The fourth episode of American Horror Stories, “The Naughty List,” features a Christmas-themed horror story with a new cast and characters playing influencers. Following “Drive-In,” American Horror Stories episode 4, “The Naughty List,” features a new model and cast members. “The Naughty List” follows four men in their mid-to-late twenties who are internet video stars and influencers and live together in the “Bro House,” a mansion where they perform skits and play pranks on people in public for views. When trying to rebuild their reputation, the influencers featured in the American Horror Story spinoff go too far over their heads, humiliating a mall Santa who ends up brutalizing them.
Danny Trejo and Kevin McHale:
The baddie of “The Naughty List” is a phony mall Santa Claus who seeks vengeance on the Bro House after being humiliated at the mall’s display. “Santa” is a serial killer who slaughters mall Santas and replaces them, then tortures the influencers after their prank goes wrong. Santa’s actor, Danny Trejo, is well-known for his common collaborative relationships with director Robert Rodriguez. Barry is the Bro House’s tech guy, and for most American Horror Stories’ video antics, he is reluctantly put behind the camera. He’s the most morally inclined of the group, having reservations about all of the problematic videos the other boys create. Kevin McHale portrays Barry.
Dyllon Burnside and Charles Melton:
Dyllon Burnside’s character, James, is a newer American Horror Stories’ Bro House member, having had his own successful YouTube account in Florida before being recruited by the boys. We all know and love the role of Ricky in Ryan Murphy’s Pose. Melton, Charles. Charles Melton plays one of the Bro House’s core members, American Horror Stories’ Wyatt. Wyatt enjoys surfing and drinking and boasts about being a pre-med student before becoming an influencer. Melton is well known for his role as Reggie in the Riverdale teen drama series. Melton previously appeared as Mr. Wu in Ryan Murphy’s AHS: Hotel.
Nico Greetham and Taneka Johnson:
In American Horror Stories, a shirtless Zinn stands in front of a red screen. Zinn is the leader of American Horror Stories’ Bro House and the group’s most reckless and controlling member. The problems in “The Naughty List” are usually caused by Zinn’s bad ideas, whose priority of increasing the group’s subscriber base has disastrous consequences with the mall Santa. “The Naughty List” follows a police investigation led by Detective Gibbs, who contacts the Bro House group for assistance locating the serial killer mall Santa after appearing in one of their prank videos. Taneka Johnson, whose credits before American Horror Stories include ER and Any Day Now, plays Detective Gibbs.
Members of Bro House have guest starred in the Ryan Murphy universe:
Kevin McHale was not the only bro who ought to be recognized. Nico Greetham, who plays the borderline insane Zinn, also appeared in The Prom as Nick, one of the high schoolers who bullied Emma because she was a lesbian. He also played a participant of the rival singing club, Vocal Adrenaline, in Glee. Dyllon Burnside plays James next. Burnside played Pose’s Ricky, a dancer with an on-again, off-again relationship with Billy Porter’s Pray Tell. James’ eagerness to experiment with becoming “homey-sexual” is most likely a reference to that extremely emotional up-on-screen connection. Last but not least, Charles Melton plays the dimwitted Wyatt.
Santa Claus as the “Wild Man” is a legend:
Whereas Barry and James are terrified, they receive a link from “Santa.” According to this article, some people believe that Santa Claus is the wild man, a start figuring from European folklore. That urban legend does exist. The concept of the “wild man” dates back to the 12th century and is defined by his wildness. Most descriptions depict him as being covered in hair and unable to speak. Phyllis Siefker’s Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 Years, traces this great player away to Santa. All of that chimney climbing seems a little more sinister now.
The Bro House is the term given to the show and home of an American social media group of four entertainers famous for their hit YouTube reality channel. The popular online reality series combines vlogs of their party lifestyle with footage of the members performing stunts, trends, skits, and pranks in public or at home, sometimes pulling practical jokes on each other. The Bro House has a spiral staircase like the Murder House, Briarcliff Manor, Mott Manor, and Hawthorne School from the original series. The neck may bear some similarities to the Bro House. A real-life Canadian-American YouTube group that films oneself chugging alcohol at parties, performing public hijinks, and vloggers.
