American Horror Stories

I'm an avid Murphy/Falchuk fan, that likes most of their work and has watched all of the AHS seasons (some of those were also not of their previous caliber). The first season of Stories is boring, lacks substance and frankly, is a strange offering from a franchise that's given so much variety and talent. It received many bad reviews. I believe they have listened to what has been said.

Season 2 of Stories is interesting, creative, spooky and imaginative, with original ideas and great acting. Some fan favourites return and some history from AHS looks back at us (if you've watched the show you'll know what I'm talking about, I won't spoil the fun). It's creepy and entertaining.

I had already rated the previous season with a 5, which was quite generous and have now changed it to a 7.

Every person in the school looks close to 30 which is really messing with my immersion, especially when you compare it to the believable school and students in Murder House.

...or at least they are now.

Not sure what happened to the sound, but it goes from barely-audible mumbling one second to blaring notes and bass the next.

I keep watching to see how many sexual/gender minorities they can squeeze into each episode. Seriously, if you made this a drinking game you'd be in the ER in about 2 episodes' time.

Going into this series I was expecting great acting,great characters and what we got is a knock-off murder house. I expected to see violet and tate and everybody else but....dissapointed.

So far, this new series seems to lack the spark of the original series. Besides the more seasoned actors, the other acting seems robotic. It's as though I'm having a dream about American Horror Story; some of the people and scenery are familiar, but there's something off. This may be appealing to those CW fans who value style over substance, but for me I need more than just pretty people who kill. However, I want to be fair so I'll keep watching to see where this goes.