Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
A group of women find themselves forced into a competition for who can be the best real life doll bride/mother.
After the frankly insulting ending of the last season of American Horror Stories I was a little remiss to watch this, however, it was better than I was expecting it to be.
Dolls are inherently creepy, porcelain ones more so, so the idea of women being kidnapped and forced to dress up as human dolls and do the bidding of a rich maniac is a chilling concept. I liked the ideas of the contest though I will admit it was very predictable in terms of the outcome, the plot amour was strong on this one.
Denis O’ Hare’s return is very welcome and he plays the crazed dollmaker well, being both darkly comedic and frightening in equal measure. The rest of the cast leave far more to be desired and fail to match O’ Hare. Additionally, in the closing moments of the episode wherein the witches were again brought back I thought the episode missed a huge opportunity by not having back any known faces leaving the reveal sorely lacking.
Overall, better than a lot of the episodes from last season giving me hope for this new season.
Pros.
It feels creepy
The doll theme works
O’Hare
Cons.
The ending
It is very predictable
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