AHS:NYC

2022 - 10 - 20

american horror story season 11

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American Horror Story: NYC Feels Like Nothing AHS Has Ever ... (Den of Geek)

Pictured: Russell Tovey as Patrick. Photo: Pari Dukovic | FX. This American Horror Story: NYC review contains spoilers. American Horror Story Season ...

People on the hunt for a serial killer is all well and good, and can be very fun, but it wouldn’t be Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk without something crazier than shirtless hunks in cages to really liven things up. Twisted in among the hunt for the serial killer is a mysterious new series of ailments popping up in New York City’s gay community, which lowers the body’s immune response, causing a startling up-tick in unusual diseases and parasites. He’s not interested in indulging those tastes; he seems like he might be a little more old-fashioned in comparison to the hedonistic Theo and Sam. There’s a serial killer stalking New York City’s gay community, violence is on the rise, and the NYPD and government officials couldn’t care less about what happens to a bunch of gay men. Gino is an openly-gay newspaper reporter for The Native, a small publication centered on the Village, and Patrick is a closeted member of the NYPD who faces significant pressure from his boss, Mac (Kal Penn) not to dig too deeply into a story both men are chasing. There’s a stabbing, then a cut-away to characters at the bar while screaming happens in the background and people mill around in a panicked fashion.

“American Horror Story: NYC” Review – A Patient, Procedural ... (Bloody Disgusting)

Season 11 of “American Horror Story” kicks off with a stylized, sexy, stereotype-laden descent into New York City's vibrant, violent nightlife.

Subtlety has never been something that’s of interest to American Horror Story and NYC is currently as on-the-nose as the series has ever been with its metaphors. Chucky finds playful new ways to destroy a human body, and “Chucky” finds playful new ways to explore various facets of its eponymous killer. All of it is handled so well that we hardly have a chance to wonder what Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) and Nica (Fiona Dourif) are up to now. There are going to be obvious comparisons between the time period and subject matter of AHS: NYC, Pose, and Dahmer, but the creative team behind this season of American Horror Story feels like a more refined amalgamation of those shows’ staffs. It’s already been announced that the current 1980s setting will only be present for half of the season before a substantial time jump, so it’s clear that AHS: NYC has some grander plans for the story and scope of this season that transcends what’s on display in this introductory pair of episodes. There are moments like this that work and then there are bizarre cat-filled fringe spaces that function as showy performance art that goes nowhere, which is unfortunately far too often the case with American Horror Story as a whole. For instance, Charlie Carver who plays Adam Carpenter and first made waves in Murphy’s Ratched, has his first professional writing credits on this season and is one of the co-writers of “Thank You for Your Service.” Additionally, Jennifer Salt–who’s been one of Ryan Murphy’s strongest writers ever since Nip/Tuck–returns this season for the first time since AHS: Hotel! The start of this season is derivative of procedural network crime dramas, right down to the fact that all of the murders happen offscreen. “Thank You For Your Service” also just looks better as an episode and is full of more creative visual flairs that attempt to make this a visually exciting experience. Whitely (Jeff Hiller) and his “rash that won’t go away.” At this point it’s appreciated that American Horror Story doesn’t draw out the killer’s identity as a mystery. Granted, it’s entirely possible that these pockets of horror will be addressed further down the line, but at the moment the season’s theme feels shortsighted; “AHS: BDSM” might have been the more appropriate title. It feels as if American Horror Story: NYC was tackled back during the show’s infancy than this season would operate more like a mélange of New York City horror movies.

American Horror Story: NYC Season-Premiere Recap: Scary Island (Vulture)

This slow-burn two-episode premiere makes AHS season 11 feel a lot like a continuation of Dahmer. A recap of 'Something's Coming' and 'Thank You For Your ...

According to members of the American Horror Story sub-Reddit, this specific scene — and many others from the season — is a reference to the 1980 film Cruising. AHS: NYC feels entirely like a continuation of this theme, both in the murders and in the illness. • Zachary Quinto’s character, Sam, is practically a perfect combination of his two characters from seasons one and two. This is a refreshing, even optimistic turn for the series. The leather, the coke, the soundtrack — even if the plot this season fails us, at least we’ll be fed aesthetically. The odd thing is, of course, that he just made this part of his point with Dahmer. With all of this, Murphy’s central point seems to be highlighting the precarity of said community in this era. One of our protagonists, a semi-closeted cop named Patrick (played by Russell Tovey, an AHS newcomer), knows that this is just one of many that have been happening as of late. Could AHS: NYC be one of the last gasps of the beloved cult series? This problem is being studied by Hannah (played by Billie Lourd), who somehow has the responsibility of both overseeing deer populations and treating human patients in a clinical setting. Teasers revealed that we’d see the return of a handful of favorite actors from prior seasons like Zachary Quinto, Denis O’Hare, Billie Lourd, and Leslie Grossman, as well as the legendary Sandra Bernhard and Patti LuPone. [he broke a Netflix record with Dahme](https://deadline.com/2022/10/dahmer-netflix-second-biggest-series-ever-1235141393/)r, which became the second most viewed show in the platform’s history.

