Camp is in session in the first teasers for American Horror Story: 1984
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Holy moly, Ryan Murphy took to Twitter today with an introduction to the cast of American Horror Story’s ninth season, which we’ve learned is both slasher-themed and dubbed 1984. If you thought the title was being cheeky, know that is most certainly not the case. By the fit, feathery looks of cast members Billie Lourd and Cody Fern, 1984 is going to put Stranger Things’ ‘80s nostalgia to shame.
Other stars going to summer camp this season include the previously announced Emma Roberts and Gus Kenworthy, as well as John Carroll Lynch, Zach Villa, DeRon Horton and Glee’s Matthew Morrison, who, as you’ll see in the below teaser, has a massive dong.
And since Dan Hartman’s “I Can Dream About You” is now stuck in your head…
American Horror Story: 1984 debuts on FX on September 18.
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This shit is so boring. Stop playing off nostalgia. It’s not cute anymore.
Dude, it’s every generation and it’s never going to stop. Do you not remember how many goddamn movies were set in the 50’s/60’s in the 80’s/90’s?
With those outfits, I’m definitely rooting for the killer.
It’s absolutely going to pivot into dystopic themes/be set in the future at some point and I’m here for it.
So it’s just the AHS Junior Varsity cast? That’s very disappointing. It was the older pros who elevated the material while the JV kids tended to drag it down.
Except for Billie Lourd, who is the best part of everything that she is in.
Eh, the casting is always the strongest part of anything Ryan Murphy touches. I just watched The Assassination of Gianni Versace (which was honestly pretty good since the whole story was already supplied) and I’m super excited to see more Cody Fern now. I might actually go watch last of season of AHS now that I know he was in it.
Murphy gotta get some of that sweet Stranger Things ‘80s nostalgia money!
I always initially like each season of AHS but really, really quickly lose interest. I admire and appreciate that Ryan Murphy keeps getting the chance to try out new ideas, even if they’re fumbled in the execution like Roanoke and last season’s hamfisted satire. It also feels like we’ve already seen slasher tropes turned on their head a bunch of times so I wonder if this season can bring anything new to the table or if it’ll mostly be hot young things getting it on in the woods. Is that a preemptive complaint? I DON’T KNOW.
It’s a constant problem with everything that Ryan Murphy does. He has fun ideas, but never bothers to flesh any of them out or get to anything resembling a satisfying conclusion.
It looks like it could have potential, but since it’s AHS it won’t and it’ll be even worse than that.
jeesuz … Stranger Things, GLOW, American Horror Story, … and what else? Come on guys, don’t make fun of my revered ‘80s. I’m a product of the times (class fo ‘83) and I’m starting to feel like the butt all your jokes. Topsiders, pop collars, glacier glasses, girls wearing gel shoes w/ lacy socklette, 3-4 layers of meshy torn tees, spandex & neon leggings, listening to Walkmans and getting Columbia House CDs in the mail, … these were all OUR things. They are not there for you to make fun of.Now get the hell off my lawn and stop making fun of my classic Chevy Citation.
Legwarmers, layers of socks bunched up over the pants, Skidz, parachute pants…
Fhe. You just lived in the wrong ’80’s…I was in the GLAM ROCK eighties. Nobody will ever make fun of them.
sorry but, no one ever stopped making fun
IF NO ONE EVER STOPPED MAKING FUN, THEN WHY CAN’T I FIND IT IN STORES ANYMORE?
I hear ya about no stores and hell, they don’t even play music on MTV any goddamn more (I want my, I want my, I want my MTV)
On the upside, the 80’s have inspired an entirely new genre of electronic and synth music, branching even into several subgenres from Retrowave to Synthwave, Slasher Synth, Doom Synth, Cyberpunk and so on that tugs at your 80’s inner degenerate.
I hope I die before I get old — talkin’ ‘bout my degeneration
folks really paying to hear retrowave/synthwave stuff ? Damn, I’m getting to old for this shit …crazy cool for me — the Violent Femmes playing our well known FolksFest this year. Can’t wait to sing along to Fat and Add It Up with the whole thick middled pre-AARP crowd.
