To go with Season 2’s different setting and mood, a new title sequence will be created. When asked about American Horror Story’s striking Season 1 credits sequence, Murphy talked about how he took inspiration from the opening titles of Seven and approached the same team to handle AHS’. Although the sequence was intended to be a standalone mood-builder, it also incorporated hints as to the series’ direction and was filmed concurrently alongside the pilot using the same sets and props. Fun fact: That fleeting image of a mysterious hooded man with the garden shears was originally meant to become a plotline later in the season, but the idea was dropped when the writers couldn’t fit it in.
By now we know the second season will take place at an unspecified east coast facility of some kind. As Murphy had teased shortly after the Season 1 finale, a big clue regarding the Season 2 location was buried somewhere in the penultimate episode and during a pre-Q&A screening of that episode, “Birth,” that clue was pretty glaring: Psychic Billie Dean likened the Harmon’s supernatural forces with those commonly found in “prisons or asylums.” (This teaser poster would also seem to confirm the asylum theory.) In response to a question about whether the haunting aspect would be similar to Season 1’s (i.e., ghosts being tangible and also trapped where they died), Murphy made clear that ghosts will probably not be as prominent a theme this time around, as both he and AHS co-producer Brad Falchuk want to explore other kinds of horror genres. Although he twice mentioned that we should “never say never” when it comes to ghosts; so far his only rule when it comes to this show’s supernatural phenomena is that there will never be “werewolves or vampires.”
“And he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of revisiting characters or plotlines in future seasons. Even when it comes to former cast members’ now suddenly busy schedules, “the door is always open for fun, crossover, cameo stuff.”
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It’s mid-February. I THINK IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO TELL US WHO THE FUCKING NEW CAST IS.
[Amir Stanley, victim of the school shooting and possibly the saddest sack ghost out of the entire series. As his wounds prevent him from speaking, for all eternity.]
