American Horror Story: NYC | Season 11 Episode 2 - "Thank You for Your Service"

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As promised, here I am with episode 2 of American Horror Story: NYC. Unfortunately, there's not much to talk about this episode.

I sort of predicted this but, to me, this episode wasn't as interesting as the previous one. Some things happen but, in my opinion, nothing to really further the plot.

We sort of find out who kidnapped Gino, who's then freed because of his Marine tattoo, we see a bit more of Dr. Wells involvement in all of this (this whole thing is probably about AIDS) and we see the police not really doing much about what is happening.

Honestly, this episode was kind of messy with a lot of things thrown that aren't really that well explained (which I assume is because they have to build things up) but it just felt like messy writting.

The last interesting thing that happened was, while out in a bar, Gino and Patrick basically witness the killer stabing a man in the neck and, later on, the police discovering body parts in an alleyway strung up on meat hooks.

There's already a bunch of ideas being thrown around, one of them being the fact that Big Daddy might be a ghost, which I could see happen, after all, this is American Horror Story, as well as the possibility of there being two killers, which I also believe.

Ultimately, if this is about AIDS and the conspiracy of how the government maybe created the virus, I don't see why there's multiple killers but... we never know... 

That's it from me, to be honest. As I said, not much happened in this episode but I'm curious to see where this leads...

Let me know what you think is happening - do you think there's multiple killers? or is this just about AIDS? Tell me everything in the comments and I'll talk to you later with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: NYC | Season 11 Episode 1 - "Something's Coming"

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American Horror Story is back and, of course, I'm back to talk about it.

Reviewing AHS is an interesting task... You never really know what you're going to get each season and, for the past years, people just started loosing faith in the show (it's actually so surprising how this keeps being renewed! I guess people just keep watching it.) and that's sort of what happened to me.

In past seasons I was sort of excited about the themes. I was still afraid that they would mess things up, which they usually did with their last episodes, but for the first time, I was just not feeling this season - which I guess was a good thing. For the first time they didn't do that thing of hinting at the theme and giving little trailers for people to guess... They did ask people what they wanted to see but nothing really came out of that (unless that was just them really asking for ideas for future seasons, who knows). Instead, they just dropped the theme and title suddenly and nothing else. They gave us some character posters but, truth be told, NYC is not exactly a very clarifying theme, so I really didn't know what to expect from this season.

As I said, not knowing and having low expectations was sort of nice. Not that I'm saying this season looks amazing, because it doesn't, but at least it's a change of pace - literally. 

This season is all about a serial killer targeting gay men and, because of that, we sort of have a crime thriller mystery instead of a full on horror show about ghosts, or spirits, or demons. It's something more subtle, which I enjoyed.

However, obviously there's some thing that are just repetitive and just annoying. I like that Ryan Murphy is staying true to himself and having a story focused on the gay community but most of his shows are just overly sexualized and not that it bothers me, it's just that it's the same thing over and over again in all of his shows. If it wasn't for the slow thriller aspect of this season (at least, the vibe I'm getting for this first episode) this would just be your typical Ryan Murphy show - because yes, even his other shows that aren't AHS are like this.

Anyway, so we follow a bunch of characters that are part of the gay community and that one way or another are 'connected' to this serial killer - there's the police officer, the reporter, the photographer that is somewhat a psychic as well... There's a lot of cliché characters, now that I think about it, but they are well stablished in this first episode and the story seems coherent (as of now) so let's see where this leads.

At the same time, there's another story that doesn't really look connected to this serial killer one - it's the plot revolving around Billie Lourd's character, Dr. Hannah Wells, who's doing some research on a virus and commands her team to shoot and kill a herd of deer on Fire Island in order to contain this virus. I can see where this might be connected to the main plot (sort of a metaphor for being gay being a virus and someone out there killing all these men) but I hope I'm wrong and they do something different with this. Let's see...

But I guess that's it from me for this first episode. I'm going to watch the second one right away so expect a new rant pretty soon. In the meantime, let me know your thoughts on this new season and I'll talk to you really soon!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 10 - "The Future Perfect"

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Ugh! I'm so pissed off! What a f*cking mess this AHS finale was. And what a disappointment! I was so excited with Part 1 and I was actually hopeful that this would be a good season but... I was wrong! This Part II just turned this whole season into complete garbage and I'm seriously annoyed at the fact that the series is renewed and I'm going to have to endure more of this. I mean, things might change but, after years of not so great seasons, I think this was time to stop. Well, hopefully they'll see the awful reviews this season is getting and they'll change some things *cough* writers *cough*.

But so, what was this ending?! Well... I don't even know myself. This felt so damn rushed and, to be honest, this last episode didn't give me anything new. This didn't feel like an ending at all and it was more like a filler episode.

The part of the episode 'in the past' left me so confused with some new story-lines that, to be honest, didn't really matter that much - I guess that was just to tells us that Mamie stayed young for a long time and is still present in Area 51, and that's when we move to present day and see the aftermath of what happened in the last episode. And not even that was handled that well. 

We see security finding the 'baby' which they kill, Theta gets mad at that and kills the security team, Jamie and Kendall go look for Troy and Cal and when they find them dead, Theta appears and induces them into labor. Jamie's baby isn't what they need so they kill the baby and kill Jamie, but Kendall's baby is the perfect one so they decapitate Kendall and turn her into a 'making babies machine'.

Meanwhile, Mamie finds out that the aliens plan is to kill all human race and repopulate the world with their hybrids and, learning this, she decides to kill the 'baby machine' as well as the baby so that will buy them more time. She tells that to Theta who appears to agree with that plan but, as expected, she doesn't and then kills Mamie and Calico, who was working with Mamie, says that she disagrees with Mamie and she stays there as the 'baby machine' is ready to give birth to another hybrid. And that's how this awful season ends.

