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The second season of the American horror anthology television series American Horror Story, subtitled Asylum, takes place in 1964 and follows the stories of the staff and inmates who occupy the fictional mental institution Briarcliff Manor, and intercuts with events in the past and present. The ensemble cast includes Zachary Quinto, Joseph ...
84% Tomatometer 220 Reviews 90% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings "American Horror Story" was created by the co-creators of "Glee," but the shows have little in common besides that. The show revolves ...
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Asylum is the subtitle for the second season of American Horror Story. The season was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Jessica Lange. Asylum was also nominated for seventeen Emmy Awards, winning two. In a New England sanitarium, presided by ministers of faith and science, the innocent and the mad run from greater dangers and their own ...
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Find out who starred in and worked on the second season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and more for Asylum (2012).
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- Briarcliff Manor Was Based The Notorious Willowbrook State School. Briarcliff Manor, despite being a backdrop much of the time in Asylum, is indeed one of, if not the main character of AHS season 2, as a majority of what transpires is within its walls.
- Lana Winters Is Based On Investigative Journalist Nellie Bly. Lana Winters is probably one of the greatest characters Sarah Paulson has ever played on any season of American Horror Story.
- Kit and Alma Are Based On Betty and Barney Hill. Some may think American Horror Story: Asylum's alien plot was a bit too much or didn't belong in the season, especially with so much else going on.
- Dr. Arthur Arden Is Based On Josef Mengele. Briafcliff's resident doctor, Dr. Arthur Arden, AKA Hans Gruper, wasn't the most likable character in American Horror Story, mostly due to the fact that he was a sadistic Nazi war criminal who experimented on his patients.
American Horror Story: Created by Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Halley Feiffer. With Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Denis O'Hare, Lily Rabe. An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.
Watch the second installment of the horror anthology series set in a Church-run asylum for the criminally insane in 1964. Explore episodes, themes, music and more on the official website.
