American Horror Story
"The nightmare of your dreams."
Overview
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
Episodes & Seasons
When the Harmon family relocates to a stately mansion in Los Angeles, disturbing secrets start enveloping each of their lives. As they slowly learn about the mysterious and deadly history of their new house, psychiatrist Ben, Vivien and their teenage daughter Violet find themselves surrounded by all manner of menacing spirits, living and dead.
EP 1
1. Pilot
★ 7.8A therapist and his family move across the country to escape their troubled past but quickly discover that their new home comes with its own horrific baggage.
EP 2
2. Home Invasion
★ 7.7Vivien and Violet get themselves caught in a dangerous situation. Meanwhile, Ben goes back to Boston to fix a mistake that he made.
EP 3
3. Murder House
★ 7.5Vivien learns the horrific truth about the house's first residents and Ben's visitor causes him to further unravel about what really happened in the haunted house. Constance and Moira have their history revealed.
EP 4
4. Halloween (1)
★ 7.6The line between the living and the dead blurs on Halloween. Two of the house's previous residents give the Harmons decorating advice.
EP 5
5. Halloween (2)
★ 7.9Tate comes face to face with his past, and Ben and Vivien are haunted by a new houseguest before Halloween night comes to an end.
EP 6
6. Piggy, Piggy
★ 7.5Constance enlists Violet's assistance with Tate. Ben helps a new patient confront his fears.
EP 7
7. Open House
★ 7.4Moira persuades a buyer to make an offer while Constance and Larry work against her efforts.
EP 8
EP 9
9. Spooky Little Girl
★ 7.3One of history's most famous murder victims pays the house a visit. Constance discovers more of Tate's bad behavior.
EP 10
10. Smoldering Children
★ 7.9Violet learns about the rules of the house. The truth about Larry's condition is explained. Constance is interrogated by the police.
EP 11
11. Birth
★ 7.6Vivien gives birth. Tate and Violet attempt to rid the house of some of its ghosts for good.
EP 12
12. Afterbirth
★ 7.3In the aftermath of family tragedy, Ben tries to take his child out of the Murder House. Meanwhile, Violet and Vivien accustom themselves to their new living arrangements, Constance raises Tate's child as her own and a new family buys the house.
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Top Cast
Sarah Paulson
Cordelia Goode / Sally McKenna / Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Tuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower
Evan Peters
Tate Langdon / James Patrick March / Kai Anderson
Angela Bassett
Marie Laveau
Kathy Bates
Delphine LaLaurie
Emma Roberts
Madison Montgomery
Billie Lourd
Mallory / Winter Anderson
Gabourey Sidibe
Queenie
Leslie Grossman
Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt
Joey Pollari
Ben DeSoto
Jessica Lange
Constance Langdon / Sister Jude Martin / Fiona Goode / Elsa Mars
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