Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
A group of girls summon Bloody Mary, played by Dominique Jackson.
Whilst this premise is incredibly generic I actually ended up enjoying this episode.
The two main things I think this episode does well is firstly that it is actually scary, and does have a number of good scares peppered in throughout and secondly that by flipping the standard Bloody Mary myth and instead changing it to a title that is past on and that has roots in slavery really opened it up for innovation and a new direction. For once American Horror Stories felt fresh.
However, it is not all roses as none of the performances were very good and the episode was incredibly predictable in terms of plot, you knew straight away where it was going and it basically went there with the only mild twist being that rather than being killed the lead becomes the new Bloody Mary.
Overall, I think American Horror Stories should aim to be like this more, to take chances and fully commit to the horror element of the shows title.
Pros.
A fresh take on an old myth
It has some good scares
The ending
Cons.
It is predictable
The performances
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