“American Horror Story,” known as “AHS”, is a scripted horror series on network FX created by “Glee” creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Each season has different plots containing different characters. On March 19, 2021 Ryan Murphy announced the title of the anticipated tenth season, “American Horror Story: Double Feature.” Details have not been released about the focus of the season, but Murphy has been trending on Twitter the past weeks. He asked viewers to comment on the story they would like to see depicted in season ten, options being: Aliens, The Plague, Bloody Mary, Sirens, Xmas Horror, and Piggy Man. As of now, he has downsized the options after feedback between Sirens and Bloody Mary.
All seasons of “American Horror Story,” one through nine, are available on streaming platforms Hulu and Netflix.
Since “American Horror Story” is my favorite series, I am making a list of my most favored “AHS” seasons on a scale from one to five, with one being my most dearest.
5. Murder House
Coming at number five is season one, “AHS: Murder House.” It is about a married couple, Vivien and Ben Harmon and their daughter Violet. They move into a historic mansion built during the 1920s in Los Angeles and encounter unknown figures, interfering neighbors, and outside individuals once connected to the home. As the season progresse, the unknown figures are found to be ghosts that died in the home once upon a time and their spirits are trapped in the home. The season consists of flashbacks showing past events in the home all the way back to the ‘20s when the home was first built.
4. Asylum
“AHS: Asylum” was season two and consisted of 13 episodes, one more than the season before. This season was the most terrifying, taking place during the ‘60s in Massachusetts. It depicts an alleged serial killer and journalist being committed to a manor owned by a church and ran like an asylum. There are multiple patients that face abuse from those in charge such as nuns, doctors, and psychiatrists. At the manor there are supernatural events and creatures affecting the atmosphere and causing death. This season is extremely dark and the most terrifying of all the nine seasons.
3. Roanoke
Season six is titled “AHS: Roanoke” about a married couple, Matt and Shelby Miller, that moved into a farmhouse located where the Roanoke colony moved after its disappearance in the 1580s. It is in present day 2014 to 2016 and the couple along with Matt’s sister, Lee Harris, depict events that happened while living in the home. Their story is told on a show called “My Roanoke Nightmare” and is reenacted by actors making it a show within a show. While there they have harrowing experiences with different things: ghosts, cannibals, and more. The show becomes a huge success promoting a spin off called “Return to Roanoke: Three Days in Hell.” The spin off consisted of the story tellers and reenactors to all stay at the farm home for three days together while being recorded by hidden cameras. With the entities surrounding in and out of the farm house the production is set in chaos with murder, torture, and more being depicted.
2. Apocalypse
Unlike the previous seasons before season eight, “AHS: Apocalypse,” takes place in the future without a specific year. The story is told about the antichrist named Michael Langdon, the son of the devil, who orchestrates the end of the world leaving certain folks alive. Most people that are alive reside in places called “outposts” protecting them from the outside. Though the Apocalypse happens later on in the show it is set back in the past where Michael Langdon history is explored. His birth and upgrowing has connections to the Murder House season and he comes to blows with witches from season three who he encounters before and during the apocalypse.
1. Coven
Last, but not least, my all time favorite season is season three “AHS: Coven.” It tells the story of witches who are descendants of those from the Salem Witch trials. During the season, the witches are in current day society hiding their identities in plain sight to blend in. There are old school witches teaching new school witches at a “boarding school” about their powers and ways to control them. The most powerful witch is the supreme who on the show is Fiona Goode and is supposed to lead the witches, but instead avoids her responsibilities. Throughout the show the witches face multiple enemies: witch hunters, voodoo practitioners, and more. With a new supreme rumored to be coming into power it puts a bounty on her from the current supreme.
Supernatural themes such as magic are usually a favorite of mine and the fact that this season is not as frightening with just some horror makes it even better.