Glee co-creater Ryan Murphy merged the stars of the musical show with the concepts of his near freak-out series, American Horror Story. The results rule and appear in Elle‘s February issue.

Carter Smith shot the whole nine-print series. Each shot pays tribute to horror film greats such as Creature from the Black Lagoon (above), The Birds, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and more. [via Elle]

Genius, I say. The vintage femininity translates well to the fresh faces of TV today. Hit.

What do you think of this series? Do you like the idea of merging old and new, current and green projects?