Seriously, I'm so mad at this and I don't have faith in American Horror Story anymore. I'm going to keep watching, at least to laugh at their awful choices but part of me is still hopeful that things might get better so... We'll see.

In the meantime, let me know what you thought of this season! Do you agree with me that this was awful? Which was your favorite Part? Also, I completely forgot to mention that they didn't even connect the two Parts so... Lazy writing much?! Ugh, I'm so annoyed... I'm going to end this here and hopefully I'll have more interesting reviews for you soon.

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 9 - "Blue Moon"

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Ugh! Thank god this season is almost ending!

As per usual, exciting seasons of American Horror Story just end up being horrendous once it hits the halfway mark. And I had such high expectations for this season! I mean, not initially, but after a few episodes of Red Tide, I really thought they had finally done something right and, even though I didn't like the ending of Part 1, I could forgive it... If they gave us a good Part 2. Unfortunately, they weren't able to.

This episode really shows the mess that AHS has become. I can't say that it wasn't interesting, because it was, but the amount of conspiracy theories they used in this episode is bonkers! There was a new conspiracy theory every 5 minutes - from Marilyn Monroe's death, to Area 51 and even about the moon landing. It's crazy! And not even the 'past' is saving it anymore. Heck, I would go as far as saying that the 'present' has becoming a lot appealing to me! Not that it is good, because it isn't, but I guess that's why I'm more interested in that aspect - because it's so outrageous that I just want to see what insane thing they come up with next. While the past, although better acted, it's just boring at this point. We get it, America made a deal with the aliens, they gave us technology such as the microwave and the iPod, and yeah... That's it.

Yeah... I don't even know what else to say about this episode. The last part, again, was bonkers! With the delivering of multiple babies, Calico's story of how she was abducted (which was just to introduce the moon landing conspiracy) and with an existential crises from our gay couple. Again, everything is so over the top that the only thing you can do is laugh.

I don't have anything else to say so let me know what you thought of the episode and what do you think the finale will present us with? Will it be another mediocre finale? Tell me all your thoughts and I'll see you pretty soon with a new The Sinner rant because yes, it is back!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 8 - "Inside"

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New episode of AHS and can you believe that we only have 2 more episodes left?!

That's right and, to be honest, I don't know how I feel about the whole thing. I really enjoyed Part 1 (apart from the ending) but I really disliked last week's episode. However, I think I got my expectations so low that now I enjoyed it?! I mean, they did present us a lot more stuff, but I guess I just accepted the fact that this Part is a lot more cheesy so I'm just rolling with it.

What I'm not rolling with is the acting in this part - specially all the actors from the present day. Once again, I guess their intent is to be cheesy, but their acting is so bad! Specially Kaia Gerber's... Ugh, it's a shame because she looks like such a nice girl but she's not a good actress...

However, I do have to say that, because of the whole thing with the pregnancy, I'm kind of curious to see where this story-line is going. On a technical level, the story that takes place in the past is a lot better and better acted, but because the story in present day is so over the top, I actually felt myself wanting to see more of it so... I just hope the cringe factor is intentional.

And well, I guess that's it from me.

Let me know your thoughts on this episode and I'll talk to you on my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 7 - "Take Me to Your Leader"

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Oh boy... I was indeed excited about this new story, even after the last episode, but now... My hopes for the remaining of this season just went down the drain.

Right away this didn't look as good - the opening credits aren't as good and the red flag for me, personally, was the lack of OG actors such as Evan Peters, Frances Conroy, Finn Wittrock and Denis O'Hare. Not only that but also the fact that some of the main actors in this part are Kaia Gerber and Nico Greetham... Nothing against them, but the only place I know them from is American Horror Stories and that show is awful (as well as their characters). So granted that maybe it wasn't their fault and it was the material they were given but I just can't help but connect their names to bad stuff. But even with that, I was a little hopeful that I could be wrong. Well... I don't think I am.

The episode opens with scene from 1954 and that not only meant Black & White cinematography but the whole vibe was a bit cheesy. However, I was open to it because I thought it was intentional. We see some UFO abductions, other people coming back from their abductions and we even had an Alien autopsy - and that was when my hopes really started to decline. The look of the Alien is exactly what we think of when we say the word Alien, but again, I was open to it because I thought it was intentionally cheesy. Still, I think for a horror show, the aliens should've looked more scary and maybe less cartoonish. I don't know, I just wanted something else. But it's after that when things really go downhill.

We cut to present day - now in color - and we meet this group of friends (that's when Kaia Gerber and Nico Greetham come into play) and that's when we get the typical Ryan Murphy stuff. A ton of sexual content - not only that we see but also a lot of talk around the subject. That didn't used to bother me, but the more I saw people complain about it, the more I noticed it and now it really cringes me. I get that with some subjects (such as vampires) it makes sense, but it's becoming so obvious and so in your face... I don't know...I'm not a fan anymore. 

So, we get a ton of sexual conversations and whatnot and a lot of pretentious stuff about technology and that's when this group of friends go to a camping trip to cleanse from technology and that's when they are abducted, come back and find out that their all pregnant. Yes, even the boys. And that's how the episode ends.

Yes, it's completely ridiculous and I seriously hope that is the intent because if it isn't... It's just awful. It isn't good already but at least I can respect it if it's intentional... But if it isn't... They just need to stop. However, we are going to have at least two more seasons so...

Yeah, let's see where this second part goes. We still have 3 episodes left and things can change but I'm not hopeful this time. But let me know what you think. Did you like this second part? Do you think the cringe aspect is intentional? Let me know everything and we'll see where this goes. I'll talk to you next week!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 6 - "Winter Kills"

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Here we are with the end of Part 1, and oh boy... Why?! Why did Ryan Murphy had to do this?! I mean, why did Brad Falchuk had to do this?! This season has been great so far and they had to ruin it like that. Ryan Murphy really can't make a good ending.

