Loosely deja vu but from this opening episode vibe, and guessing where it's going, seems like they're rebooting the focus on the NYC gay killings of the early 1980s. The original movie then starred, Al Pacino and Paul Sorvino. Despite the masterful story retelling of true crime events within the gay community, the movie was heavily picketed for being too real too soon too close for comfort. Sadly, the masterpiece movie bombed for all the wrong reasons (homophobia, paranoia, denial) but truth be told, it secretly resonated deeply with the fringe community where all the murders were happening. Even the great masterclass William Friedkin, behind iconic The Exorcist, couldn't shift Cruising into the same mega hit box office that it should have been deserving of. It was so bad that Al Pacino never wanted to be associated with the movie and dropped the titular honor from his acting resume. Guess the demons of human nature is far more elusive than those that goes bump in the night. Let's see how AHS handle this classic for TV adaption in the gaylore universe. Having veterans Russell Tovey and Sandra Bernhard fronting this morbid revisit is a good start.
Review of Something's Coming
