The Biggest Political Satire Ever Made

American Horror Story has been fascinating and horrifying audiences for over six years. It's been nominated 236 times for seven different awards and has won 59 of them, including 16 Emmys and 2 Golden Globes. 

On the 5th of September, 2017, it released its seventh season, "Cult".

You've never seen something like this.

For the first time in the history of the show no supernatural element is involved. It's honest, raw and brutal, frightfully and terrifyingly real.

"All the horror is steeped in real-life fears, ones that have been brought further into the light, for many, since Trump became president of the United States: emboldened racists, attacks on minorities, and the deterioration of human decency."

However it is far away from being simple jump-scares and gore, Cult dives deep into the roots, reasons and consequences that allow events such as Trump's presidency to occur. 

"But Cult isn’t just a parody of the racist and xenophobic contingent of Americans who have felt emboldened by Trump’s victory. The show is also critical of oversensitive, egotistical liberal Americans, ones who might display an exterior of compassion and inclusivity but are part of the problem that’s dividing the country further into political cults."

Though there were passionate Hollywood voices in the writers room when they started to plot the season in December, the showrunner is now saying that it was never a "pro-Hillary, anti-Donald Trump conversation". Instead, "it was really about trying to understand: Why are people voting for X or Y candidate? What are they feeling? Why are they feeling belittled or disenfranchised or upset with the patriarchal system?"

For the light-hearted it might be hard to watch. Yet perhaps it's extraordinarily more difficult to stop watching, fiercely dancing you through its addictive ends and unexpected twists.

"Is an engaging meditation on fear—how it plays tricks on the mind, how it pits human beings against one another, how it wins elections."