Kick off the Halloween TV season in American Horror Story’s asylum, a place where sane people are admitted and psychos are made.
The new setting for the second season of FX’s American Horror Story is a Catholic-run asylum in the 60s called the Briarcliff Mental Institution. From watching last week’s premier episode, “Welcome to Briarcliff,” it is evident that the asylum will be even more twisted than last season’s story line.
This season seems like it will be filled with even more gore and sex as demonstrated by the opening scene set in the present where newly wed couple Leo (Adam Levine) and Teresa (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) have sex and then are brutally attacked by a killer from the past.
Some of the sinister actors from the haunted house storyline of season one will be pivotal to the story.
Although the story is completely different from last season, actors like Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, Heroes), Evan Peters (Kick-Ass) and Jessica Lange (Big Fish, Grey Gardens) will be returning to the show with their new disturbing personas.
One of the first conflicts to arise is the mystery of “Bloody Face” a serial killer who murders women and turns the skin of their face into a flesh mask.
In the premier episode, the viewer finds out that Bloody Face is Kit Walker (Evan Peters), a mechanic who is in an interracial marriage with Alma (Britne Oldford). Both Kit and Alma are apparently abducted by aliens. As a result, Alma is murdered and Kit becomes a skinning machine, who has no recollection of his murderous deeds.
Sister Jude (Jessica Lange), a nun with some kinky urges, runs the institution.
Like Lange’s character last season, she seems to know more than she lets on and has a hidden agenda when it comes to the patients. The main antagonist of her story is Dr. Arthur Arden, a scientist who views science as a religion and morally clashes with Sister Jude constantly. Arden’s motives are unknown as of now, but it seems that some genetic testing is being done on the lonely patients of the asylum.
American Horror Story has essentially created a 12-hour horror movie with its first season and is now attempting to create a completely new one with season two. The asylum is a great setting to place these new characters in and is sure to provide excellent scenarios for some of the creepiest television in a while. The show seems to enjoy pushing the envelope.
American Horror Story airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. on FX.
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