I don't know if it was the runtime of the episode (this one was way shorter than the previous ones) or what it was, but it sucked!

Unlike all season, this episode was so predictable and cringe. Starting of with leaving Alma alive and ending with basically turning LA into an apocalypse.

Not only they left the worst character alive - Alma - but they completely ruined Ursula's character. She was smart and wanted to be successful so it was really out of her character to just give the pill to anyone and everyone and basically just turning LA into hell (maybe that was the message - LA changes people and just make them monsters sucking the life out of everyone). I guess it's an interesting message, but it still was a poor ending.

Ursula's monologue at the end made me feel the same - I get it, it's a commentary on Hollywood, but it was too on the nose (again, unlike the remaining of the season).

And yeah, I don't know what else to say... It was a poor ending that didn't even connect to the next part. Hopefully they can make the next one worth this end... We'll see...

In the meantime, let me know if you feel the same about this ending and if you're hopeful for Part 2 and I'll talk to you next time!

Love,

Daniela

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 5 - "Gaslight"

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Yes, Episode 5! Let's talk about this one!

I actually thought this would be the last episode of Part 1 but, in a way, I'm glad it wasn't because I'm really enjoying this season.Yes, this episode ended up being a little predictable in some aspects but I think overall the season has been pretty solid - not only in terms of story but also performances, cinematography and message. I've seen some comments and I feel like most people aren't getting all the topics this season is touching, which is a shame because it's actually pretty deep. Might be a bit cliché, but it's still an interesting message about art and artists and what greed does to people. Amazing!

And on the topic of predictability, this episode starts out right with something that I was not expecting - Doris giving birth to a baby boy. I truly believed something was going to happen to the baby or to her while she was still pregnant but I guess I was wrong which is actually a good thing. However, from that point on, the episode becomes a little more predictable. I do have to mention though  that scene where Harry drinks the blood that comes out with the baby?! That was messed  up!

Anyway... So Doris and the baby go home and, as you can expect, things go south really fast. Alma drinks some of the baby's blood and, eventually, they have to tell Doris about the pills. And we all knew that Doris wasn't talented enough to take the pills, everyone knew, to be honest, and that was the plan. Harry tried to prevent it but Alma tricks Doris, that  sneaky little thing. Truly, that kid needs to learn a lesson! She truly got under my skin this episode, so props to the actress because she's doing an amazing job!

But yeah... Alma tricks Doris and Doris does take the pill and... Yes, she becomes one of the pale people... As expected. And all of this happens while she's alone at home and while Karen and Mickey break into her house to 'steal' the baby.

Turns out  Belle knows about the baby and tells Karen to steal the baby for her. But Karen is enough of it and says that the only way to protect the baby is to steal him and keep him, and so that's what she does. However, when  Karen and Mickey break into Harry's home, they are faced with Doris becoming a pale people and everything  goes downhill, to the point where Karen is basically forced to take the pill otherwise she will be killed by the other pale people that are now chasing after her. Which was what Mickey wanted all along, to be honest. Not in a mean way though.. He just wanted to be with Karen and be successful together, which is kind of cute.

And well... The episode ends in an unexpected way. Not the part where Harry sets Doris free to 'be' with the other pale people, but the part where Karen and Mickey go to the beach and she feeds on him, creates her masterpiece and then kills herself and and walks into the sea.

It was a really bittersweet ending but, the truth is, we don't know what really happened to them. Not only we don't know if Mickey could be killed liked that but also we see in the preview that they take someone from the sea which I bet is Karen and maybe she's alive?! We don't know, but I would like Mickey to be alive. Regardless, the next episode - the finale of part 1 - looks like it's going to be a ride so... I'm curious to see where this ends.

In the meantime, let me know what you thought of this episode and which are your predictions for the 'finale' and I'll talk to you, hopefully, next week!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 4 - "Blood Buffet"

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I know, late with this one... But I promise you I won't take long with this one and I'm gonna post Episode 5 right after so... Be on the look out for that.

So episode 4 was all about how it all started. And even though we didn't really need to know, it was an interesting episode. At least it gave us Drag Queen Evan Peters so that's already enough. No, but for real, I liked to see how it all started with The Chemist going into town and I loved the fact that it was Mickey who basically got this pill thing going. (In case you haven't noticed yet, Mickey is probably my favorite character this season! Macaulay Culkin is doing an amazing job!).

As I said, we see the progression of people who take the pill and it's interesting because the first person that takes it becomes one of those pale people. And actually, it was someone that, to me, sounded like a good singer but, turns out, he wasn't talented enough. This just shows that, you might be good at something, but to be a true artist you gotta have a spark and I liked that aspect. A bit depressing though, but still interesting.

After that guy, we see how Belle started  as a failed self-published author and, fed up with not having the credit she deserves (as well as a fight with her husband) she takes the pill and right away she rights a full novel and then kills her husband. It was pretty interesting and kind of brutal. And in the meantime we also find out that Lark (Billie Lourd) took the pill to become a successful tattoo artist - which means that it's not just your usual singer/writer/actor that can be true artists - people like tattoo artist and designers are artists as well.

The last person that we see take the pill is Austin who, as I said, is working as a failed Drag Queen because the owner of the theater where he was going to show his play, suddenly vanished (we then find out that it was Belle who killed him).

And yeah, I guess that's it for this episode. As I said, not really necessary, but still interesting. I mostly liked the part where The Chemist explains her job and the experiments that she did previously. Oh, and of course, I liked how relevant Mickey was this episode.

