My Top 10 Favorite American Horror Story Characters

For today’s final post in my American Horror Story character countdown series, I will rank my top ten favorite characters in the series.   Like with my other lists, I will not include characters from the current season, which is subject to change.   But the top spots will never be off the list, to…

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My Top 5 Favorite Denis O’Hare Performances on American Horror Story

For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of Denis O’Hare’s top five portrayals on American Horror Story.   This is the sixth post in this series for Horror Week! Number 5: Holden Vaughn (AHS: Double Feature) ~This character made an impact with his big personality in the first half of last season’s…

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My Top 5 Favorite Lily Rabe Performances on American Horror Story

For today’s post, which is also my Femme Fatale Friday post of this American Horror Story-themed week, I have decided to do a countdown of Lily Rabe’s top five performances on American Horror Story!   Each of these characters has a bit of a Femme Fatale side, so I thought it fitting!   Next week,…

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My Top 5 Favorite Sarah Paulson Performances on American Horror Story

For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my top five favorite performances by Sarah Paulson on American Horror Story.   Once again, like with the previous lists in this series, I may change my opinion on exact positions with re-watches, but not my number one!    Without further ado, here’s day…

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My Top 5 Favorite Evan Peters Performances on American Horror Story

For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my top five character portrayals by Evan Peters in American Horror Story.   Now, Evan Peters is always a highlight of the series, and all of his performances are incredible, but I limited myself to the top five here!   Without further ado, here’s…

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My Top 5 Favorite Kathy Bates Performances on American Horror Story

For today’s post, I will be ranking Kathy Bates’ top five characters in American Horror Story, in my opinion.  To be clear, as with all the lists this week, I do not believe she gave any bad performances, she is an incredible talent, and this list just happens to feature the performances I enjoyed the…

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Jessica Lange’s American Horror Story Characters, Ranked

For today’s post, I have decided to do a ranking of all of the characters portrayed by Jessica Lange on American Horror Story.   This is the first of seven lists such as this, for Horror Week here at White Rose of Avalon.   As with every other list, it is subjective and I know…

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Announcing Horror Week!

For today’s bonus post, I am happy to announce that beginning tomorrow it will be Horror Week!   Now, what is Horror Week, you may ask?   Well, it is a whole week of best-of-character countdowns about the show American Horror Story!   I was inspired by re-watching some old seasons recently, and I thought…

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Theda Bara, The Original Screen Vamp

For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to write about Theda Bara.   Bara was the original Vamp of the silent film era!   She was born in Cincinnati Ohio as Theodosia Goodman in 1885.   But, this would not be the name or backstory that the public would get once she rose…

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The Concept of Being Buried Alive in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works

For the final day of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the concept of being buried alive as it is used in Poe’s works.   The thought of possibly being buried alive is a core fear for many people, making the appearance of this in fictional works a truly horrifying…

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