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Originally posted by MissedTheTrain
That's literally the story of a drama though Nothing scary or horror about it, it doesn't fall in line with what AHS is about. I don't watch AHS for a moral, I watch it for mystery, a great story, some horror, suspense, etc. Every season has had a solid element of horror in it except for that one, they just threw some random serial killer in there that became a predictable parody of himself.
Hotel's plotline was about the 10 Commandments Killer, solving the mystery of the Hotel and how things fell the way they did there. Not as defined as seasons like Asylum and MH but it still had a mysterious plot.
I mean...
Murder House: How will the Harmons fix their family and get out of the haunted house before it kills them?
Asylum: How will the innocent Kit and Lana escape the Asylum where they're held hostage?
Coven: How will the witch coven survive their dying breed amongst the witch hunters and voodoo queen, and who is the next supreme?
Freak Show: How will Elsa become a star, and how will the freaks be accepted as normal people?
Hotel: Who is the 10 Commandments Killer, and what exactly is behind the mystery of the Hotel?
Roanoke: How will the cast members make it alive through the blood moon?
Does Freak Show's not stand out like a sore thumb?
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But American Horror Story always had drama and interesting characters, that's what makes it great, and the horror in freakshow was all of the horrible things Elsa did just to get fame, she killed her bestfriend, it was about a person being so selfish and deluded that she's willing to try everything even murder and she did, and then she realized it was all for nothing because she still didn't feel fufilled, that's pretty horrifying in my opinon.
Hotel, had The countess kids thrown in there for nothing, the vampire kids, her baby who's storyline wasn't even completed at the end.. she killed him ? she was leaving the hotel without him ?... a predictable twist, we all knew the police guy was the 10CK... , i'm not saying Freakshow is great, cause it's not, its bad, but at least it had heart and it made sense.. while Hotel....
In murder house: you want to see a family succeed and survive
In Asylum: you want to see Lana survive
Coven: You want to see who's the next supreme i guess ?
Freakshow: You want to see if Elsa is going to achieve her dream and survive
Hotel: You want to see who's the 10ck ? really ? nobody was there for that plotline....