Okay, I'm going to start working on that episode 5 rant now because there's a lot to that one so, in the meantime, let me know how you felt about this 'flashback' episode and I'll talk to you very soon!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 3 - "Thirst"

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I don't know what everyone's been watching but I'm loving this season! I've seen some pretty harsh comments and I don't get them. So far I feel like they have been doing a great job building story, the characters and just making me interesting in what's to come. Yes, it might be a bit predictable (I feel like I know where this is going) but you never know! Plus, at least they are keeping the momentum going and, for once, I like pretty much all the characters. The little girl Alma is disappointing me and she's becoming a bit annoying, but I think that's the intent. I'm pretty sure this is to show that she's not fully developed so that's why you can't a have a child vampire. That has been a concern in pretty much all the vampire things I've been watching throughout the years and this is another of those cases. Also, I'm still fascinated by the way they're writing the story and grounding it in reality. I know vampires aren't exactly believable but, if there's vampires out there, this is how it could happen so... Yeah, I'm still digging that part of the story. But let's talk about the actual events of this episode because there's quite a few things to talk about.

To me, the star of this episode, and the story-line that I was the most interested in is Ursula's story-line. She arrives in Provincetown to check on Harry and gets herself involved in all this mess. Not that she's really phased by it, no. She meets Mickey and, after reading his scripts, she figures something is up and Mickey actually tells her right away (I guess he has nothing to lose), and instead of being shocked or something, she wants to turn this pill thing into a business, and it's through her that we get to meet The Chemist.

The scene where we learn more about The Chemist is actually pretty interestingly put together, moving from past to present, and that's when another plot evolves. This Chemist wants basically everyone dead - Ursula, Mickey, Harry, Alma and Doris. The thing is, Austin and Belle had thought about killing Harry and Alma already so... Right now there's two plots with Harry in the middle, and I'm so interested in the whole thing!

And then there's also Alma. She also comes clean to Harry who initially tells her to stop taking the pills but she's smarter and says that she only does it if he does as well which... He fails and so Harry starts collecting blood for Alma as well. And that's actually because of that that Austin and Belle say that they need to kill Harry and Alma. I'm pretty sure there's more than meets the eye and I'm super interested in finding what it is but, for now, I'm really happy with how the season is going.

The episode actually ends with Alma killing the police officer and Ursula just being 'okay' with it and Harry arriving home and finding the dead police in the middle of their living room.

Again, I'm so curious to find out where this is going and, as I said, as of now, I'm happy with this season. I'm pretty sure this first half is almost over because there's only 10 episodes total and this is the 3rd one so... Maybe only two more? I don't know... Regardless, I'm pretty sure the stories are connected.

Anyway, that's it from me. Let me know what you thought of this third episode and if you're still enjoying this season and I'll talk to you on my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 2 - "Pale"

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So this season of AHS looks promising! I don't want to jinx it (we know how Ryan Murphy is with his endings) but so far so good!

This second episode did give us a lot more information on the whole "vampire" thing and, I gotta say, I'm happy with what they got here.

The meaning behind everything is amazing and, for once, I feel like Ryan Murphy really thought out this season. The whole thing with this being about a pill and not like a condition that you can't turn away from, right away, is interesting. But then there's the whole metaphor about artists! Because, in this world, you "become a vampire" through taking this black pill but the catch is - it only works if you're talented! And that is why there's this pale "monsters" going around - they are the ones that took the pill but weren't talented, so they will never satisfy their hunger and won't be able to "live a normal life".

As I said, it's an interesting take on vampires and one that talks about how artists "suck the life out of other people" in order to make their art, as well as the fact that they are never satisfied with their greatness. They always want more and thrive to be better and create better art.

I also loved the fact that they had a "logic" explanation to why you crave blood when you take this black pill - it's because of the lack of certain vitamins and minerals, which you now need on large amounts - amounts only available in "real blood".

Anyway... Now that I've talked about the meaning behind everything, let's talk about the actual events of the episode.

As expected, Harry got the urge to write and so they decided to stay for a bit longer. I haven't realized but apparently this episode took place during a whole week?! I don't know, but they say something about being there for a week so... That was unexpected! But while they were there and Harry was writing non-stop, he started craving blood, and that's when we get that whole explanation about how the pill was created and whatnot from Austin.

Austin and Belle also showed the whole "operation" to Harry, on how to get blood, as well as the procedure he had to get on his teeth in order to "feed" better - and that's when we are introduced to Billie Lourd's character.

Of course the whole thing with Alma had to come back into play and after struggling a lot with her violin, she decides to take Harry's pill and... Exactly... She goes out to eat and that's how the episode end - with her eating some type of animal.

There's nothing really groundbreaking so far, but I did like the take that they decided to take on the whole vampires thing and I'm curious to see where this leads because... I already have some predictions!

As far as this first part goes, I'm pretty sure something is going to happen to that baby! Either something happens to him when he's born or, which I think is the more likely thing to happen, Doris takes the pill and, instead of doing something to her, it messes with the baby and something like the first season happens, with the baby eating her from inside out.

When it comes to the connection to the second part, I'm certain they are connected! Mainly because I've looked up and Angelic Ross' character is called "The Chemist" and she's in both parts (her and her character), which leads me to believe that the second part is how they created the drug (aka a prequel) and it's the aliens that created the pill (or it comes from their blood).

Okay, these are my predictions as of now. Let me know if and what are your predictions, as well as your feelings towards this season so far and I'll talk to you next week!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Double Feature | Season 10 Episode 1 - "Cape Fear"

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Heya!

I'm back, as promised, with a brand new season of American Horror Story and, as per usual, I'm pretty stoked about it!

