“American Horror Story” will Chill Your Bones

The new series on the FX network, "American Horror Story," is not only a horror but also a psychological thriller. Every Wednesday night at 10 p.m. the show keeps you on your toes and makes you think twice about what is really happening. This show is not for the light-hearted or conservative audience. It's anything but ordinary, as it brings to life the most disturbing, sexual and paranormal fears possible. It will leave you not wanting to turn off the lights before going to bed.

This nontraditional yet seductive horror show surrounds a family who has just moved across the country so that they can try reconnecting with one another. The unexpected miscarriage the wife had and the ghastly adultery committed by the husband has left them torn apart.

When the family moved into their new home, they were only notified about the last murder that had happened under the cursed roof. Unaware of the other gruesome murders that had also occurred there, they accepted the house without hesitation. Unfortunately, moving into a house that was supposed to bring new hope only brought worry and paranoia to the family.

After getting settled into their new home, husband Ben Harmon (Dylan McDermott), wife Vivien Harmon (Connie Britton), and daughter Violet Harmon (Taissa Farmiga) have had a lot of unexpected encounters with ghosts who formerly lived and died in the house. Thinking that these ghosts are normal people, the family hesitantly socializes with them, not realizing that the spirits have hidden agendas.

Ben Harmon is someone who is trying to correct his mistakes. He still loves his wife and is doing his best to keep her. Unfortunately, trouble keeps finding him, whether it's the ghost of a seductive maid tempting him, or his former mistress showing up pregnant and ending up dead in his backyard. One can only hope he doesn't turn out like Larry Harvey (Denis O'Hare), who lost his mind and burned his family to the ground some years back in that very house.

Vivien is having a difficult time forgiving her husband. She's also dealing with the fact of having a miscarriage, and now another baby is on the way. She has an instinct that there is something wrong with the unborn child and she's probably right, as it seemed as if she had sex with one of the ghosts or demons in her house and not her actual husband.

The daughter, Violet, might be the most obnoxious character on the show. She constantly demands stuff from her mother, whom she has no respect for; but that's probably something that's expected of a teenager. She seems to have an odd relationship with Tate Langdon (Evan Peters). It looks as if Tate is a ghost who lives in her house, unknowingly, and Violet thinks he's real and trusts him even though he seems psychotic. It would be awkward and unusual, but at the same time it'd be original if they began to have a relationship with one another.

The characters of this show have personal and paranormal problems. They aren't aware that they are surrounded by entities that are no longer with the living, and it seems like one keeps popping up after another. It's evident that before the Harmons moved in, history kept repeating itself with murders in the house. Will their disturbing, personal issues, along with their evil house result in their deaths too? Sit back, America, and find out while relishing in this addictive horror phenomenon.