American Horror Story: Hotel
Fifth season of American Horror Story, set in a haunted Los Angeles hotel.
The fifth season of the anthology series is titled "American Horror Story: Hotel" and premiered in October 2015.[1] The season's horror is described as "sneaking out of the hotel" and revolves around the Hotel Cortez, built in 1930 by a psychotic character named James March.[2]
Quick Facts
- Season number
- 5
- Showrunner
- Ryan Murphy
- First aired
- 7 October 2015
- Last aired
- 13 January 2016
- Episodes
- 12
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
FX renewed the series for a fifth season on October 13, 2014, with an October 2015 premiere date.[1] In February 2015, Lady Gaga joined the show, and Murphy stated she wanted her role to be "evil"[3] Production designer Mark Worthington was influenced by Timothy Pflueger and William Van Alen for the Art Deco style.[4] February 2015 was when the season's subtitle, Hotel, was officially announced.[1]
The creative team drew from classic hotel horror movies and real downtown Los Angeles hotels known for their terrible histories, such as The Cecil, which was the site where student Elisa Lam died.[5] Ryan Murphy, who co-created the series, viewed a surveillance video of Lam acting strangely shortly before her death, and this helped shape the writing for the season.[5] Filming of the main scenes started on July 14, 2015, in Los Angeles, which brought production back to the city used for the first two seasons.[6] A hotel set with six stories was constructed on the Fox studio lot.[6]
Building the lobby set, which had two stories and a functioning elevator, took seven weeks.[4] The design for the exterior of the set was modeled after the James Oviatt Building located in Downtown Los Angeles.[4]
What the cited sources add
Actor Denis O'Hare revealed that the daily rate for a single room at the Hotel Cortez is as low as $30.[7] O'Hare posted a picture showing rates up to $90 for the Parlor Suites.[7] O'Hare explained that his character, Liz Taylor, is a cross-dressing hotel bar staff member.[7] The actor stated that his character wears a black skirt and has gold-painted nails.[7]
A short clip titled "Jeepers Peepers" shows an eye peeping through a keyhole in the Hotel Cortez.[7] Another clip shows a stained mattress haunting the hotel's corridor with an eye poking from inside.[7] A "Children of the Corn"-inspired clip shows blonde kids huddled around the hotel's stairwells.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "American Horror Story: Hotel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stack, "'American Horror Story' renewed for fifth season after setting ratings record", October 13, 2014; Mitovich, "Horror Story Eyes a 'Huge Reinvention' — Will Jessica Lange Be a Part of It?", TVLine, January 18, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American Horror Story: Hotel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "AHS: Hotel Scoop: Lady Gaga Will Romance Angela Bassett", TVLine, August 7, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American Horror Story: Hotel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hibberd, "Lady Gaga to star in American Horror Story next season", February 25, 2015; Dresdale, "Lady Gaga Will Be 'Pretty Spectacular' in "American Horror Story: Hotel," Says Show's Creator", ABC News Radio, August 10, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American Horror Story: Hotel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stack, "American Horror Story: Hotel First Look: Go inside the beautiful but dangerous Hotel Cortez", September 21, 2015; Blake, "Scene It Before: Hotel Cortez from American Horror Story: Hotel", Los Angeles, October 29, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American Horror Story: Hotel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Whitney, "'American Horror Story: Hotel' Might Be Inspired By This Real-Life Mystery", HuffPost, August 7, 2015; Cornet, "The blood-curdling viral video that inspired 'American Horror Story: Hotel'", HitFix, August 7, 2015; Genis, "Ryan Murphy Drops Major American Horror Story: Hotel Bombshells", TV Guide, June 19, 2015; Goldberg, "Lady Gaga's 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Character Details Revealed", August 7, 2015; Sacio, "American Horror Story: Hotel' Is 'Challenging To Write,' Says Ryan Murphy", Design & Trend, July 6, en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "American Horror Story: Hotel" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hipes, "Kathy Bates Returning To 'American Horror Story' For Season Five", Deadline Hollywood, April 8, 2015; Verrier, "FX's 'American Horror Story' to film in L.A.", Los Angeles Times, May 8, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Bernardino, "'American Horror Story' season 5 spoilers: Hotel Cortez's daily rates revealed by Denis O'Hare", Christianity Today, September 8, 2015. facts only, no text reused. christiantoday.com
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