I don't want to jinx it but this season looks promising. Not only they went in a different route with this season having two stories (if they connect or not, I don't know yet) but also most of the cast that we love from the first seasons is back - Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Finn Wittrock, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy, Billie Lourd... And, the surprise of the season - Macaulay Culkin! Who, to be honest, is one of the reasons why I was super curious about this season. We haven't seen much of him in this first episode but from what we've seen, it looks promising and his character looks like a fun one so... We'll see. But, let's dive into everything that we found out about in this first episode.

So this episode starts of with Harry, Doris and their daughter Alma moving from the city to Provincetown, Massachusetts, with the intent of Harry finishing writing his pilot and Doris decorating the house where they were staying. 

Right away their daughter, Alma, starts seeing some weird stuff and, to be honest, I liked how super aware she was. Overall, this characters were smart characters. Alma stated that the house looked haunted, after an incident where Doris and Alma were stalked by a pale man they ran home and called the police and, in the end of the episode, when the same pale man entered the house and Harry killed him, the family decides to just get away from there. Obviously, we know that they're staying otherwise there was no season. But, overall, they were smart characters! But, as I said, there had to be a way for them to stay and that's when Evan Peters' character - Austin Sommers - comes into play.

Prior to the pale man entering the house, Harry went to a bar where he met Belle Noir (Frances Conroy) and Austin Summers, who are both writers. They talked about inspirations and whatnot and then Harry went back home and that's when the breaking and entering happens.

It's the next morning that Austin calls Harry saying that he has the cure for his writers block and Harry goes to Austin's house. There, Austin gives Harry a plastic baggie of black pills. Harry is hesitant to take them but he still takes them home in his pocket. That's when his agent calls him encouraging him to stay in Provincetown saying that he needs to finish that pilot and Harry takes the pill and the episode ends like that.

Overall it was a decent pilot. I loved the feel of it and the directing choices where great, as well as the acting, obviously. It's pretty obvious to me, to be honest, that this is about vampires, so I just hope there's some type of twist on this vampires thing. Maybe it's about mermaids that drink blood?! I don't know... As of now it looks like it's vampires but I hope there's more to it.

Anyway, it looks like we have, once again, another decent pilot so, let's just pray this doesn't go downhill (as it usually does). Let me know what you thought of this first episode (no spoilers for the next one, please) and I'll see you pretty soon with my rant of the second episode!

Love,

Daniela. 

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 9 - "Final Girl"

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Here we are with American Horror Story: 1984's season finale.

I have to say, it was a bit bittersweet to me. What I felt towards this episode was exactly what I felt about the first one of the season - way too cheesy for me and just not that good overall. I might have just been me that know about people's theories and so, because of that, most of the episode was so predictable to me.

The episode opens with a 2019 title card and with Finn Wittrock. We already knew that he's going to be in it so no surprise there. Also, I knew right away who he was playing - Bobby, Mr. Jingles son. That was a theory that was floating around and yeah, people were totally right.

We find out that he has been receiving money from someone during all this years and now that her uncle died, he came looking for answers, thinking his father was the one sending the checks.

Bobby meets Montana and pretty soon Trevor as well. Him and us find out what happened on the day of the festival. Turns out it was basically cancelled, after Trevor putting on a 'plan' of sorts and stopped everyone from going into the Camp and that's when Margaret almost kills him - outside Camp Redwood. Luckily, Brooke shows up and she helps Trevor into the Camp in order to die there and be with Montana forever (which ended up happening).

After that, the ghosts make a plan to kill the remaining killers in the Camp - Bruce, Ramirez and Margaret. They say that Bruce was easy - Trevor attacked him and threw him outside the perimeter so he doesn't die inside the Camp. As for Ramirez, it was a bit harder. Montana was able to lure him into a cabin and there happens one of the bloodiest scenes in this episode (and maybe even the whole season). All the ghosts kill Ramirez and they agree to keep an eye on him so, every time he wakes up, they kill him again - and that's what happens for thirty years. Unfortunately, with Bobby's appearance, they kind of get distracted and Ramirez wakes up (back in 2019) and he attacks Bobby. Luckily the ghosts get onto him again and Bobby is able to get out, with Montana telling him to go to the Asylum.

There he meets Donna, who further elaborates that in 1989, the ghosts brutally murdered Margaret, but not before she killed Brooke.

With this Bobby believes that Donna was the one to send him the money, but no. And so, both of them trace Bobby's money which leads them to Brooke, who didn't die after all. She tells them that Ray helped her stay alive and she really was the one to send Bobby the money.

Still not satisfied, Bobby gets back to Camp Redwood in order to find his father. That's when he meets another ghost - Margaret. Yes, turns out she did die inside the camp and well, she doesn't mean well and she tries to kill Bobby. That's when Richter appears and saves Bobby. That was a pretty touching moment but I just couldn't shake the irony of having Twisty and Dandy hugging. It's just really ironic.

But anyway, Margaret doesn't give up and she tries again, that's when Lavinia appears and she saves Bobby this time.

In the end, Bobby shares a tearful farewell with his family and departs. And then comes the ending titles.

Overall the season wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. That first episode really teared down my hopes and I really thought this was going to be awful. Luckily, it got better with time and can't say it was a bad season. It's not on my TOP 5, but it's still not as bad as Freak Show or Coven (I said what I said).

Let me know what you thought of the season finale as well as what you thought of the season overall and I'll talk to you tomorrow!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 8 - "Rest in Pieces"

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Hello again people!
Second to last episode of American Horror Story: 1984. I have to say, I was expecting more.

I always thought this episode would be like 'the final battle' and then the last episode would be either a plot twist or a flash-forward to see where people ended up and, perhaps, also give us a plot twist, but I guess that's not happening anymore. This was another 'lead up' episode and next one is when the final battle is going to go down.

