American Horror Story is an American anthology horror television series. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings. Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events. Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe have returned most frequently, all appearing in nine of the ten seasons.
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American Horror Story is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings. Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events. Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe have returned most frequently, all appearing in nine of the ten seasons, with Frances Conroy appearing in seven and Kathy Bates appearing in six. Other notable actors such as Denis O’Hare, Jessica Lange, Emma Roberts, Jamie Brewer, Angela Bassett, Adina Porter, and Finn Wittrock appear in five of the 10 seasons. The series draws consistently high ratings for the FX network, with its first season being the most-viewed new cable series of 2011. In August 2018, the series was greenlit for a tenth season. In January 2020, FX renewed the series for three more seasons. The eighth season, subtitled Apocalypse, features the return of the witches from Coven as they battle the Antichrist from Murder House in an attempt to prevent the apocalypse. The ninth season, subtitle 1984, takes place outside of Los Angeles, during the titular year, 1984, and focuses on a group of young staff members at a summer camp getting ready to reopen after a massacre. The tenth season, titled Apocalypse, is expected to be released in January 2019. It will be the last season of American Horror Story, and the first of a spin-off series, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Horror Story, which is set in the 1990s.
The first season, retroactively subtitled Murder House, follows a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants. The second season takes place in Massachusetts, during 1964, and follows the stories of the patients and staff of an institution for the criminally insane. The third season, Subtitled Coven, takes places in New Orleans, Louisiana, during 2013, and centers around a coven of witches who face off against those who wish to destroy them. The fourth season, subtitled Freak Show, takes Place in Jupiter, Florida, during 1952, and centres around one of the last remaining American freak shows and their struggle for survival. The fifth season,subtitled Hotel, takesplace in Los Angeles,. California, during 2015, and focus on the staff and guests of a supernatural hotel. The sixth season, subtitled Roanoke, focuses on the paranormal events that take place at an isolated farmhouse haunted by the deceased Roanke colony. The seventh season, subtitled Cult, centers on a cult terrorizing the residents in the fictional suburb of Brookfield Heights, Michigan, during 2016–2017, and revolves around the residents of the Cult in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The show has been well received by television critics, with the majority of the praise going towards the cast, particularly Jessica Lange.
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