The story revolves around New Orleans and the real life story of Madame Delphine Lalourie (Kathy Bates) and Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett). Both their real historical stories are probably more outlandish than the script of the series itself. Thats how creepy it was when i looked into New Orleans history especially Lalourie's. Incredible and sad history of that period.
Lily Rabe - my favorite actress from the previous AHS seasons returns here as the "loose woman" Misty Day who is a witch (they all are witches) with the power of resurgence and a die hard fan of Fleetwood Mac. This season introduced me to Stevie Nicks and I cant get enough of her.
The season started as an academy of witches in a historic war against another tribe but gradually transformed into a story on the changes and trials which the witches face among themselves especially with the search for a new Supreme of the coven.
The trinity of experienced actors like Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates (remembered her from "Midnight in Paris" which i saw recently) and Angela Bassett (she looks amazing for a 55 year old!!) has accentuated the class and credibility of the show.Angela looks exactly the same as she was in Boyz n the hood and that movie came out in 1991. This woman doesnt age ,probably she really is a voodoo artist.
One can really see through the trend of Ryan Murphy - the show runner that through the 3 seasons of AHS women basically run the show, and all male characters are mute both literally and metaphorically. We dont see many or should I say any show which even comes closer to this unique genre which AHS seems to make its own. The eerie and scratchy title sequence itself sets the tone for the series and kudos to Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk to give us such an unique experience. Taking a more dramatic route than usual in Season 3 has helped with the ratings as it averaged around 4 million viewers which is unusually high for a Horror show. Looks like more and more people are getting into this exemplary series.
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