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If I knew that I probably wouldn't be afraid, so let's just say "the unknown". Isn't that very Stranger Things?
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It's nonsense. The downloads they offer are parted in 200MB-rar-files, which makes it technically impossible to trace back that you downloaded TV-shows.
Noone will ever know. I wouldn't do it if there was the slightest risk.
Noone will ever know. I wouldn't do it if there was the slightest risk.
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I'm going to bed now. Goodnight.
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Wow, that drawing is awesome!
What do you all think of Allys latest actions?
What i love most is, that it's completly unpredictable. Anything can happen and you never know. 
Just 2 more episodes left. I wish they'd make 22 or so each year, because with these short seasons it's always such a long wait for the next one.
What do you all think of Allys latest actions?
How much she changed, from annoying whiny whimp to a ruthless killing machine! 
I was shocked when she poisoned her wife. Will she kill Kai too at some point? I noticed she swapped the photos of the donation file so that Kai thinks he's the real father. What happens next?
I was shocked when she poisoned her wife. Will she kill Kai too at some point? I noticed she swapped the photos of the donation file so that Kai thinks he's the real father. What happens next?
Just 2 more episodes left.
I wish they'd make 22 or so each year, because with these short seasons it's always such a long wait for the next one.
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I think it was interesting that they tackled something so topical and then mix it with phobias and cults, but ultimately there's nothing in it that really stands out.
It's almost as if these powerful themes cancel eachother out.
The theme that suffered the most was the cult itself, I never found it remotely convincing and the various transformations of the Kai character seemed a bit random.
Ironically, the cult documentaries show that it kind of works that way: the self-deification, the paranoia, the tyranny.
Maybe it's too "larger than life" to dramatize it? Or maybe they picked the wrong angle, since Kai's cult was based on fear and hatred. It could work as Nazism, but cult? I don't think so.
Then there was Kai's sister Winter. What a total non-character, maybe the weakest creation in the entire AHS series so far.
I had hoped there would be a big role for Mare Winningham this time, but no, none of that. No complaints about actor Evan Peters, but it looks too similar to his previous roles in AHS.
Could it not be, say, Cheyenne Jackson this time?
There's a lot of filler, the SCUM manifesto, which offered the twist that Kai was merely their puppet, but it didn't add much to the overall narrative imho. He just...changed his mind. Plot twist, I suppose.
I understand the references to Jim Jones and Charles Manson (also played by Peters, he really looks like everybody!) but these real-life monsters inadvertently weakened the fictional horror in CULT.
Then there was the crazy priest from the dark web, and other stuff.
I didn't find CULT unwatchable, not all, but it failed to gain momentum and tell an interesting story. The finale was rather weak, and Ally became Lana Winters all over again.
It doesn't have the drama of Freak Show and it's not as funny as Asylum and Roanoke.
It's almost as if these powerful themes cancel eachother out.
The theme that suffered the most was the cult itself, I never found it remotely convincing and the various transformations of the Kai character seemed a bit random.
Ironically, the cult documentaries show that it kind of works that way: the self-deification, the paranoia, the tyranny.
Maybe it's too "larger than life" to dramatize it? Or maybe they picked the wrong angle, since Kai's cult was based on fear and hatred. It could work as Nazism, but cult? I don't think so.
Then there was Kai's sister Winter. What a total non-character, maybe the weakest creation in the entire AHS series so far.
I had hoped there would be a big role for Mare Winningham this time, but no, none of that. No complaints about actor Evan Peters, but it looks too similar to his previous roles in AHS.
Could it not be, say, Cheyenne Jackson this time?
There's a lot of filler, the SCUM manifesto, which offered the twist that Kai was merely their puppet, but it didn't add much to the overall narrative imho. He just...changed his mind. Plot twist, I suppose.
I understand the references to Jim Jones and Charles Manson (also played by Peters, he really looks like everybody!) but these real-life monsters inadvertently weakened the fictional horror in CULT.
Then there was the crazy priest from the dark web, and other stuff.
I didn't find CULT unwatchable, not all, but it failed to gain momentum and tell an interesting story. The finale was rather weak, and Ally became Lana Winters all over again.
It doesn't have the drama of Freak Show and it's not as funny as Asylum and Roanoke.
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How did you miss the most obvious reference that created the Cult season? Trump. After Wednesday at the Capitol where we could see the cultists at their worshipping I think this AHS season should age much better than I originally thought. Lots of your criticism to agree on but I disagree about the themes cancelling each other out. The dynamic of a cult was the main topic and that path was never left. To me this is a real horror and that's more terrifying than any pure fictional one.
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Haha, but since this happened after AHS it's more like "life imitates art".
Sure, there were plenty of references to Trump, but I didn't find Kai's motives very consistent and as with most AHS stories it's a bit all over the place.
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Which cult leaders' motives are consistent? They pray something and they abuse and exploit their followers. But yeah the whole season had too many side-stories that weren't necessary for the general plot that I liked. Though despite common critics about AHS I regard the last season, AHS - 1984, as the most convincing in telling a straight story.
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Eventhough AHS hit rock bottom with Apocalypse, I intend to watch all of it.
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I still haven’t seen all of 1984