However, what this episode gave us was an entanglement of all our characters. This was interesting, but at the same time pretty confusing so... I'm still on defense with this episode.

The first characters that get mixed up are Bruce, Ramirez and Jingles. That's right, Bruce didn't die nor was found by the police. Instead, someone found him, a woman, and what did he do? Kill her, obviously. He steals her car and drives to Camp Redwood hunting Brooke and Donna. That's when he hits Mr. Jingles with the car as he's 'running away' from Ramirez. Bruce meets Ramirez and, as expected, he's totally a 'weird' fan girl and, in true AHS form, the both basically team up to hunt not only Jingles but also some other random people, since Bruce is looking for his body count to increase.

Meanwhile, Brooke and Donna are approached by a tabloid writer that knows who they are. In exchange for for the writer to keep her mouth shut, they agree to give her the true story about Camp Redwood and so they take her on a 'tour' through the places where things happened that night. Turns out, Brooke's real plan is to kill Stacy but luckily Donna prevents that and the writer runs away, just to be killed later by Ramirez, Bruce and Margaret. Yes, Margaret came into the mix as she enlists Bruce and Ramirez to kill the rest of the bands (except Billy Idol) at her festival.

Somewhere else in the Camp, we see Trevor and Montana who had just hooked up. They talk about how it is to be a ghost and how Montana is kind of bored and later Trevor declares his love to Montana and suggests that he should die in the Camp in order to stay with Montana forever. However, Montana pushes him away, feeling guilty about her relationship with Ramirez. 

And, if this entangled of characters wasn't enough, we see the dead counselors, enraged at Richter's past killing, tie him up and refusing to let him go to kill Ramirez. That's when they decide to stab Richter, put him on a boat in the lake, and let him bleed to death. And, in true slasher style, Bobby's ghost appears (Richter's brother not his son) and drags him into the lake - just like in Friday the 13th. I don't know about you but I've been waiting for that scene throughout the whole season so it was nice to see it the way they did it.

Anyway, in the end, Richter awakens next to Bobby and Lavinia, and the latter convinces him to stay with them.

As I said before, the episode was interesting, but I felt like there was too much going on and nothing at all at the same time, so I'm conflicted. But no matter what, I'm liking this season a lot more than I thought I would and I'm pretty excited about the season finale.

In the meantime, let me know what you thought of this episode and tell which are your expectations for the finale.

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 7 - "The Lady in White"

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Hey!

As promised, here I am with the new AHS rant!

Unfortunately, this wasn't my favorite episode this season. It was interesting, it provided a few answers and it also had a special guest that it's really adored by AHS fans but... I don't know, I feel like something was missing.

The episode begins with a flashback to 1948 where we meet young Richter and learn about what happened to him in his childhood. Well, more like what happened to his brother Bobby, who was accidentally killed by a boat propeller. We also see that his mother Lavinia, played by none other than Lily Rabe, blames him for Bobby's death, since it was supposed for him to be looking out for his brother.

Back in 1989, Ritcher is back at Camp Redwood and bumps into all the ghosts that are trapped there. In the beginning, basically all of them want to kill Ritcher, but they then tell him about another unknown ghost that is tormenting them and that's when Richter let's them know what it's probably his mother because, before the massacre that they knew, there was another massacre, led by Richter's mother and who he killed back in 1948. Post that, Richter goes looking for his mother's ghost and that's when she lets him know that she manipulated Margaret into killing all those kids to make Richter suffer for Bobby's death. 

At the same time, we see what is going on with Brooke and Donna. It takes a bit for Brooke to trust Donna, but she does eventually and after a few days we see them in a skating ring, where then they meet a guy, Bruce, who helps them fix the car and they decide to give him a ride. Obviously this wasn't a good idea and turns out he's a murderer or something so they are able to get away from him when they're approached by the police. But, of course, it can't end there and Bruce (played by Dylan McDermott, by the way) kills the cop and goes after the girls.

Bruce tracks them down and threatens to kill them but, for once, this girls are smart and they are able to overpower him and just leave him on the road for dead. 

And well, the episode ends with everyone heading to Camp Redwood (to kill Margaret) and with Ramirez already in the camp and killing a bunch of musicians. Also, Richter ends up killing himself in the Camp in order to turn into a ghost and exact his revenge.

As I said, this had a few things that added to the story but I felt like this wasn't as strong as the previous episodes, which I was liking.

We have two more episodes to go so I hope this ends well. It looks like it's going to be an epic battle so... I'm excited.

Let me know what you thought of this episode and what do you think is going to happen in the last two episodes and I'll see you next week with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 6 - "Episode 100"

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Hello guys!

I'm back with another rant today! But before I start I just want to let you know that both Arrow and The Flash's rants won't be up today. Unfortunately I won't have time to do it, but I will be watching Supernatural and live tweeting so hit me up on twitter @danixinhahhh so we can live tweet together!

Okay, post that, let's get into American Horror Story.

This episode marks a huge achievement - Episode 100 - but they didn't really celebrate it. To be completely honest, it was a weird episode in that sense. It wasn't scary, at all, and they played more with the comedic aspect, but they didn't get too far to make it memorable so... It was a fun episode, don't get me wrong, but it didn't feel like a 'special' episode. It did take a turn on the season, though.

From now on we won't be in 1984 anymore (which kind of defeats the theme of this season, but okay...) and we start the episode one year later. First, we see what is up with Ramirez and Ritcher in LA and we find out that Ritcher is tired of Ramirez's killings and he basically gives Ramirez to the locals. This let's Ritcher get away and get his own life while Ramirez ends up in jail.

