Here's an interview with Sarah Paulson about the finale. Didn't complete clear it up.
Sarah Paulson Explains What Happened in ‘AHS: Cult’ Finale
Sarah Paulson Explains What Happened in ‘AHS: Cult’ Finale
Season 7 American Horror Story: Cult
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I definitely took it to mean that she was continuing SCUM's work but also that it was a witchy nod to Coven.
A wonderful read! Thank you!
How much has Gaga been in this season? How prominently was she featured?
She wasn't in it this season.
My apologies to all that liked this season but it has now taken over Hotel's position as my least favorite. I just could not get into it and I didn't like any of the characters.
Hotel is still my favourite to be honest. My two least favourites were Freak Show and Roanoke.
Each to their own and nothing wrong with that
AHS: Cult dropped to the bottom of my list too. It was too discombobulated.
I did not care for it either. I watched out of stubbornness. 
I haven't started season 7 as yet but tell me, does it follow the pattern of all the others? Starts off strong, overdoes it with the black humour by about episode 4, then promptly derails for the rest of the season? The best season for me was Asylum (although the UFO element was overdone and unnecessary). I liked Coven but even a big Stevie Nicks fan like me was annoyed at the musical numbers. Freak Show lost steam quickly and became a pastiche. Roanoke was a waste, as was Hotel. Murder House was decent until halfway through I realised they were taking nothing seriously in that story.
I've yet to see a season that lives up to the premise of the great opening titles sequences (Asylum was close though). Honestly, I think that creators Falchuk and Murphy are more in love with the iconography of horror rather than the genre itself.
I've yet to see a season that lives up to the premise of the great opening titles sequences (Asylum was close though). Honestly, I think that creators Falchuk and Murphy are more in love with the iconography of horror rather than the genre itself.
There were a few nice little 'twists' along the way in Cult but, if I'm being honest, it wasn't brilliant. Better than Roanoke and Freak Show imho.
I like your opinion on the iconography btw
Hotel's last episode saved it from the the bottom of my list. I thought it was the best season finale of any of the AHS season finales. I'm ok with Lady Gaga and I thought Denis O'Hare was phenomenal as Liz Taylor.
I never have seen Asylum. I have the DVD but the treatment of people in asylums disturbs me so much, I've never had the courage to watch it.
I never have seen Asylum. I have the DVD but the treatment of people in asylums disturbs me so much, I've never had the courage to watch it.
I finished watching "Cult" today. It is definitely the weakest season by far, with the only thing really worth watching is Evan Peters, even though his character wasn't as good as previous ones he's played. Also, I'm officially fed-up of watching Sarah Paulson whine and cry. Was this story-line necessary though? I get that cults are one of the few horror tropes left that AHS hadn't tackled as yet, and recent political events made the temptation too great to pass up. However, with those same events still fresh in my mind, the whole political satire thing just became irritating to watch, real fast. Even the formation of the cult was clumsily handled, like the writers were just throwing together every cliche they could think off, bringing nothing new to the table.
My comments about the overall series still stand. The creators don't really seem to have a genuine appreciation for the horror genre. Rather, they're more caught up in the sexiness of it: the imagery and tropes. This will go down in television history as probably the only series where the opening credits were better than the show itself. If Apocalypse is the final season, I really won't miss this show.
PS: Evan Peters is a great actor and I really wish they had cast him in the upcoming Pet Sematary remake as Louis Creed.
Can't say I truly love the series, can't say I truly hate it. I do like horror which has a good dose of comedy and is a bit whacky, so that aspect of it I like. I haven't seen the first two seasons, but I first saw Coven. I think Coven and Freak Show were the best. Hotel and Roanoke went on too long for their own good, I felt.
Cult I just started watching over again - I watched it before, but didn't finish it that time. I like the early episodes a lot (killer clowns in a supermarket is really cool!), but as soon as the Evan Peters character takes center stage I'm not so crazy about it anymore. It becomes a bit in the style of torture films like Saw, which I never liked. I never liked that notion of: rather than having a regular killer, isn't it much more fun if people had to maim and/or kill themselves trying to get free of traps? A man has to cut off his own arm to be able to make it to vote for the election in time: firstly I can't believe ANYONE would do that, and secondly it was a random man in a rally, how were the women able to track him in his store.
