American Horror Stories
Symptoms of Corruption
Surgical Nightmares
We approached the edit for this project like a fever-dream autopsy, dismembering traditional narrative structure to create something visceral.
Bloodied handprints smear across hospital walls while noir-lit glimpses of mysterious figures flicker in and out of frame.
The implementation of precise imperfections - carefully calibrated grain, analogue distortion, and layered medical imagery - were crucial to cultivating the trademark unease of the AHS franchise.
Typography writhes and degrades like dying vital signs, sewing subtle violence into each credit.
Laboratory of Horrors
Beyond the footage, we created elements of visual horror using 3D software.
Our noir lighting approach shrouded these rendered elements in shadow, weaving them invisibly into the existing footage. Each synthetic layer adds to the sequence's dark cohesion, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
A Chilling Legacy
Following in the footsteps of Elastic's legendary work on season one, every element was scrutinised - from minute typographic mutations to microscopic visual glitches.
Frame by frame, we layered in subliminal elements to build unease, crafting a sequence that honours the franchise's chilling heritage while injecting our own strain of horror into its veins. The result: a psychological infection that festers in the mind.
