‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ To Be Pure Horror, Says Creator Ryan Murphy
American Horror Story: Hotel is the goriest of the series. Series co-creator Ryan Murphy gave some details about the overall feeling of season 5 in an interview with Deadline, and fans are pleasantly surprised that the “horror” in American Horror Story is coming back.
As the weeks pass some details are being revealed about the upcoming season, which stars Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer. When asked about the inspiration behind the Hotel season, Murphy said that fans should expect a truly horrifying season.
“It’s based in the hotel in horror movies and horror tropes. We’ve researched several real-live hotels in downtown LA where absolutely horrifying things happened. Murder House I thought was a very primal season because everybody’s great fear is about the bogeyman under the bed in their house, and this feels similar to me in that when you check into a hotel, there are certain things beyond your control.”
One thing that’s definitely not happening is a musical number. While Murphy has thrown in some songs throughout the seasons, having singers this season will not be about their talents on the stage.
“The interesting thing is we cast a lot of singers this season but I like that singers, for the most part, are always great actors because they know how to sell a story through song, through a scene. I’m excited about that and I think that’s why Gaga was excited about it; it’s not something that she’s ever done before. It’s a pure acting part. I think people expect that she’s going to be sitting in a bar in a white silk gown sort of singing songs — she is not. The upcoming season that we’re doing is much more horror-based; it’s much more dark.”
As for specific character details, we haven’t been given much to work with, which isn’t unlike other seasons prior to the air date. That said, Murphy has been tweeting breadcrumbs about the characters. For Sarah Paulson, who has had a large role in most of the seasons, he said she will be playing “the baddest bad girl of them all.”
Although Lady Gaga is the star, Murphy revealed that Kathy Bates is running the hotel. Additionally, break-out cast member Finn Wittrock will possibly be involved in a love triangle between Bomer and Lady Gaga.
Joining the cast is Cheyenne Jackson, Max Greenfield, Wes Bentley, Chloë Sevigny, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, and Denis O’Hare. Of course, absent from the cast is Jessica Lange, who has always been a hugely essential part of each season. We’ll see how the cast pulls the season together without her.
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