After nine seasons and more on the way, American Horror Story has transformed the anthology genre, with other television shows such as Black Mirror, True Detective, and Fargo. They each have their own uniqueness about them, but American Horror Story especially keeps drawing fans in with the storylines, characters, scores, and beautiful cinematography that is hard to compare to.
Now that fans are waiting for the 10th season to appear, there are television shows like American Horror Story that can fill the void, but there are also movies that are similar to the series that might feed the beast.
10 Murder House: The Conjuring (2013)
Like Murder House, the James Wan creation, The Conjuring, is the new gold standard for haunted domiciles in the horror genre. Like Murder House, the Perron family has stumbled upon a too-good-to-be-true home that has a sinister story, with an even more terrifying entity still there. Set in Rhode Island, the hopeful family starts to experience odd occurrences, while the mother and the youngest daughter experienced the worst of it.
It's up to famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, respectively played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, to rid the house of the satanic haunting, while there's still time left. What connects the series and movie, even more, is Vera Farmiga is the big sister of Taissa Farmiga, the actress who plays Violet in Murder House. The Conjuring has some of the scariest entities in the horror genre, and will definitely go on as one of the best horror movies to come out of its decade.
9 Asylum: 12 Monkeys (1995)
Asylum is one of the best seasons of the entire franchise because of its character development and scary scenes in combination with multiple themes and running storylines, which is why it's so unique. But so is the movie 12 Monkeys. Set in the year 2035, a man named James Cole, played by Bruce Willis, is a prisoner of the state and is sent back in time to find out what started the plague that has wiped out most of the world's population.
It's there where James is admitted to a psychiatric facility because of his mission, and it's there where he meets a scientist named Dr. Railly, played by Madeleine Plummer, and a patient named Jeffrey Goines, played by Brad Pitt, who is the son of a virologist. James Cole goes down the rabbit hole of what's real and what isn't to prevent the plague, while also experiencing the twists and turns of time travel. Although there are no alien abductions in 12 Monkeys, it will keep fans on the edge of their seats.
8 Coven: The Craft (1996)
Zoe Benson, Madison Montgomery, Queenie, and the rest of the coven are iconic characters in all of American Horror Story, but the original witchy foursome is none other than the women in The Craft. There are other iconic witch characters in other movies, but The Craft embodies four teenagers and the dark path they embark on.
When newcomer Sarah Bailey, played by Robin Tunney, enrolls in a Catholic prep school, she meets three girls who are the outcasts of the school. They realize Sarah is special and start to practice witchcraft together; it's then when they realize Sarah is the fourth to close their circle. The magic they practice is innocent at first but turns dark once they use it on people who have bullied and angered them. The Craft is an iconic movie from the 1990s that portrays the witch genre in the light and the dark.
7 Freak Show: Berserk (1967)
Freak Show was set in Jupiter, Florida in 1952. The circus isn't what it used to be, and the cast of the circus has its own issues, as do the characters in Berserk. Ringmaster Monica Rivers, played by Joan Crawford, is trying to gain traction to her traveling circus, but mysterious murders surround the ground, and some end up dying.
The crew knows that there is a killer on the loose, and suspects that Monica is the one doing it. It's a classic whodunit movie with a classic cast and a simple storyline that highlights great movies from the 1960s.
6 Hotel: 1408 (2007)
Writer Mike Enslin, played by John Cusack, is a cynical writer that makes his money off of alleged paranormal activity in hotels across the United States. Mike travels to Los Angeles on his most recent target, the Dolphin Hotel. Room 1408 is supposedly haunted and isn't open to guests.
After a bit of convincing, the hotel manager Gerald Olin, played by Samuel L. Jackson, decides to make him a believer. More than 50 guests have passed away in room 1408, and throughout his stay, Mike experiences terrible entities and the after-effects of his daughter's death. It may not involve vampires or Lady Gaga, but it is an excellent movie set in a creepy hotel.
5 Roanoke: The Last Broadcast (1998)
The story of the Roanoke Colony is a mysterious one, and when American Horror Story set their sights on it, it made for an interesting season. Almost a decade before American Horror Story even came out, The Last Broadcast was released. Playing on the found-footage phenomenon, three people go into the New Jersey woods in search of the legendary Jersey Devil. What happens there is unknown, and when one of them appears days later, the murders fall on him.
It isn't until an amateur filmmaker ventures into the woods to untangle the theories surrounding these murders and stumbles upon footage that shows what happened to the dead.
4 Cult: Split Image (1982)
Movies about cults have been a popular topic for decades, and it was only a matter of time before American Horror Story based a season on it, too. While Evan Peters played the role of Kai Anderson well, the movie Split Image tells an equally as intriguing story that involves normal people who get sucked into the sinister and misleading world of cults.
Danny Stetson, played by Michael O'Keefe, is the boy next door who has everything going for him until he meets a girl named Rebecca. He follows her into Homeland, a commune targeting the youth, and is drawn into Neil Kirklander's influence, the leader of the group. His once-promising life as a top-tier athlete takes a turn as he finds the "true meaning" of what life should actually be.
3 Apocalypse: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
10 Cloverfield Lane is a psychological film about a woman named Michelle, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, being held in a doomsday shelter of sorts by a man named Howard, played by the iconic John Goodman. While this seems like a creepy movie about a man snatching up young women, it's much more than that. In fact, anyone that has seen the first movie, Cloverfield, will know things aren't what they seem.
As Howard warns his visitors what awaits above, they start to realize his intentions might be sinister, and that he's lying about the fate of the outside world. What they don't know is that maybe they were safer in the shelter and should be grateful for what they were saved from. 10 Cloverfield Lane brings fresh eyes to the horror genre and is one of John Goodman's best roles in his career so far.
2 1984: Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Classic horror movies are aplenty, but movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th stand apart from the rest. When it comes to teen-stalking killers, Sleepaway Camp is another classic that stood out in the 1980s and could be compared to 1984.
When Angela, a girl who lost her family in a boating accident, moves in with her Aunt Martha, she's sent to Camp Arawak with her cousin Ricky. Once there, she discovers something is amiss, while other campers are ending up dead. As the cast tries to pin down the killer stalking the camp, the ending will shock viewers in a way they never saw coming.
1 Overall: The Invitation (2015)
Will (Logan Marshall-Green) and Eden (Tammy Blanchard) are a loving couple who lose their son in a tragic accident. After divorcing, Will hears from his ex-wife after she disappeared for two years, and is randomly invited to a dinner party at his former home by Eden and her new husband David (Michiel Huisman).
As the night unfolds, and the wine is generously flowing, Will is the only one who notices that things are "off." David invites two random strangers to the reunion named Pruitt, played by American Horror Story's John Carrol Lynch, and Sadie, played by Lindsay Burdge. As tension builds, and old memories float to the surface, this dinner party is anything but ordinary. The Invitation is smart, suspenseful, and is a film from 2010s horror fans won't want to miss.
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