Post that we go forward another four years where we see the ghosts of the people that died in the Camp Redwood still there. We see Montana and Xavier together (as a couple) and killing basically everyone that gets into the camp, much to Ray's dismay, who just doesn't like it and is tired of being the one that cleans up Montana and Xavier's mess.

The real surprise comes next, when we see what happened to Margaret. She has become a rich real estate mogul who renovates infamous murder locations alongside Trevor. Yes, you heard it right, Trevor survived her murder attempt and the two entered into a contentious marriage amid Trevor's threat to expose the truth. 

Back to Camp Redwood we see the murders there getting into the news (after Ray refusing to clean the bodies) and, because of that,  Margaret decides to make it into a festival and that's when we see that Chet is also a ghost there and he's really pissed at Margaret and wants to kill her (which I support, to be honest).

But a lot more changed, such and Ritcher. After leaving Ramirez he started a family and is actually pretty happy with his life. That's until he finds about the festival in Camp Redwood and after returning home one night and finding his wife dead murdered by Ramirez, who broke out of prison with Satan's help. Post that, he decides to give his son away and go after Ramirez intending on killing him.

And the episode ends with Brooke seemingly executed for the Camp Redwood murders, but Donna, posing as an executioner and revives her. And that's pretty much it.

As I said in the beginning, it was an interesting episode and I liked to see where people are now but I don't know... I'm a bit on defense again, but we'll see.

Let me know what you guys thought of this episode 100 and I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 5 - "Red Dawn"

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Hi guys!

I know, I'm super duper late with all these rants (there's still a Supernatural one to post) but I told you this week would be hectic and I just didn't have time write my review. I'm here now though, so let's just get into it.

This episode was so unexpected! I mean, a lot of it was predictable but still, to have all of this events halfway through the season is huge!

The episode begins like the previous ones - with a flashback from someone explaining something. This time, we learn more about Rita aka Donna. Turns out she got obsessed with serial killers four years ago, after finding out that her father was one, right before he killed himself in front of her.

In the present, Ramirez explains to Donna that he was resurrected by Satan and now knows about everything she has been doing. 

While this is happening, at some other part of the camp, Margaret suggests that they go to the other side of the lake to get help, to which Chet goes with her. Of course this wasn't a good idea and pretty soon Margaret let's Chet know that her plan is basically get each one of them alone and kill them, as she proceeds to kill him. 

Back in the cabin where Montana, Brooke and Xavier stayed, Donna appears and tells them about freeing Jingles. Xavier gets extremely mad and tries to kill her. Donna runs away and Xavier goes after her, leaving Brooke and Montana alone.

Since Richard Ramirez wasn't able to kill Brooke, Montana decides to take matter into her own hands but, before she's able to kill Brooke, the later sees Ray's ghost and goes after him.

After that, a lot of things start to go down.

While running away from Xavier, Donna runs into Mr. Jingles and she asks him to kill her, but he doesn't do it. Then, Jingles finds Margaret but as he's about to kill her, Xavier kills Mr. Jingles just to be killed by Margaret after he does so. But, Mr. Jingles doesn't stay dead for long. Ramirez appears and he uses Satan to revive Jingles. 

Back with Brooke, we see her and Ray hiding in the cafeteria. Well, they end up having sex right before she discovers that Ray is dead after finding his head in the refrigerator. 

Brooke returns to Montana for help and that's when Montana really attacks Brooke and let's her know about the whole thing with Ramirez. The two of them struggle and yes, the sun is coming up and we see the bus with the children arriving, something that we never thought would actually happen.

Well, it doesn't end well for anybody really, because as the kids arrive, Brooke kills Montana - with the kids watching. 

Brooke is arrested and Margaret frames her for all of her friends' deaths. 

The episode ends with Ramirez and Ritcher stealing a police car and driving to Los Angeles. Oh, and we also see most of the characters coming back to life (as ghosts though) and Ray trying to leave but... Not being able to (just like in Murder House).

I can't say I'm that surprised (at least, not with this last part) but I am surprised that the sun did come up and the kids did arrive. But that's about it. The good thing is that I have no idea (again) where the season is going.

Let me know what do you think is going to happen as we go forward with the season and bare with me, the reviews will come, they're just going to take some time, that's all.

Until then...

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 4 - "True Killers"

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Hello everybody and yes I'm finally here with the American Horror Story rant!

I guess I could say that now is when the season is really starting.

No, but seriously, I felt like this episode was the end of Part 1 of the season, where we saw the slasher aspect of it and now we are getting into Part 2, with the whole ghosts and Satan and whatever is going on with that.

This episode actually starts with a flashback of how Montana and Ramirez met, which was during one of her aerobics class, and where they became lovers right away. We also found out why she wants Ramirez to kill Brooke and that was kind predictable - it was because of the whole Brooke wedding thing in which Montana's brother died (he was the one that slept with Brooke and she denied that they did).

Back to present day, we follow Xavier, Trevor and Chet who leave Chet in the infirmary and go look for Bertie and Margaret, Xavier and Trevor respectively. 

Xavier finds Bertie in the kitchen and he tells her about Mr. Jingles, right when the later arrives in the kitchen and, for a moment, they were kind of fine, but he discovers Xavier and he attacks not only Xavier but also Bertie. He puts Xavier in the oven and stabs Bertie. Luckily, Bertie doesn't really die and she's able to save Xavier, just to ask him to kill her so she won't suffer.

Meanwhile, Brooke falls into a trap set by Donna and later on is found by Ramirez after the later being tipped of by Montana. Luckily (for Brooke) Mr Jingles appears and Ramirez and Jingles fight each-other, leaving room for Brooke to find a way out of the trap and run away. Mr Jingles kills Ramirez and go after Margaret.

