About MeMy name is Katie, and I'm a journalism major at UWRF. This is a website for my Interpersonal Communication (COMS 106) class. American Horror Story has been one of my favorite television programs since it started in 2011, so I thought it would be the perfect theme for this project. With every season revolving around a different set of characters and themes, plenty of fascinating interpersonal communication instances have been demonstrated.
*photo of me taken by me |
Seasons
Season 1 - American Horror Story (nothing after the colon, but nicknamed "Murder House" by fans)
Ben and Vivien Harmon move to Los Angeles from Boston in hopes of starting over in their marriage. Ben has been caught in an affair with one of his students. Vivien has recently suffered a miscarriage. Violet, their daughter, suffers from extreme depression. The family slowly realizes that people who die in the house don't get to leave. A diverse cast of characters, mostly ghosts, are revealed through flashbacks. (Chitwood, 2013)
Season 3 - American Horror Story: Coven
Zoe Benson arrives at one of the last covens in the country after finding out she is a witch. Real life characters Marie Laveau and Delphine LaLaurie appear. Laveau's voodoo group battles the coven. Superpowers involving necromancy, telekinesis, and teleportation develop in the race to reveal who the coven's next Supreme is. |
Season 2 - American Horror Story: Asylum
1960s Boston is tormented by a serial killer named Bloody Face who skins his victims, all young women, alive. Kit Walker, who has recently entered a biracial marriage with his wife, becomes admitted to Briarcliff suspected of being Bloody Face when his wife disappears. Curious journalist Lana Winters tries to investigate and ends up admitted as well. A series of plotlines involving aliens, Nazi doctors, and demonic possession unfold. (Lovely, 2014)
Season 4 - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler join one of the last freak shows in the United States. German aspiring star Elsa Mars runs the show consisting of small people, tall people, strong people, limb-lacking people, and limp-challenged people. Two characters from Asylum appear, as does a killer clown and a spoiled manchild who will stop at nothing to get what he wants at all times. |
(Gagadaily, 2015)
Season 5 - American Horror Story: Hotel
Built by serial killer James Patrick March in the 1920s, the Hotel Cortez hosts everything from ghosts to vampires to dead serial killers. The Countess, owner of the hotel, refuses to let the hotel leave her control. Her scorned lovers team up to get revenge on her for breaking their hearts. A detective becomes obsessed with solving his new case and finding his lost son.
*The banner image is a screenshot that was taken by me from the dvd of season 1.
Built by serial killer James Patrick March in the 1920s, the Hotel Cortez hosts everything from ghosts to vampires to dead serial killers. The Countess, owner of the hotel, refuses to let the hotel leave her control. Her scorned lovers team up to get revenge on her for breaking their hearts. A detective becomes obsessed with solving his new case and finding his lost son.
*The banner image is a screenshot that was taken by me from the dvd of season 1.