‘American Horror Stories’ finale turns meta with video game episode – Deadline

Spoiler alert: This post contains details about american horror stories Season 1, “Game Over”.

In the last installment of american horror storiesSeason 1, the sprawling franchise of the original Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk series arrives in the gaming world.

In ‘Game Over’, the season finale meta, all roads lead to the Murder House, which once again attracts a couple looking to start a new chapter. Connie of Noah Cyrus and Adam Hagenbuch’s Dylan are two self-proclaimed “American Horror Story mega-lovers” who booked a stay at the newly converted Airbnb. After settling down, they wandered around the house.

The opening scene is full of flashbacks to the original series and the first chapters of american horror stories Itself.

The Infantata returns with Piggy Man to hunt down and slaughter the couple. It’s a cure for AHS Fans like Twisty the Clown, Jamie Brewer Adelaide Langdon, and more are hunting Connie and eventually killing her. Just when the episode appears to be about to end, the camera zooms out and reveals that the previous scenes were just part of a running video game, “Escape From Murder House” inspired by almost the entirety of the game. AHS Franchise business.

Developer (Mercedes Mason) and Michelle He AHS Cheerleader son Rory (Nicholas Bechtel) argues over the correctness of the game’s adaptation of the main series. Michelle sees her game as a way to get closer to her son.

Before they can come to a solution to their differences, Rory leaves for his father, giving Michelle the opportunity to improve the game as her son desires. Her search takes her to the video game of the same name, where she meets Tim, a realtor (Tom Link), to buy the famous house.

“I will make you reveal all your secrets to me,” she said to the house.

Michelle heads to her husband’s house to tell Rory that she’s supposed to go to a convention to meet the writers and creators of Murder House, but instead returns to her new home down the street. However, it’s Halloween and Michelle is oblivious to the fact that it’s the night the dead can walk among the living.

She now lives in the horror of her game and encounters some of the original characters in the series, including director Dylan McDermott’s Dr. Ben Harmon, who paraphrases his problems and encourages her to do the same.

She also encounters more Murder Hose spirits, including Kaia Gerber’s Ruby, who question her efforts to “get the vibe” appropriate for her game. Joined by a non-ghost friend, Scarlett (Sierra McCormick), Robbie quickly turns hostile and stalks Michelle for sports. Ben tries to help the new resident escape, but not before Ruby stabs her in the stomach, cursing her to live in the murder house with the rest of the family.

The following Halloween, Michelle found Rory and justified her death.

“I just wanted to build something for us, do something that would make you proud,” she said.

Despised by his mother’s decision, Rory suggests that you try to get rid of the house and its inhabitants by fire. Despite his mother’s warning to stay away from the iconic house, Rory takes matters into his own hands and heads to the murder house with a gas-filled wagon, much to Robbie’s dismay, but the other spirits rejoice.

Rory lights a match that sets the house on fire, and finally puts the Murder House and its ghosts to rest. While it’s a tragic moment for Scarlett and Robbie, it’s a celebration of trapped souls, including Ben.

The ending then follows Scarlett as she meets with Realtor Tim to check out a $1,000,000 luxury unit built on the famous Los Angeles home. Tim says he believes the fire cleansed away all evil energy and that the spirits have persisted ever since. Now “almost cut off” from her killer job, Scarlett agrees to buy the unit.

However, the house isn’t as empty as Tim thought, and Ruby also seems to surprise her friend. Just when it feels like the episode’s happy ending, the camera turns away once again for another defining moment to return to Michelle and Rory in real time. It turns out that Michelle never died and the Murder House wouldn’t burn to a brittle. Instead, the events have been developed into “Escape the Murder House 2.0,” a remake of the game that Rory seems to be enjoying more.