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Season 1 – American Horror Stories

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Jul 2021

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"American Horror Stories" is a spin-off of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's award-winning anthology series "American Horror Story." The anothology series will feature a different horror story each episode. Since 2011, the creators of the AHS have redifined the horror genre with various installments featuring a creepy asylum, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself. The television series sprouted a legion of dedicated fans who anticipate what terrors the next chapter will hold.

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American Horror Stories has its moments, but a lack of consistent narrative quality among installments and not enough scares make for an unsatisfying whole.

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

04/13/2022

Murphy has undoubtedly made Hollywood a better place for cis white gay men like himself. I used to find that inspiring. But as the limitations within that purpose reveal themselves again and again, all I can see is horror.

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Kristen Lopez

IndieWire

08/09/2021

That's really what "American Horror Stories" feels like: a group of writers sitting around talking about what they've watched and listened to and trying to make a horror story out of it.

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Phil Owen

TheWrap

07/26/2021

Yes, the two stories we've gotten so far have each followed the "AHS" pattern -- the compelling initial premise that leads to an off-the-rails conclusion -- but they don't wear out their welcome.

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Cheryl Eddy

io9.com

09/15/2022

American Horror Stories is mostly just determined to shock you. Gleefully. And most of the time, it succeeds.

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EJ Moreno

08/20/2021

The final episode of the season summed up the entire experience: messy and trying so hard to hold onto the golden era of AHS.

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Erin Maxwell

L.A. Weekly

08/13/2021

If you're a fan of the series and the deranged universe it inhabits, well, good news! All of those elements remain intact, sans the meandering narratives that seemed to stretch into eternity, and made a lot of us give up on past seasons.

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Farah R

@Farah 01/17/2025

While a few episodes were better than others, American Horror Stories is an inconsistent mess of mediocre writing and acting.

The_Matthew S

01/27/2024

Absolute garbage! Terrible acting. writing, editing and even the art direction is bad.

Kutlwano M

11/22/2023

This is just messy and inconsistent flow that chokes the life of what once was, a washed up, dry and boring season that forces nostalgia, a has been

Tharja P

10/13/2023

Cheesy dialogue, woke for the sake of woke, crap acting, about as scary as scooby doo. Avoid at all costs.

Andrew F

07/29/2023

One of my All time Favorite shows , Still to this day i think Season one is the best season out of all .

Michael C

@Coxmjc23 07/23/2023

Great series and season no matter what the haters say!!!

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Episode 1

Aired Jul 15, 2021

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A teenager and her parents move into a forsaken home with a grim past. As the family makes renovations, a darkness takes root within them.

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Episode 2

Aired Jul 15, 2021

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Scarlett enters a twisted new romance while Michael and Troy are forced to confront their rocky relationship.

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Episode 3

Aired Jul 22, 2021

Drive In

A screening of a forbidden film has disastrous consequences.

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Episode 4

Aired Jul 29, 2021

The Naughty List

A group of influencers face a reckoning after posting a problematic video online.

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Episode 5

Aired Aug 5, 2021

Ba'al

A wife does the unthinkable for a chance at a successful pregnancy.

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Episode 6

Aired Aug 12, 2021

Feral

A family goes on a camping trip unaware of what is lurking in the woods.

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Episode 7

Aired Aug 19, 2021

Game Over

A couple dares to spend a night in one of the most infamous haunted houses.

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