AHS: NYC recap: Ryan Murphy's theme is shockingly serious ... (Polygon)

American Horror Story season 11 focuses on the gay community in NYC during the AIDS crisis, but feels like a do-over of Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer show, ...

There is a message here about how the system continually fails the queer community and hopefully that part can step out of the long shadow that the true-crime show casts. This could hint at a more serious and more politicized AHS, but there is one glaring concern: The serial killer is basically a copy of Jeffrey Dahmer in a way that feels uncomfortable. This is especially true when the virus plot line only came up a sprinkling of times in the first two episodes, getting introduced early on in the first one and then basically disappearing till the end of the second. Will this season of AHS be a more serious and dramatic one, grounded in reality? But right on the heels of a controversial true-crime show about Jeffrey Dahmer, it ends up becoming a troubling meta addition that undermines the whole thing — and doubly so, because this isn’t the first time Jeffrey Dahmer has been referenced in AHS; in fact, his ghost appeared in the show’s fifth season. The only hint of that signature AHS paranormal is the masked leather figure that may or may not be a figment of the characters’ imaginations, and it doesn’t even do much besides stand and look scary. Whitely, but we do know he is a gay man who kidnapped Gino and tortured him; he wears large aviator-style glasses that resmble Dahmer’s; his hair is parted in that same exaggerated side part; and he wears basically the same exact striped-polo-shirt outfit that Evan Peters did when he portrayed the serial killer in This season of AHS isn’t embracing the horror genre like usual, and in fact seems to deliberately be staying away. In this case, it’s a [spooky BDSM-style figure](https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/9/19/17881426/american-horror-story-apocalypse-evan-peters-murder-house-cameo) that may be a ghost but may also be killing people. American Horror Story: NYC takes place in the 1980s and centers around a serial killer who is targeting gay men. This season’s premiere is definitely more grounded and less splashy than previous ones, even with a deep foray into BDSM culture and the leather scene, and seems to have a poignant metaphor at its core. Amid the million other projects producer Ryan Murphy has been working on, he still found time to squeeze in a season of the beloved horror anthology.

'American Horror Story: NYC' plays like a companion to Ryan ... (CNN)

Producer Ryan Murphy has premiered three series in roughly a month, so a degree of overlap is perhaps understandable. Even so, the new season of his ...

Murphy’s other new true-crime Netflix show, [“The Watcher,”](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/entertainment/watcher-netflix) premiered October 13. For better or worse, though, the resemblance to Murphy’s other “Monster” is already quite clear. The key issue throughout the opening two hours, however, centers on city officials and the police department having little interest in solving the crimes, as even the unseen killer tells a reporter (Joe Mantello) who he kidnaps. This being “American Horror Story,” though, the emphasis skews toward the serial killing, dropping hints and clues about who might ultimately be responsible. “American Horror Story” has hardly been known for its restraint, which made the relative lack of bloody excess in these episodes notable, with less emphasis on the horror than the serial-killer aspect. Even so, the new season of his long-running FX franchise, this one dubbed “American Horror Story: NYC,” feels like a companion in its central themes to

Recap: "American Horror Story: NYC" Episode 1 "Something's ... (Salon)

Recap of FX's "American Horror Story" Season 11, Episodes 1 & 2 set in NYC.

Hopefully in Episodes 3 and 4 we'll learn more about the "what" and not have to see more HOT NEEDLES in the process. By the time we get to Episode 2, "Thank You for Your Service," we have the setup for the rest of the season. We have "Big Daddy," a looming muscular man in a leather hood who kills in sex clubs, we have Mr. I also vaguely remember a scene where the corpses of animals were shown discarded around Provincetown, where "Red Tide" was set. It's been a long year, and COVID has likely eaten away a good portion of my brain cells, but as I remember it "Red Tide" revolved around a pill that would either turn people into successful geniuses if they were already a little bit talented, or zombie-like vampiric ghouls if they swallowed it down without having the natural gift to back it up. Episode 1 of "AHS: NYC," titled "Something's Coming," opens on an airline captain named Ross (Lee Aaron Rosen) and his crew checking into an NYC hotel on a layover. So either Peters has a thing against the '80s (although, he did appear in the first season of ["Pose"](https://www.salon.com/2018/06/01/the-uplifting-realness-of-pose-ryan-murphys-revolutionary-drag-ball-drama-delivers/)), or Murphy couldn't find a way to write him in. Don't get me wrong, I love "American Horror Story" in a way I've previously described as being unconditional, but this isn't "Twin Peaks" we're working with here. After topping Netflix charts for weeks in Murphy's " [Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story](https://www.salon.com/2022/09/29/dahmer-monster-ryan-murphy-episode-6-silenced/)," what would he have played here? As with every other season of "AHS," Murphy strategically concealed details for his latest up until the very last minute. As I tweeted and deleted last night after watching both of the premiere episodes, Sandra Bernhard deserves better. [American Horror Story](https://www.salon.com/2017/09/10/american-horror-story-cult-and-15-other-wild-onscreen-takes-on-american-history/): NYC," it's easy to see why "AHS" alum Evan Peters skipped out this year.