Kathy Bates Delivers Most Shocking ‘American Horror Story’ Moment Yet
‘American Horror Story: Coven’: Kathy Bates Gets Decapitated
Maybe it was the sheer absurdity of watching an Academy Award nominated actress (Angela Bassett) deliver the decapitated head of an Academy Award winning actress (Kathy Bates) to yet another Academy Award winning actress (Jessica Lange), but boy was that ending just delightful. Ryan Murphy knew he had a golden opportunity when so many divine, seasoned actresses signed up for Coven, and so far he has not disappointed. Jessica Lange forcing Kathy Bates into slavery? Check. Angela Bassett performing a sexual voodoo montage to unleash an army of zombies? Double check. Jessica Lange slitting the throat of Julia Roberts’ young niece? Check, check, check.
But nothing — not even a limbless Chloë Sevigny terrifying a gaggle of 1960’s schoolchildren — compares to what happened at the end of “The Sacred Taking.” Kathy is a household name; the type of universally loved and respected actress who typically appears in Oscar-bait films, not as a literal talking head on a platter on a kooky FX show. When she arrived this year as the evil Madame LaLaurie we all expected her to be this menacing, larger-than-life villain, and instead AHS pulled a number on us by making her the butt of the most grotesque “joke” of the season. It proves once and for all that Kathy is game for absolutely anything, and how can you not love her for it?
Why The ‘Talking Head’ Comedy Was Needed
Don’t get me wrong, here — I adored AHS: Asylum, and Coven has been very enjoyable so far. But AHS plays around with so many uncomfortable, hard-to-watch themes that a little bit of shock and levity is often needed. “The Sacred Taking” was disturbingly difficult to watch before Kathy’s mood-changing moment at the end — that scene with Fiona dying of cancer, anyone? — so I honestly breathed a sigh of relief when the visually jarring and laugh-out-loud hilarious moment arrived. AHS should absolutely continue touching upon the difficult themes that no one else would in their right mind address, but adding these bits of harmless, old fashioned shock value is what makes the show a truly great watch.
What did you think of Kathy’s big moment, HollywoodLifers? Do you agree that it was the most shocking scene yet?
— Shaunna Murphy
Follow @ShaunnaLMurphy
More ‘American Horror Story’ News:
- ‘American Horror Story: Coven’: [Spoiler] Should Have Stayed Dead
- ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ Recap: Fiona Claims Her First Victim
- ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ Recap: Madison & Zoe Wake The Dead
Detail Author:
- Name : Bradly Prohaska
- Username : leslie76
- Email : coy.langworth@gmail.com
- Birthdate : 1991-05-10
- Address : 837 O'Conner Way New Mozelle, MD 39825-4385
- Phone : 1-862-440-9239
- Company : Langworth, Kiehn and Feil
- Job : Gas Processing Plant Operator
- Bio : Earum eum rerum delectus accusantium voluptas voluptates. Dolore et cumque corrupti exercitationem. Velit qui numquam occaecati non necessitatibus. Asperiores dolorem quibusdam velit at quam.
Socials
facebook:
- url : https://facebook.com/gaylord2024
- username : gaylord2024
- bio : Quibusdam magni dolorem quis asperiores sed.
- followers : 3555
- following : 537
twitter:
- url : https://twitter.com/silas_gaylord
- username : silas_gaylord
- bio : Deleniti accusantium voluptates est. Excepturi non veniam corrupti vitae aspernatur. Ab alias rerum harum.
- followers : 4565
- following : 1421
instagram:
- url : https://instagram.com/silasgaylord
- username : silasgaylord
- bio : Officiis est quia ullam est aliquid. Nobis voluptatem sint dolorum quis odit unde.
- followers : 6458
- following : 1494
linkedin:
- url : https://linkedin.com/in/gaylords
- username : gaylords
- bio : Ipsum quia voluptatem qui dolore.
- followers : 4975
- following : 2981
tiktok:
- url : https://tiktok.com/@sgaylord
- username : sgaylord
- bio : Et et culpa voluptatum autem modi asperiores quis.
- followers : 2694
- following : 752
