American Horror Story – Asylum, Episode 1: “Welcome to Briarcliff”

FX's American Horror Story Season 2, Episode 1: "Welcome to Briarcliff" Directed by Bradley Buecker (The New Normal, Glee) Written by Tim Minear * For a review of the next episode, "Tricks and Treats" - click here The beginning of Season 2 is a lot of fun because, as opposed to Season 1 where we'd get …

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 12: “Afterbirth”

FX's American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 12: "Afterbirth" Directed by Bradley Buecker (Glee, The New Normal) Written by Jessica Sharzer * For a review of the previous episode, "Birth" - click here We start off this finale, "Afterbirth", with a flashback to a time when there seemed to be hope for Ben and Vivien Harmon …

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 11: “Birth”

FX's American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 11: "Birth" Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Written by Tim Minear * For a review of the previous episode, "Smoldering Children" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Afterbirth" - click here The very start of this episode shows us more of the relationship between …

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 10: “Smoldering Children”

FX's American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 10: "Smoldering Children" Directed by Michael Lehmann (True Blood) Written by James Wong * For a review of the previous episode, "Spooky Little Girl" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Birth" - click here The opening scene in this episode treats us to …

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30 Days of Night: Scary Vampires, Flawed Script

30 Days of Night. 2007. Directed by David Slade. Screenplay by Stuart Beattie/Brian Nelson/Steve Niles; based on the comic by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith. Starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall, Amber Sainsbury, Manu Bennett, Megan Franich, Joel Tobeck, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Nathaniel Lees, and Peter Feeney. Columbia …

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 8: “Rubber Man”

FX's American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 8: "Rubber Man" Directed by Miguel Arteta (Youth in Revolt, Chuck & Buck) Written by Ryan Murphy * For a review of the next episode, "Spooky Little Girl" - click here * For a review of the previous episode, "Open House" - click here In the opening of this …

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 7: “Open House”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERlnPqtjads FX's American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 7: "Open House" Directed by Tim Hunter (River's Edge) Written by Brad Falchuk * For a review of the previous episode, "Piggy Piggy" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Rubber Man" - click here Nice open from when Constance Langdon (Jessica Lange) …

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 6: “Piggy Piggy”

FX's American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 6: "Piggy Piggy" Directed by Michael Uppendahl (Shameless, Ray Donovan, The Walking Dead) Written by Jessica Sharzer * For a review of the previous episode, "Halloween: Part II" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Open House" - click here The opening sequence of "Piggy Piggy" …

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