American Horror Story (TV Series) Chapter 2 (2016) User Reviews

Is the Roanoke House the Murder House?

[NileFortnerBoogieBuddha954 · 8/10 · 24 September 2016]

American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare Season 6 Chapter 2 Review

NO SPOILERS

It wouldn't be American Horror Story without some shocking reveals, and so far the sixth season continues to be shocking and going is full force. Last week's premiere confirmed the big theme of the new season would be "Roanoke," but the real surprise came when viewers realized that the episodes would take the form of a documentary series called My Roanoke Colony, complete with reenactments. We have Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding Jr. playing actors playing characters played by Lily Rabe and André Holland and so on. It's all a big, glorious mess, in typical American Horror Story fashion. The first episode of season 6 I said was the best first episode out of all the A.H.S. seasons. I still believe that. It felt like the show was taking chances, going in a new bold direction, and in one episode, I believe it made up for the somewhat lackluster season of Hotel. This episode still manages to capture some creepy moments, elements that possibly relate to a previous season, some ghost action, and continues to be a positive kick off for the series.

This episode features so many interesting and well-executed plot points. A creepy child has been done so many times before. However, this episode still manages to make the innocent child sweet, make your skin crawl, and sitting on the edge of your seat, saying, "Oh God, what is wrong with these people…GET OUT!"

Here Comes the Hotstepper, "MURDE"

Yes, I realize that the letter R is missing at the end. The couple living in the house see this word pop up a couple of times, written in bright, bold blood. Maybe the show is trying to give us fans a hint. Similarly, this episode may or may not connect to another great season. Murder House had Rubber Man, Asylum had Bloody Face, Coven had the Minotaur, Freak Show's Twisty the Clown, Hotel's Addiction Demon. Every season of A.H.S. has had its own flagship monster. I am not saying they had this, because it has not been confirmed yet. On the other hand, if you saw the first season, you may remember the urban legend called "Piggy Man". Some theory for thought?

The creepy moments are very enjoyable. There was a really good video diary that furthers the story. The jump scares are effective, and the drama keeps your attention from start to finish. This is the second week in a row the end of the episode caught me by surprise. The ending leaves the viewer(s) panicked, they go to look for someone in the woods, and the episode leaves us on a terrifying cliffhanger. Overall chapter 2 earns a…

8/10!

Thank you for reading and or viewing, and I hope you all have an amazing day as always. :)

The Second Chapter Continues To Impress

[litprom-68018 · 7/10 · 5 November 2020]

The great directing and acting from the last episode continue on in Chapter 2, as the Millers get in even deeper into the Roanoke House. The documentary style is even greater in this episode. The story of the two deadly nurses is bone chilling and at times even upsetting.

The writing still feels a little flack, certain lines come across as a little too cliche or easy. Lily Rabe, Adina Porter and Andre Holland seem wasted in their roles as they just narrate.

The cast that is on screen still keep up the good work and things are moving along nicely.

Murde(r)

[ZegMaarJus · 8/10 · 7 July 2021]

This episode begins with Shelby, she sees zombie running to her. Shelby sees a ritual where a man with a pig head gets burned alive. Lee brought Shelby to the hospital. Lee welcomes Flora at the farm. Matt and Shelby found the campfire. Shelby sees a zombie outside. Lee hallucinates. Matt and Shelby searching for evidence at the basement. Matt and Shelby watch a tape of Dr. Elias Cunningham, he tells more about the farmhouse history. Matt found the word 'Murde' on the wall. A bloody axe hangs on the frontdoor. Matt and Shelby want to sell the house, but they are trapped there. Lee brought Flora back to the farm without permission. Flora is gone missing. Nice episode of American Horror Story Season 6, Flora is gone. Will Matt, Shelby and Lee bring her back home?

S6.E2 - Murder [8.6/10]

[panagiotis1993 · 9/10 · 30 January 2024]

(S6. E2) My Live Reaction / Review for American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 2 ''Capter 2''. The previous episode was good and I gave it a rating of 8.6/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. It's so sad that Lee's daughter had to leave, I feel bad for her. So it seems like this season has both some kind of cult and also ghosts? Now Lee sees the things too? I don't understand though, is pigman a ghost too or real? Nice to see that Denis O'Hare is part of the show. His story is insane, I love it. Could these murderous nurses still be alive? I feel so bad for Lee, all she wants is to have her daughter in her life. Damn, what happened to the kid? Is she dead? Overall this episode was good and I enjoyed it. My rating is 8.6/10.

American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare - Chapter 2

[Scarecrow-88 · 6/10 · 21 September 2016]

Matt and Shelby (Andre Holland and Lily Rabe) talk about being stuck with the damn house, pondering selling it. Lee (Adina Porter) gets visitation with her daughter, but bringing her to Roanoke will be her undoing, placing the girl in danger. She talks of a girl, and offering her doll as a trade for her and the family's lives! Matt sees two psychopathic sisters, in nursing uniforms, killing an elderly patient in cold blood. MURDE was spray painted on the wall, and Matt learns later by a taped recording from a raving author/professor (Dennis O'Hare, in a cameo; it appears he was the victim in a pig mask in a recording Shelby and Lee found in the basement they were locked in last week's episode), the sisters he saw were real people and his home was their assisted living facility (for the elderly abandoned by children who wanted them out of the way, allowing the nurses to kill them through various means like rat poison and sock suffocation).

