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TV: Denis O’Hare Talks Bizarre ‘American Horror Story’
From a high school musical to an “American Horror Story,” “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy doesn’t play it safe. Murphy and production partner Brad Falchuk are set to film a pilot for a horror TV series called “American Horror Story,” starring “True Blood”‘s Denis O’Hare and “Friday Night Light”‘s Connie Britton.
Speaking from the Supernova Pop Culture Expo in Brisbane, Australia, O’Hare told Bloody Disgusting he was excited to shoot the pilot in May and was attracted to the “very gripping script.”
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“Ryan (Murphy) sought me ought and we had a lovely conversation, he gave me the script and I read it,” he said.
“I thought it was very intriguing and very scary, so I said ‘absolutely’.
“The title is appropriate – American Horror Story- take from that what you will.”
Set for a debut on FX, Murphy and Falchuk are also working with fellow Glee executive producer Dante Di Loreto who was behind the Golden Globe-winning TV movie Temple Grandin. Horror TV shows are few and far between, but O’Hare said he thinks an American Horror Story can succeed with its “intelligent story” and “atmosphere“.
“It’s not just about scariness, it’s also about the psychology behind it,” he said.
“It’s hard to classify.
“People are attracted to the supernatural. People are attracted to the idea of all things haunted. People are attracted to the idea of what happens to people who see really bad things happen to them.
“It’s like watching a car crash; people like the macabre.
“They like the dark side of life; they’re attracted to it.”
Although he didn’t reveal any details about his character, O’Hare said horror buffs concerned the show will be more candy than carnage have nothing to worry about.
“I think it’s a very edgy script and that’s exciting; it’s not safe.“
One night. One house. One horrifying experience. Nothing stays buried forever in Bury the Devil, a real-time exorcism movie told in a single, continuous take.
We’re exclusively unveiling the new trailer and key art for the real-time nightmare below, ahead of the film’s release in select theaters and VOD on August 21.
Adam O’Brien (Mom) directs from a script by John Petrizzi and Brad Hodson.
When nurse Julia finds herself trapped inside the home of her dementia patient, she begins to suspect things are not what they seem; something demonic is seeping through the cracks of this old home. Trapped and with nowhere to turn, Julia soon finds herself in battle to rid the house of this evil before it is too late.
Dawn Ford, Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez, Bill Rowat, and Mark Antony Krupa star.
“This film depicts the most harrowing 90 minutes of our protagonist’s life, and I felt that the most visceral way to really feel this was to do a single-shot film,” O’Brien previously teased. “We are with her every step and misstep she takes – through the unraveling of the mystery to the horror of her discovery. It’s a fun, twisty roller-coaster ride that puts a new spin on exorcisms.”
Bury the Devil is the first installment in a planned trilogy. The prequel, Bury the Devil: Origin, is already in development with O’Brien returning to the helm.
O’Brien produces along with Philip Kalin-Hajdu (The Sacrifice Game) and Benoit Beaulieu (Turbo Kid).
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