Briarcliff Manor mental institution
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Briarcliff Manor mental institution is the fictional, oppressive psychiatric hospital that serves as the central setting of the horror television series *American Horror Story: Asylum*.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional psychiatric hospital ⓘ television setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn | American Horror Story: Asylum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
horror in medical settings
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institutional abuse ⓘ madness ⓘ power and control ⓘ religious oppression ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Catholic Church (fictional depiction)
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Monsignor Timothy Howard (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sister Jude Martin (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Brad Falchuk (as part of series creation)
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Ryan Murphy (as part of series creation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | FX (television network) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
mental institution
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oppressive psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| employs |
Dr. Arthur Arden (fictional character)
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Dr. Oliver Thredson (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| fictionalType | Catholic-run asylum ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | American Horror Story season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeElement |
medical experimentation storyline
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possession storyline ⓘ serial killer storyline ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | site of horror and trauma ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central setting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experiments on patients
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inhumane treatments ⓘ wrongful institutionalization of patients ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | American Horror Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | American Horror Story: Asylum episodes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFor | American Horror Story: Asylum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | 1960s ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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gothic ⓘ |
| treats |
Grace Bertrand (fictional character)
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Kit Walker (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lana Winters (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pepper (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelley (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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