That's when we find out the truth - that Margaret was the killer all along and that Mr Jingles never did it. It wasn't a surprise, really. Everyone have been suspecting that so... It was nice to be right though.

Anyway, post that, Margaret kills Mr Jingles and, after hearing the gunshots, Trevor goes look for Margaret and this ungrateful b*tch kills him. I know there's something going on with those who die in the camp and that most likely he will be back but I was annoyed because I was really liking to see Matthew Morrison in this character.

Somehow, all the remaining group meet up in the parking lot where Margaret lies that tells them that Jingles killed Trevor. 

And, to end the episode with a bang, Donna witnesses Ramirez being revived by a supernatural force.

I still think that there's more to it that Satan or something like that but, you never know with American Horror Story. I just know that now it's going to get interesting because I have no idea where this is going now. I get a bit of Cabin in The Woods vibe but we'll see.

If you do have any theories of what is happening let me know in the comments (or through any of my social media @danixinhahhh everywhere) and I'll see you guys next week with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 3 - "Slashdance"

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Hello!

Yes, I'm back already with a new rant - American Horror Story this time.

I'm happy to report that this season is getting better. I noticed that in the last episode but this episode really sealed it and I'm really glad that's the case because I was getting a little sad that this season wasn't going to be good. But, if this keeps getting better, I'm hopeful.

We learn in the beginning of the episode who is being chased by who and so Brooke, Chet, Rita and Ray are being chased by the Night Stalker while Montana, Xavier and Trevor by Mr. Jingles. 

I don't even know where to start because so much happened but basically the Night Stalker almost gets Ray but Chet goes to his rescue and so, the first group runs to the parking lot. Unfortunately, both Ray and Chet fall into a pit and Chet gets impaled, not dying, but getting really injured and with no way out.

As for Montana, Xavier and Trevor, they realize that they were only 'attacked' by fake Mr. Jingles and that is, until the real Mr. Jingles kills the two imitators. 

Back in the parking lot, Brooke and Rita are the only ones to make it there and, after waiting a while, Brooke wants to call the police. That's when Rita drugs her and we see a flashback of the whole plan that Rita and Mr. Jingles had. The plan is mainly Rita's, who wants to see Mr. Jingles in his 'habitat' in order to develop her masters in psychology - the first twist of the episode.

While running away from Mr. Jingles, Montana, Xavier and Trevor find the real Nurse Rita who then attempts to run away just to be killed by Mr. Jingles in the end.

Post this, it's time for another flashback, this time Ray's. We learn that he agreed to go to the camp because he basically killed a guy at his fraternity and is running away from the law. He tells all this to Chet, while in the pit and, because he did so, he decides to leave Chet behind. That's when he runs into Montana, Xavier and Trevor, who gives Ray the keys to his motorcycle, and orders him and Montana to go to a phone. 

Trevor and Xavier go find Margaret and the Chef and that's when they find Chet in the pit. They are able to get in out and then they end up killing the last Mr. Jingles imitator.

Montana and Ray are ambushed by the Night Stalker, and Ray abandons Montana, only to be decapitated by Mr. Jingles (the first 'major' kill of the series). Post this, the last big twist - Montana and the Night Stalker struggle just to end up kissing and revealing that they are allies, and most likely trying to kill Brooke.

As I said in the beginning, I'm pretty happy with this episode. I kind of saw that Rita twist coming but the last one with Montana and the Night Stalker I had no idea, and I'm pretty stoked about it!

The rant is already too long so I'm going to leave it at that.

Let me know what you thought of the episode. Did it change your mind about this season? Did you see any of the twists coming? Tell me everything.

I'll see you guys I guess next week with a bunch of new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 2 - "Mr. Jingles"

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Hello everybody!

Yes, I am aware that I am so late with this rant, and I could make up a lot of excuses like other stuff to do (which I had but that's not why I didn't post this earlier) but I really didn't like the first episode that much so I wasn't that excited about this one. I still am not that excited for future episodes, to be honest, but this one was a lot more interesting.

What really intrigued me about this episode was how fast everything went. Usually we take a lot of time and build up, sometimes to a point where it's dragging, but right now everything is happening really fast which makes me curious. I am 99% sure that there's a twist coming and I'm looking forward to it. We already got a glimpse that something is up in this episode so... I'm curious. I still can't stand the cheesiness, to be honest, but that's fine, it's just my personal taste.

This episode is called "Mr. Jingles" and, although it does start with 'Mr. Jingles' killing the psychiatrist, I think this is mainly foreshadowing that 'Mr. Jingles' isn't the person that we think it is but, in fact, Margaret. Yes, I said it. I think everyone thinks this right now and this episode really proved that point and showed why people are suspicious - first that talk with Richard Ramirez that was extremely creepy and weird, and then the talk with the guy from 1970 who says that he didn't see Mr. Jingles but he saw Margaret so... Everything points to her.

Apart from that, we got a few flashbacks, which a lot of people also said we were going to have - one about Brooke and her wedding that went wrong (which just didn't make sense and didn't add anything to the story, in my opinion) and another about Richard Ramirez, which didn't add much to the story either.

We also found out who was the person that Xavier got a message on the phone last episode - a man named Blake who made Xavier act in gay porn.

All of this looked way too simple and they basically gave us all this answers, and we're only in episode 2 so there's no way there's a big twist coming. 

The episode ends with the group splitting  into two groups to get the keys of their vehicles but getting trapped inside their cabins with someone banging on the doors.

Like I said before, everything looks way too easy and too complete like, it's only episode 2 and it looks like their going to get killed next episode so... I really want to see what they come up with this season. I hope it is better than the ending of last season. But that's basically it for me. It was, for sure, better than last episode but I'm still on defense.

Let me know what you guys thought of the episode and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.