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This Creepy Detail About Winter on AHS: Cult Could Mean She's Extremely Dangerous

Sep 11 2017 - 8:00pm

Image Source: FX [1]

American Horror Story: Cult [2] terrorized our Tuesday night with the season seven premiere [3], and while there are many, many things that robbed us of our sleep [4] after watching the episode, there's one character in particular who's been sending chills down our spine. People like Kai Anderson (Evan Peters) are obviously psycho [5], but it's Winter Anderson (Billie Lourd), who we presume is his sister, that we can't figure out.

She begins the season devastated over Donald Trump [6]'s presidential victory because she dropped out of college to help work on Hillary's campaign. Then, we see a twisted bond between her and Kai, and her dark side comes out even further when she's hired as a nanny for Ozzy, the son of Ally (Sarah Paulson) and Ivy (Alison Pill) [7]. While her Winter-esque hair color and blank stares are icy on their own, it's her similarities to real-life murderers that possibly hint at just how dangerous her character can get.

Fans were quick to point out that Winter looks an awful lot like a few members of the Manson family, the infamous cult [8] that carried out brutal slayings in the '60s. Reddit user frizzymcgee [9] highlighted the fact that Winter's long hair and bohemian-inspired outfits mirror those of notorious Manson members Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten.

Image Source: FX [10] and Getty / Bettmann [11]

The three women became household names after they helped carry out the murder of Sharon Tate [12], who was eight months pregnant with her first child with husband Roman Polanski, in 1969. Since we know Peters will play Charles Manson in some sort of flashback [13], it's safe to assume there's a twisted connection happening already.


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