![]() “Much of the horror comes from this atmospheric creeping, this dread that keeps building,” Valentine told EW, referencing that Jodie Foster vehicle in the 1991 flick. “Silence of the Lambs” is another project that influenced the book.Ĭara Delevingne Joins Kim Kardashian, Emma Roberts In ‘American Horror Story’ Season 12 Valentine credits “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, led by Sarah Michelle Gellar, “and that idea of using horror as a metaphor for some of these bigger moments in your life.” In the book, Anna’s career as a teen actress kicked off after landing a role on a fictional show called “Spellbound” - inspired by “Buffy”. In addition to “Alien”, Stephen King, and books like The Handmaid’s Tale, several other works inspired Delicate Condition. ![]() In just one hour, the author came up with the ideas for the story, then made sure they hadn’t been explored before by checking Rosemary’s Baby. When I first saw it when I was a kid, it didn’t occur to me that that’s basically what pregnancy is, but at six months pregnant, I’m like, ‘Oh, wow! That’s just a pregnancy story without the pregnancy.’ That was the seed right there.” “It’s what happens when a guy thinks, What’s the scariest possible thing I can come up with? And it’s this idea of, what if you’re growing this creature inside of you and it’s using your resources to get bigger and you can’t control it? It has a mind of its own, and then one day it just bursts out of you in this gruesome, bloody mess. “It’s really a movie about pregnancy, but it’s been written by a man who doesn’t understand that that’s what he’s writing about,” Valentine shared. Then, Valentine and her husband began having conversations about another story, keeping “Alien” as the reference. While Valentine is honoured over the comparison, she revealed she was “much more inspired by “Alien”, which I think will also give readers an idea of where I’m taking this.”Ī post shared by Danielle Valentine the topic of “Alien” resurfaced, Valentine was six months pregnant with a baby girl, prompting her to begin working on a thriller concept, which she ultimately scrapped as it began to feel cliché and the characters fell flat. “It’s a novel exploring not just the actual physical gruesomeness of what pregnancy is, but also the medical gaslighting that even modern, very privileged women experience as they’re going through their pregnancies and the symptoms that I feel we as a culture still don’t talk about for strange reasons.”ĭelicate Condition has already garnered early praise, some of which liken the book to a modern, feminist version of Rosemary’s Baby. “It is essentially a horror novel about pregnancy,” Valentine teased. She can still see the physical effects it’s having on her body.įirst Look At Kim Kardashian In ‘American Horror Story’ As Chilling Teaser Is RevealedĪs someone begins stalking Anna through the Hamptons, her pregnancy symptoms grow “more severe and horrifying.” Making matters worse, no one takes her seriously when she insists something isn’t right. Then Anna’s worst fear becomes a reality: her doctor informs her that she has miscarried… except she can still feel the baby inside her. “Anna finds support in her close friend Siobhan, another actress who’s much more well known than she is, but her own husband doesn’t even believe her half the time. “Could it be the anonymous online Tumblr user who’s been dragging her on the internet? Could it be the strange lady that snuck a photo of her as she entered her doctor’s office? Could it be the stranger who broke into her house one night and crept into her bed while she was sleeping? She can’t be certain of anything these days,” the outlet offers a synopsis. ![]() In the novel, Anna suspects someone is trying to stop her from getting pregnant, EW reports after speaking to Valentine via a Zoom interview. ![]() After Anna’s breakthrough performance in a surprise hit indie film, she’s suddenly left navigating newfound fame “while also desperately trying to conceive a child after multiple failed rounds of IVF treatments,” as per Entertainment Weekly. ![]() The upcoming psychological horror-thriller centres on Valentine’s lead character Anna Alcott - whom Emma Roberts has been cast as - a New York City-based actress. With all the buzz surrounding the title, Delicate Condition publisher, Sourcebooks, and “AHS” creator, Ryan Murphy, have kept information surrounding both the book and show’s storylines under wraps however, Valentine is spilling the beans on what fans can expect. Short/©FX/courtesy Everett Collectionĭanielle Valentine, the author behind Delicate Condition - the book that’s being adapted for the upcoming season of “American Horror Story” - is giving fans a taste of the 12th season by detailing what her book is about, out August 1. "American Horror Story" - Taissa Farmiga, Emma Roberts in 'Boy Parts' (Season 3, Episode 2, aired October 16, 2013). ![]()
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