American Horror Story

FX’sAmerican Horror Storyhas been a repulsion TV basic since 2011 , and its concept have explored numerous aspects of revulsion history and bringing their tropes to the small screen .

Show - runnerRyan Murphyhas gain a cult following   by   recycling his favorite actors throughout the anthology and quiz their chops in a diverseness of different environs . Where other TV serial have a tendency to get dusty after a few season , there ’s always something overbold on the horizon withAmerican Horror Story .

Having just wrapped its ninth time of year , AHS : 1984 , fans are already keenly hypothesise about what might be the theme of the series ' landmark tenth time of year . Since Murphy tends to keep things middling tightly under wrap , it will likely be a while before that information is unveil . Here ’s a flavor back at the last nine time of year ofAmerican Horror Story .

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American Horror Story: Murder House

Murder Housefollowed the doomed Harmon phratry - Ben ( Dylan McDermott ) , Vivian ( Connie Britton ) , and Violet ( Taissa Farmiga ) - after they decide to root out their family from Boston for a alteration of yard in California . Dr. Ben Harmon , the syndicate ’s paterfamilias , sets up his psychological medicine practice within the beautiful old Victorian home they ’ve purchased for their refreshful start .   The house itself is a burial basis where unsatisfied spirits who have been eat up by the iniquity within   do n’t ever leave the property . Jessica Lange rounds out this fantastic ensemble plaster bandage as Tate ’s eccentric female parent , Constance , who has more than a few secret inside the house of her very own .

American Horror Story: Asylum

One of the most critically acclaimed and accolade - winning season of the show , Asylumtook audiences to   Briarcliff Manor , a Catholic - run mental institution in the sixties . Run by Sister Jude ( Jessica Lange ) , this season played with multiple timeline , come after quality ' stories ( and fates ) before , during , and after their day at Briarcliff .   Alien abductions , human medical experiments , racialism , homophobia , and demonic monomania are only a few of the categories within the genre that are research duringAsylum . It may vocalize like a sight , perhaps even exuberant , but Murphy and his phenomenal hurl handle each aspect with a deft hand that allow it all to combine together rather seamlessly .

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American Horror Story: Coven

Where the previous two seasons focalise more on the depths of horror , Covenwas a breath of fresh line in many way , morphing into a tar - smutty funniness with horror elements . Film legends Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates both made their appearance in this time of year . It   explored witchery , fetish magic , and the terrifying aspects of mother / girl relationships along with the darkest part of New Orleans ' history , which attend as the time of year ’s backdrop . This season was so democratic with fan that Murphy decided to impart it back for the show ’s first crossover alongsideMurder House .

American Horror Story: Freak Show

Freak Showis ordinarily quote as the time of year whereAHS’jumped the shark . ' Not only was this Jessica Lange ’s last , but it featured legion melodic numbers in a strange throwback to Murphy ’s study onGlee . Set in Jupiter , Florida during the fifties , Freak Showexplores the darker side of show business . Despite the time of year ’s principle cast performing as characters with major physical deformities , including a bearded gentlewoman , a giant , a strongman , wed Twin Falls , and the ' Lobster Boy ' , the trope this season lean on is that the real monsters of the world wear very human , very normal face .

American Horror Story: Hotel

After Lange ’s departure from the series , it was announced thatLady Gagawould be take the helm in the show ’s fifth time of year , Hotel .   Combining the actual - life taradiddle of notorious serial killer H.H. Holmes with the legends that surround a Los Angeles hotel , The Cecil , Hotelfeatured the seven venomous sins , more unsatisfied spirits , serial killers , vampire child , and much more . It did n’t wield to combine all these aspects as seamlessly asAsylum , but the stylistic aspect and overall aesthetic of this season was a cut above the rest .

American Horror Story: Roanoke

Roanokewas where Murphy tried to save the series by lend multiple plot turn of events and cover the meta . primitively initialize like a paranormal docudrama series that sprain into a real - life nightmare when , again , violent spirits of lost members of the Roanoke colony come in to call cause troubles for cast and gang likewise . In many elbow room , this time of year ’s tone reprise the first two seasons by bringing back the darker scene , so it did n’t need to rely much on gimmick .   Bloody violence and more traditional horror aspect reminded many viewers that sometimes , bare is better .

American Horror Story: Cult

Cultcame hot on the hound of the US Presidential Election in 2016 and research not only the cult outlook , but touched on genial illness and the hike of hate and violence in America . Widely controversial because it reflected clear political opinions from Murphy and fellowship . Though disunite , the season did feature some outstanding performances from Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters , who arrest a prospect to roleplay many infamous cult drawing card including Jim Jones andCharles Mansonthroughout the course of the season .

American Horror Story: Apocalypse

Apocalypsewas marketed heavily because it was the crossover time of year that fans of the series had been bait about for a very longsighted sentence . Connecting the timeline ofMurder HouseandCoven , this season figure many devotee - preferred characters and actors ( including Jessica Lange ) return for a reprisal .   Set during an apocalyptic wasteland , the witches fromCovenjoin forces once more to overrule Michael , who is the tike from the end ofMurder Housewho becomes the   genuine Antichrist .

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American Horror Story: 1984

The most late season,1984 , resurrected the ' eighty slasher movie . Its artistic was everything and , for the first sentence in a while , American Horror Storywas luminance and playfulness again , immix humor with panic and copious measure of teenage gore in what is a favorable tribute to the sub - genre . This time of year had a little bit of everything : snarky one - ocean liner , Kajagoogoo , and The Night Stalker .

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The cast of American Horror Story Asylum in one room with many beds

American Horror Story Coven

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American Horror Story Roanoke

Ally looking shocked in American Horror Story Cult

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