Thursday 3 April 2014

Suggested TV Series: American Horror Story

American Horror Story Season 1


American Horror Story (AHS) centers on a family that moves into a haunted house in Los Angeles. It sounds very cliché, but the director, the casting, the soundtrack and the amazing atmosphere will convince you it is worth a try. 

It provides a good insight into American stereotypes and recurring themes of the American culture.

AHS deals with moral issues as well as with relationships on various levels starting with the relationship of a person with his/her own self, extending to family relationships, romantic and sexual relationships, but also to business and neighbourhood relationships and friendships.

It shows the very realistic and various reactions of people when faced with dead ends, moral dilemmas and psychological breakdowns. In the stressful psychological chaos they have inside, all the characters present diverse rationales and reasonings and each of them chooses to make a different set of decisions.

And all that wrapped up in a most atmospheric soundtrack and gloomy sensations. It offers plenty food for thought and a lot of motivation for our imagination.

If you feel like the modern horror movies have nothing new to offer anymore and if you are tired of always being able to predict the ending of a thriller, because modern productions follow the same plot-recipe for years, then you should give American Horror Story a try!


Lilian White