American Horror Story: 1984 is an '80s fever dream - almost suspiciously so. Frankly, it feels as though someone's trying to hammer the '80s into viewers with brute force. While this decades vibe could be signature Ahs camp, it might also be an indicator that the first few episodes of 1984 are a movie or a season inside a season, serving us with meta horror à la Wes Craven's New Nightmare and throwing us back to My Roanoke Nightmare.
Let's break down the rampant '80s aesthetics. The intro credits, as Reddit user Hannahk23 explained, look like they were pulled from an '80s VHS tape. We see forward and rewind buttons, as well as neon colors galore in the typography and costume design. Heck, the first few episodes have a distinctly grainy, shot-on-film look to them as well. It all feels incredibly deliberate, as if the producers...
Let's break down the rampant '80s aesthetics. The intro credits, as Reddit user Hannahk23 explained, look like they were pulled from an '80s VHS tape. We see forward and rewind buttons, as well as neon colors galore in the typography and costume design. Heck, the first few episodes have a distinctly grainy, shot-on-film look to them as well. It all feels incredibly deliberate, as if the producers...
- 10/8/2019
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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