TOMATOMETER
Critic Consensus: American Horror Story ushers in a new season as is to be expected: with a healthy dose of mysterious, gruesome fun.
Episode Info
Cast
as Sister Jude, Sister Jude Martin
as Lana Winters
as Kit Walker
as Sister Mary Eunice, Sister Mary Eunice McKee
as Dr. Oliver Thredson
as Dr. Arthur Arden
as Monsignor Timothy Howard
as Grace
as Teresa
as Wendy
as Shelley
as Leo
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Critic reviews for Welcome to Briarcliff
There really is nothing like it on TV and there never has been.
A great episode that sets several stages while still being an incredibly fun, strange, and entertaining hour of television.
As wackadoo as American Horror Story is, they do often raise interesting themes.
The premiere of American Horror Story: Asylum: I didn't love it, but I am INTERESTED.
It was a Rocky Horror Clockwork Orange Leatheryfacey Freaksfest, with a dash of X-Files thrown in.
Asylum promises happy scares and a goofy good time, all with a thematic underpinning that makes the ridiculousness easier to swallow, the spoonful of medicine that makes the several pounds of sugar go down.
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