I have to get better at using the save the fav thread function. I missed the entire discussion. I am very good however, at prerecording everything I watch so I don't watch commercial for this or any program.
For me the first season of AHS will always reign supreme. I can remember watching the first episode of the first season, I would watch by myself, late at night in the living room. Somehow when I watch in the bedroom with the door closed it feels safer. Anyway, just the first few notes of the theme song would strike terror into my soul. Silly right. The strange part of this affection for season one is that it is not in line with my view on horror. I do not find the paranormal scary at all, in fact the only theme that strikes any true terror is one containing a human; like a serial killer. People as maniacal beings, that threat is real. So why on earth I found a haunted house theme so scary is beyond me. I did though. I assume it starts with the writing, the filming, directing and the acting just somehow working together. The tone of the show was like a picture of a tastefully done room with just a glimpse(if you used your peripheral vision) of the flamboyant. More of a suggestion. I certainly find some very benign scenes in older movies to be incredibly sexy compared to the counterpart's ability to use nudity and lewdness to tempt which should be more satisfying but isn't. They used normalcy foiled with the absurd to confuse us and keep us guessing. It was also a new take on an old genre and they nailed it. I think that is part of why I enjoyed season one so much. I could not argue that is was a better story line or that it was uber scary, it just holds that place in my heart.
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