Who said anything about paying?Although, their live shows are often worth paying to see.
I had 2 Chevy Citations…
great thanks a lot. now I have to go find a video rental store that still has a vhs copy of Streets of Fire.
sidenote: ah yes 1984 where anyone who has a spandex fetish (and is old enough) had it cemented into their brains.
Tonight is what it means to be young.
Streets of Fire! My first intro to The Blasters. First time seeing Willem DaFoe. Rick Moranis pre-Ghostbusters, and while Diane Lane was the femme I was lusting on Reva or Baby Doll (Elizabeth Daily made my pants tight).
Any tangential publicity for Streets of Fire makes the world a better place.
Ryan Murphy doing camp (or at least attempting to)? Whoda thunk.
Is this set in an aerobics studio? Also, when I watch the video I see no Matt Morrison or massive dong—is the full thing just not loading for me? Curious minds and all that…
(And slightly meanly, I just saw that Gus Kenworthy and his boyfriend, actor Matt Wilkas, broke up. It must be damn annoying for Wilkas that his hotshot Olympian ex gets a higher profile acting role right out of the gate than Wilkas has ever had…)
Flip through the Insta post featured. You’ll see everyone else and one of the cabins.
If you click on the arrow in the instagram post, it shows more of the teaser and yes M Morrison is there with several close-ups of what is supposed to be a bulge but just appears to be a rolled up sock in his shorts.
Oh man. You’re supposed to roll the sock up??Damn. I was wondering why the ladies haven’t been responding.
‘Bowl of milk, table two!’
So it’s Scream Queens without Chad Radwell? That is not a Scream Queens worth watching.
Dan Hartman was one of the biggest surprises ever when you saw him after seeing the group who sang that song in the Movie Streets of Fire (awesome movie). I remember as a kid going “wait a white guy sang this!” Hartman tried to give Daryl Hall a run for his money as the best White Soul singer of the 80’s but Hall was better.
That Gus guy looks good.
Gus Kenworthy looks exactly like Jon-Erik Hexum, and it’s freaking me out.
Ryan Murphy cheapens everything he touches.So considering how low the kind of 80s nostalgia he’s working with here, already is, this is going to be dirty trash fire fit only for consumption by twentysomethings and media bloggers who will declare it “the best thing ever”.
I find I can’t abide Ryan Murphy for long periods of time, but so far, I’m really liking Pose. That said, as shown by this week’s episode, the man does not have a subtle, understated bone in his body as either a director or especially as a writer.
this isn’t a Pose post but I think the lack of subtlety in this episode was necessary, and super effective. it was one of those most touching things I’ve seen on TV in a long time.
however, I will say that, ongoing (and important!) HIV/AIDS crisis aside, I have no idea what the arch of this season is. They’re making good standalone episodes but don’t really seem to be building to anything, except, maybe, for disappointment once Madonna’s spotlight shifts away from their world.
Lol. No one ever says that about AHS. Even the fans. ESPECIALLY the fans.
The problem with Murphy is he continues to have great ideas that occasionally touch absolute greatness in his storytelling, directing, and especially casting. But he has no consistency. He’s like a shitty drug dealer, leaving fans of his shows always chasing that one perfect hit they’ll always remember.
That dance tryout in season one of Pose with Damon took my breath away. And I loved the Asylum season of AHS, sincerely. The Assassination of Gianni Versace was a piece of art and Glee was fun for a while and helped me bond with my step-daughter who was a tween at the time.
Almost none of it is perfect and most of it falls apart at some point and some of it is indeed a total hot mess, but I just can’t demonize the guy. At least he’s trying to tell different kinds of stories from different kinds of people.
Those shorts the guys are were are NOT 80’s short-shorts. They are way to blousy. Did none of the costume designers watch the 80s classic horror movie Sleepaway Camp?
The slasher guy or at least the red-herring slasher guy looks like Kevin Costner in heavy make-up.
Zach Villa is foine and DeRon Horton was really great in the second season of American Vandal (R.I.P.). So I’m into this new cast.
I hope they take some pages out of the Cabin in the Woods playbook with this. We’ll see how it goes.