites like John Carroll Lynch (as Mr. Jingles) and Emma Roberts (as Brooke Thompson) while also introducing some new blood in the form of Angelica Ross (as Nurse Rita) and Gus Kenworthy (as Chet Clancy).

This installment, which aired last September-November, is also notable for producing the show’s landmark 100th episode, which flash-forwarded a year after the massacre at Camp Redwood. Will “Ahs: 1984” continue the franchise’s winning streak at the 2020 Emmys? The first eight cycles took home 16 trophies, including acting wins...

When you think of horror movies, this popular trope most likely comes to mind: a masked killer hiding in the darkness which is picking off unsuspecting victims one by one. Then, our main hero (usually a young woman) fights the killer and walks away victorious.

That protagonist is our "Final Girl."

She is one of the surviving characters in the movie to see another day.

Viewers are typically pulled through their Pov to root them on.

While this archetype is known more for horror movies, Final Girls are a staple on TV too!

Though, there are some noticeable differences. Like, their battles aren't confined to a single night of terror. Sometimes it'll spread across multiple TV plotlines or an overarching season.

This means we get more time to meet our Final Girl, learn about her backstory, and see her develop before fighting the villain.

Each Final Girl is different, but...

Another familiar player is stopping by American Horror Story: 1984 next Wednesday (FX, 10/9c), and he’s sporting some appropriately killer facial hair.

The official promo for the season’s seventh episode, “The Lady in White,” gives us our first look at Dylan McDermott‘s entry into Brooke Thompson’s circle of insanity. The video may be short, but we see McDermott (and his mustache) in the backseat of Donna and Brooke’s car when they’re pulled over by a concerned police officer.

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American Horror Story: 1984 is an '80s fever dream - almost suspiciously so. Frankly, it feels as though someone's trying to hammer the '80s into viewers with brute force. While this decades vibe could be signature Ahs camp, it might also be an indicator that the first few episodes of 1984 are a movie or a season inside a season, serving us with meta horror à la Wes Craven's New Nightmare and throwing us back to My Roanoke Nightmare.

Let's break down the rampant '80s aesthetics. The intro credits, as Reddit user Hannahk23 explained, look like they were pulled from an '80s VHS tape. We see forward and rewind buttons, as well as neon colors galore in the typography and costume design. Heck, the first few episodes have a distinctly grainy, shot-on-film look to them as well. It all feels incredibly deliberate, as if the producers...

The 1980s are back in all its hokeyness, thanks to Ahs 1984. The series is back for its ninth bloody season. The series was created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. This season of Ahs was heavily influenced by slasher films like Halloween and Friday the 13th. I have been looking forward to this series ever since San Diego Comic-Con when I took part in a walkthrough that FX hosted on the lawn of the Hilton Bayfront. Everything about the walkthrough was amazing including the actors and the props used once you walked through the doors to Camp Redwood. You can check out our awesome review here. https://www.ageofthenerd.com/2019/08/our-exciting-adventure-at-the-fx-fearless-forum-at-san-diego-comic-con/ Were only two episodes into the seven-episode season, and blood has already spilled. A lot of fans were upset when news broke that Evan Peters would not be returning this season, but the show must go on. In 1984 Brooke Thompson...

The second episode of “American Horror Story: 1984” showed the backstory of real-life serial killer Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker — and the FX show got his childhood down to a T.

Ramirez, dubbed the Night Stalker, terrorized Los Angeles in the ’80s and was convicted of 13 counts of murder in 1989. Zach Villa portrays him in the FX show.

In the second episode, Ramirez meets Leslie Grossman’s Margaret Booth, who is the owner of Camp Redwood, where Ramirez has followed Emma Roberts’ Brooke Thompson. He’s injured, so Booth tends to his wounds while listening to his backstory.

“The worst thing that ever happened to me? Everything,” Ramirez tells Booth. “Pain is all I’ve ever known. Pain is how the world has talked to me, so why shouldn’t pain be the way I talked back?”

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Right off the bat, American Horror Story: 1984 introduces us to not one but two villains: Mr. Jingles and the Night Stalker. While the first character is fictional, the Night Stalker, aka Richard Ramirez, was very much an actual serial killer in the '80s. And just as Emma Roberts's Brooke Thompson survived his terrifying attack in the first episode, so did a real young woman in 1985.

It's no secret that American Horror Story draws from gruesome real stories - in past seasons, we've seen everything from the Black Dahlia to the Manson Family. This time, as the series did with Bloody Face, we see the murderer up close as a main character portrayed by Zach Villa.

First, let's digest Brooke's encounter with the serial killer. College student Brooke unexpectedly finds herself in danger after her steamy L.A. aerobics class, during which she ironically tells her acquaintances that...

There were mullets and midriffs aplenty in Wednesday’s American Horror Story premiere, which took us back to one of the horniest (and stabbiest) eras in pop culture history.

Ahs: 1984‘s opening hour introduced us to doe-eyed ingenue Brooke Thompson (Emma Roberts), whose plans to study veterinary medicine over the summer were suddenly derailed after a deranged serial killer broke into her apartment, stole her jewelry, and vowed to murder her. (And when a guy who calls himself “The Night Stalker” promises to kill you, you take that seriously.)

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