American Horror Story (2011– )

An anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a haunted house, an insane asylum and a witch coven.

Creators:

Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy

Stars:

Evan Peters, Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 36 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Evan Peters	...	Kit Walker (26 episodes, 2011-2013)
Jessica Lange	...	Sister Jude Martin (26 episodes, 2011-2013)
Lily Rabe	...	Sister Mary Eunice McKee (21 episodes, 2011-2013)
Dylan McDermott	...	Ben Harmon (18 episodes, 2011-2013)
Zachary Quinto	...	Dr. Oliver Thredson (17 episodes, 2011-2013)
Sarah Paulson	...	Lana Winters (17 episodes, 2011-2013)
Frances Conroy	...	Moira O'Hara (17 episodes, 2011-2013)
Joseph Fiennes	...	Monsignor Timothy Howard (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Lizzie Brocheré	...	Grace Bertrand (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
James Cromwell	...	Dr. Arthur Arden (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Taissa Farmiga	...	Violet Harmon (13 episodes, 2011-2013)
Connie Britton	...	Vivien Harmon (12 episodes, 2011)
Denis O'Hare	...	Larry Harvey (12 episodes, 2011)

Storyline

An anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a haunted house, an insane asylum and a witch coven.

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Plot Keywords:

asylum | alien | nun | haunted house | anthology | 

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Taglines:

Get committed

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

AhS

Filming Locations:

Hidden Valley, Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

It was reported that Eric Stonestreet was booked for a guest spot as a serial killer who shares scenes with Sarah Paulson's Lana Winters in Season 2, but the scenes were cut or left unaired for unknown reasons. A similar thing happened to Max Adler role as Mr. Capshaw.

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Goofs

Frances Conroy ("Old" Moira O'Hara) is right-eye dominant. Many times you can see that she, as Moira, is focusing on the object she's looking at using her "blind" right eye instead of her left eye.

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Connections

Featured in 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013)
Nomination presentation for Jessica Lange.

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Soundtracks

"Tainted Love"
Written by Ed Cobb
Performed by Hannah Peel
Courtesy of Static Caravan

User Reviews

Entertaining.

A dysfunctional family moves into an old house, a house with a history of horror. For the main characters, history is what the first episode is all about: the husband's history of infidelity, the wife's history of having a bloody stillbirth, the daughter's history of cutting herself -- for each a long history of pain and resentment and longing for change, though it quickly becomes apparent the only change coming will leave them hysterically screaming to the sudden, violent, gory end. The one sure thing this show promises is that people will die horribly, and we will all be terrified by it.

The characters are not likable; they may not even be redeemable. Even the suffering wife is bitter and cold and hateful. But do they deserve what horrible things will assuredly happen to them? Nope. Which means their fight is our fight, and their fear is our fear.

American Horror Story is interesting, entertaining, suspenseful, and ambitious. After watching the first episode, I want to watch some more.