Kathy Bates is briefly seen as the matriarch of this backwoods bonfire clan, roasting someone with a pig face, but Shelby's claims to the police turned up nothing when they investigated the spot she says was the location of the murder and ritualistic shenanigans. Wes Bentley could also be momentarily seen as a member of Bates' clan. This was visualized at the end of last week's episode and just touched on quickly and ambiguously at the beginning of Chapter 2. The Polks are often mentioned as the folks giving the Millers grief, but so far the new season hasn't decided to get them seriously involved.

Lee and her frustrated husband (Charles Whitfield) are going through a divorce and custody issues further fractured their relationship. Their daughter mentioning violence while hiding in a little closet, regarding a negotiation with a murderous ghoul, doesn't help matters. Neither does Lee essentially kidnapping her daughter, bringing her back to the Millers' haunted house, with the conclusion freakily unveiling a little jacket hanging off the branch of a tall tree reaching high to the sky. This episode seems more geared towards a paranormal presence in the home and how the Millers question their own sanity at times, wondering if certain experiences were just a dream or illusion. The police sure felt they were "kooks". With the Polks out there somewhere and something evil among them in the house (the Millers also see a woman outside guiding them towards the basement entrance which led to the O'Hare tape and camcorder from 1997), the Millers are tiring of it all. Now Lee's daughter is nowhere to be found!

Enough good mystery to keep me going, this second episode might be a bit heavy on sound design and musical scoring but at least the plot is busy enough (O'Hare's taking his camera into the house after a lengthy history lesson on the nursing home psycho sisters is a highlight) to create the possibility for multiple developments knitted to the Millers and their house. The inclusion of a former occupant, the specters of the nurses, the idea that something in the house is more evil than the nurses (their absence when the police arrive at the home before finishing "MURDE" a sign they were "interrupted"), and the missing child provide reasons to turn in next week.

The format remains the same: Rabe and Holland playing the *real* Matt and Shelby while Sara Paulsen and Cuba Gooding, Jr. portray them in reenactments. Angela Bassett was the reenactment of Lee while Porter is the *real* version. At the beginning, the bonfire scene is maddening enough (some poor soul has the head of his skull gone, with his brain showing!), with Bates talking in some type of "backwoods-speak", to wet our appetite as to their gradual emergence as the season continues.

Chapter Two:

[Jac23443 · 1/10 · 21 September 2016]

Just when I thought American Horror Story begins to show promise, it inevitably implodes in its own absurdity, and all hope of it living up to its title wither away. This show does not know how to balance anything within the realm of horror; not acting, not the atmosphere, character psychology, not even fluidity.

First problem with the series is the approach. The series is trying to do something different but lacks an equilibrium between occurrences and a cohesive narrative. This mock-umentary voice-over combo style is alright but is overwhelming during moments that should be left alone, such as moments of tension, which should be silent, not filled with speech from a voice-over.

Second problem is the recycling of the actors, an actor can only do so much, and in this season it isn't much (Angela Bassett's pitiful attempt at 'acting' drunk). Six seasons and still the same cast? Seriously? Thirdly, the situations, occurrences, whatever you wish to call them, are just ludicrous, they are awfully crafted and gimmicky. Knives on the ceiling, constant hallucinations, and I mean constant, almost every ten minutes, constant police calls that lead to nothing, you also have a child that cannot act, "they're going to kill us all, and save me for last?" These unimaginative clichés are so poorly constructed that the show slowly implodes on itself and becomes meaningless because we have seen this before. Horror is a genre that you could do much more than just put a couple in a home, give them a haunting that has been crafted poorly, and expect people to want to sit through 10 hours of that garbage. I don't think so...

To be honest, this director has turned something that had such potential and turned it into everything else on television right now. It is gimmicky, unbearable to sit through, and just all around awkward because the acting is so bad, it would be best to be blind. Watch Don't Breathe instead, there is a groundbreaker in horror, its gritty, violent, relentless, and paced well.

Basically Sucks

[munjak · 1/10 · 23 September 2016]

This review totally pisses me off. Spent 1/2 hr writing a review. Went to post & one word needed correction. Went to correct & total review disappeared. No patience to retype. Show is unbelievable, boring and the "double " actors describing all is BS. Apparently everyone survived, listening to all the "clones" speak, so what's the point if everyone is still alive?? Worst season so far!!Just a "Haunted House" story. Cuba Gooding is terrible ( and a real wimp) in this show. Most people agreed he was NOTHING like OJ in " The People vs OJ" mini TV series last spring. No spoilers here. You don't need them. As Obi-Won- Kenobi would say " Nothing To See Here" I want my 2 hours I invested in this series back !!