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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 5 Halloween

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 5

Halloween

Aired Nov 2, 2011

Drama

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Tate comes face to face with his past; Ben and Vivien are haunted by one of the house's newest guests.

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Julieanne Smolinski

New York Magazine/Vulture

08/30/2016

While the second half of "Halloween" was woefully light on undead Quinto mincing, we did get a couple of nice scares.

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Jeff Jensen

Entertainment Weekly

08/30/2016

Zachary Quinto, I know you're busy being Spock and starring in indy gems like Margin Call and serving as an awesome, inspiring role model for your generation, but please: Haunt this show often, will you? Because you're lighting it up.

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Emily St. James

AV Club

08/30/2016

B

Yes, folks, it's time for another deeply preposterous episode of American Horror Story, but this one just might be the most gosh-darn fun yet.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

06/06/2018

We have no idea how to recap a show like this because it's all jump cuts and shocks, with bits of story thrown in here and there to tie it together.

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Matt Richenthal

TV Fanatic

08/30/2016

4.6/5

So another fun hour has gone by, one that stepped harder on the action-packed gas than any episode to date.

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Matt Fowler

IGN Movies

08/30/2016

8.5/10

I know it might seem a bit odd to have the second half of American Horror Story's Halloween two-parter air after Halloween, but this episode was chilling and very effective.

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Synopsis

Tate comes face to face with his past; Ben and Vivien are haunted by one of the house's newest guests.

Executive Producer: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 2, 2011