Melanie Amaro's thumpin' dance version of Adele's "Someone Like You" (help, I'm dying inside) featured the "American Horror Story" crossover none of us ever expected: Dozens of black-suited Rubber Men dancing robotically around her as she angrily belted out sad and pensive lyrics for...oh, I don't know, maybe 45 seconds?

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Between the imaginative insanity on "American Horror Story: Asylum" and the ruthless gore on "The Walking Dead, " horror is ever-present on the small screen, and TV viewers are welcoming the thrills with open arms.

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Most of that was on the back of controversy. his American Horror Story, on FX, because a critical and a commercial success despite the fact that people on the show had sex with ghosts, one of the stars spent the whole season in a rubber sex outfit and the prominent abortion theme.

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Plus, FX already took a step toward successfully reviving the anthology format by launching American Horror Story, a drama with close-ended seasons.

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X-Ray for TV is available starting today on the most popular TV shows from Amazon Instant Video, many of which are also available as part of Prime Instant Video: Justified, Downton Abbey, The West Wing, Sons of Anarchy, Falling Skies, American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Lost, Glee, Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones.

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Louis high-rise public-housing development that went from Great Urban Hope to international disgrace, is an engulfing real-life horror story as well as a testimony to the dominance of the image in American public discourse.

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