I liked Ryan Murphy's other show Scream Queens more, but unfortunately the second season of that was a lot worse and it's already cancelled for a third, I think.
Cult I just started watching over again - I watched it before, but didn't finish it that time. I like the early episodes a lot (killer clowns in a supermarket is really cool!), but as soon as the Evan Peters character takes center stage I'm not so crazy about it anymore. It becomes a bit in the style of torture films like Saw, which I never liked. I never liked that notion of: rather than having a regular killer, isn't it much more fun if people had to maim and/or kill themselves trying to get free of traps? A man has to cut off his own arm to be able to make it to vote for the election in time: firstly I can't believe ANYONE would do that, and secondly it was a random man in a rally, how were the women able to track him in his store.
I liked Ryan Murphy's other show Scream Queens more, but unfortunately the second season of that was a lot worse and it's already cancelled for a third, I think.
I have just watched Coven for the first time this summer because there is a crossover element between the Coven characters and the new season. I am almost done re-watching Freak Show. I like this one alot, probably because it was my first season. Soon as I'm done, I plan to start Apocalypse.
I am so behind on this show. Just found out that Season 7 (Cult) is now streaming on Netflix. Will be watching that soon.
Didn't finish Freak Show (it made me too sad) and only watched a couple episodes of Hotel and lost interest. Roanoke was very good. I think Season 3 (Coven) has been my favorite so far, but I liked seasons one and two also.
Didn't finish Freak Show (it made me too sad) and only watched a couple episodes of Hotel and lost interest. Roanoke was very good. I think Season 3 (Coven) has been my favorite so far, but I liked seasons one and two also.
Gave this season another shot this year, after getting past the first 3 episodes, the shock of DT's presidency (somewhat) and how terrible season 6 Roanoke was. I needed some time away. It was actually a good season.
I didn't watch Roanoke or Hotel. I started Apocalypse and it took until episode 6 to to see how a lot of previous seasons references to show up.
I found Hotel and Roanoke going on too long compared to the earlier seasons (only haven't seen the very first yet), they went on a few episodes too many for me after I felt a climax had already been reached.
But Cult seemed to go on forever (it wasn't even one of the longest seasons). I don't dislike stories about cults at all (I love The Following with Kevin Bacon), but it just wasn't very interesting. It felt highly repetitive - Kai constantly mistrusts one of his followers, confronts them and kills them. It seemed less funny also than earlier seasons.
I surprisingly liked Sarah Paulson's character though - I found her extremely annoying in Roanoke - and she looked more beautiful somehow than in earlier seasons (maybe something about her hair). And she formed a nice couple with Alison Pill. But I didn't like the Kai character where I liked Evan Peters much more in earlier seasons.
Also, I feel like I missed an entire chunk of the point/plot and found it confusing. Why was Kai targetting Ally (Paulson) specifically and infiltrating in her family? Was it only because he thought he was the father of her son? I feel that was never explained anywhere. In the last episode it's cleared up that Oz ISN'T his son, but why was he thinking it in the first place?
But Cult seemed to go on forever (it wasn't even one of the longest seasons). I don't dislike stories about cults at all (I love The Following with Kevin Bacon), but it just wasn't very interesting. It felt highly repetitive - Kai constantly mistrusts one of his followers, confronts them and kills them. It seemed less funny also than earlier seasons.
I surprisingly liked Sarah Paulson's character though - I found her extremely annoying in Roanoke - and she looked more beautiful somehow than in earlier seasons (maybe something about her hair). And she formed a nice couple with Alison Pill. But I didn't like the Kai character where I liked Evan Peters much more in earlier seasons.
Also, I feel like I missed an entire chunk of the point/plot and found it confusing. Why was Kai targetting Ally (Paulson) specifically and infiltrating in her family? Was it only because he thought he was the father of her son? I feel that was never explained anywhere. In the last episode it's cleared up that Oz ISN'T his son, but why was he thinking it in the first place?