Movies
To list every great horror film that inspired aspects of the show would be an entire article on its own, however some are worth noting. ‘Murder House’ has obvious links with The Amityville Horror, a haunted house movie based on a ‘true’ story, while Viviene’s demonic pregnancy has more than a few shades of Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby.
A young priest’s battle with the devil in ‘Asylum’ pays homage to The Exorcist and the asylum itself is like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest on steroids, while links between Tod Browning’s Freaks and ‘Freak Show’ should go without saying.