American Horror Story is one of those shows that just makes your stomach turn but you HAVE to keep watching.
It's something that the show just does perfectly. Don't get me wrong, the guest stars are sometimes random and the plot lines are sometimes a mess but, overall, the show keeps you hooked. Each Halloween, we look forward to what horror genre the show runners are going to explore.
Insane asylums, covens, carnivals, murder houses — you name it, this show will go there. The anthology aspect of the show is pretty sweet too, since creator Ryan Murphy can recast the same actors for VASTLY different roles.
But there's a bunch of tidbits about the show that you probably missed...
1. All the creepy openings to American Horror Story are put together by the same dude who does them for The Walking Dead.
Kyle Cooper makes sure that the openings are laced with unsettling imagery that'll set the mood for the entire season. The jittery, camera shakes are iconic for the show — so are the clues embedded in each opening!
2. The WEIRD chicken coop murders in the show were REAL.
Between 1926 and 1928, the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders plagued the L.A. police department, who dealt with a series of abductions, tortures and murders of young boys in the city.
3. Remember that two-headed Edward Mordrake? Turns out he was ripped off a book from 1895.
Sci-fi writer Charles Lotin Hildreth first came up with the idea for Edward Mordrake, a British heir with an extra face on the back of his head. It would "smile and sneer while Mordrake was weeping" but would never actually speak...
