Here we are with yet another review because I’m seriously out of ideas. So pretty recently, I honestly can’t remember how long ago because time doesn’t exist anymore, I started watching American Horror Story. Now I am watching it with someone, one because it’s just more fun to do things with friends and two because I was nervous that I would get scared and quit if I watched it alone. I’m not going to spoil anything so if that’s a concern of yours don’t even worry.
Ok so first off if you’re thinking of watching this maybe look up a list of trigger warnings for each season online. There’s a lot of content that is definitely not intended for a younger audience and if you have certain feelings about more serious things (sorry trying no to go into detail) just make sure you read a quick review or something. I find that it's not so scary as it is quite gory and just graphic in general. I’m usually most scared of jump scares because the sudden-ness of them just always gets me, and there’s little to none of them.
The first season as far as horror I’d say isn’t scary at all. If you’ve ever watched the show supernatural I’d maybe compare it to that. Things that like theoretically are pretty terrifying but aren’t actually presented in a scary way. Though Bella tells me that the first season is kind of a joke compared to the rest of them.
One of the biggest problems I had with the first season is that I didn’t like any of the characters. In the second season, there are some characters that though a bit morally gray are good people. In the first season, it felt like there wasn’t a single good person. Not that I believe anyone deserves to have bad things happen to them, but with the way they all treated each other it kind of made sense. You get what you give and they all gave a lot of bad.
One thing I do really like about the show though is trying to figure out how all the storylines fit into each other. At times it feels like they’re all completely different plots with no relation and then they’ll just suddenly intersect and connect. It’s fun to try and figure out how it all works before the characters do or before it’s revealed.
My best advice if you’re thinking about watching it is to read a review and try it. If you’re nervous, force a friend to watch it with you. And if you get scared, remember it’s all just a show!
Do you like horror or are you easily scared?
I've heard so many good things about this show and want to get into it! I'm so glad you wrote this because I didn't really know what level of scary it was if that makes sense LOL. I tend to enjoy horror movies/thrillers, but also don't love jump scares. I enjoy the scary plots more than the actual scares.
ReplyDeleteChaya, I tried with this show (with Bella) five-ish years ago, made it through until the middle/end of season two Asylum, and just COULDN'T go on! Lol, but I can't deny that the plots were so interesting, and I so badly wanted to watch other seasons, especially 3 Coven, but unfortunately a scene in Asylum freaked me out so much that I had an unusual faint reaction from it and got sick after an all-nighter. I opted out from there (although Jessica Lange was phenomenal that season)! I honestly wish I could continue watching it, but I'm still scarred (I'm also such a scaredy-cat). I'm glad you're enjoying the show, though :)
ReplyDeleteI tried watching the first season of AHS because everyone was obsessed with it. the only thing I liked about it was Tate HAHA
ReplyDeleteI am the worst with scary shows/movies! I tried to watch the first season and I really just could not get through two episodes. I get way to easily scared.
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