American Horror Story 1984 Episode 3 "Slashdance" Review

Imitation is the best form of tragedy. Coming clean can be pretty messy.

This was a really great episode that was fun to see them sort of messing with a bunch of the suspense that they have established in the previous few episodes and just sort of playing with the classic slasher moves. The real story in this episode around how Rita isn't actually Rita but someone working with Mr. Jingles was a pretty big surprise but it was interesting to see her whole plan that she initially set up and how things slowly started not necessarily go according to plan. Then everything with the jokey Mr. Jingles going around as a bunch of teenagers playing pranks on the counselors was fun to see how they had this extra problem of not necessarily knowing who is really Mr. Jingles and who was just a prankster. And I loved the whole scene with one of the pranksters encountering Mr. Jingles but thinking that it was just one of his friends in a really good costume and that whole exchange with Mr. Jingles and I especially loved Mr. Jingles just being so confused that he ended up just letting the guy go that was a really funny moment. Then everything with Chet and Ray in this episode was really great with them getting stuck in this pit full of spikes and Chet getting seriously hurt and Ray not knowing what to do and eventually choosing to abandon his friend to save his own skin was very interesting especially with the consequences that eventually came for Ray because of his choice to abandon Chet. Then the ending moments between Montana and Richard were a bit surprising and I'm really excited to see how their connection is actually played out and why she is essentially working with the Night Stalker. Then just overall this was a really entertaining episode that was so much fun to watch and I'm so excited to see where they're going to take the storyline next now that a lot of them are pretty badly beaten up.

American Horror Story 1984 Episode 2 "Mr. Jingles" Review

Darkness descends upon the camp. Although it's lights out, evil has no curfew.

This was a really interesting and great episode that did a good job of building off of the story that was established in the previous episode as well as getting to know more of the characters and why they are in the positions they are in. The whole back story around Brooke and why she chose to move to LA was an interesting story with her escaping a rather murderous wedding and wanting to hide away and start over. Then the reveal around who Xander was talking to on the phone in the previous episode with it being this very skeevy agent who I was trying to push Xander to do things he didn't want to do and that led to a great moment with Xander eventually giving up Trevor to the agent so that he could go free. The whole scene with the Night Stalker and the hitchhiker was kind of confusing with how they chose to shoot the scene because it was supposed to show that the hiker can't die because he's already dead but the way they showed it made it seem like they mistakenly killed him twice and forgot to cut out one of the different killings because they didn't really show him getting back up which I think is an important scene they just showed Richard killing him and then they went to a different scene and then went back to showing Richard killing him again and that made things really confusing for a bit until they later established, oh he's dead already from Mr. Jingles. Then the whole scene between Margaret and Richard was very interesting with their conversations around their motives of why they do what they do and why their beliefs impact those actions. I'm very curious to see what's going to happen in the future when Richard and Mr. Jingles potentially go head-to-head. Then I really enjoyed how they continue to play off of a lot of the 80's horror movie cliches with the group deciding to split up into two smaller groups to go and find the keys to the last remaining cars and that causes problems with there being two killers on the loose. And with how this episode ended I'm really excited to see which one of the groups ended up with which killers. Then just overall this was a really exciting and great episode and I cannot wait to see what they will do next.

American Horror Story 1984 Episode 1 "Camp Redwood" Review

In the summer of 1984, five friends escape Los Angeles to work as counselors at Camp Redwood. As they adjust to their new jobs, they quickly learn that the only thing scarier than campfire tales is the past coming to haunt you.

This was a really great first episode that mostly just focused on developing some of the characters and the environment they are in. Two of these characters were interesting in the reasons why they decided to leave and escape to the wilderness. Xavier choosing to leave to escape from some kind of stalker coming for him which I'm excited to see develop in the future. Then Brooke leaving LA to escape the Night Stalker was such a great moment to bring the Night Stalker back from Hotel. The whole backstory around the camp was interesting with this supposed groundskeeper known as Mr. Jingles going mad and killing a cabin of campers then escaping from a mental institute the night of the camps reopening. I'm very interesting to see if Mr. Jingles is really the killer or if the new head of the camp is and Mr. Jingles got that blame. I really loved all the 80's horror movie stereotypes that played into this episode and I want to know if there going to stick to those stereotypes or flip the table and do something different. Then just overall this was a fun first episode and I can't wait to see what will happen next.