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 9 wins & 37 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)
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)
Dylan McDermott	...	Ben Harmon (17 episodes, 2011-2013)
Joseph Fiennes	...	Monsignor Timothy Howard (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Lizzie Brocheré	...	Grace Bertrand (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)
James Cromwell	...	Dr. Arthur Arden (12 episodes, 2012-2013)

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

Actor Chris Zylka was booked for a two-episode arc as a deaf, mute patient in the series' second season. However, Zylka was quietly dismissed from the show after refusing to shave his head for the role. Producers then wrote the role out in the wake of the actor's ouster.

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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 Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.159 (2012)
A clip of the show featuring guest Zachary Quinto is shown.

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Different Kind of Horror

These days when the genre of horror is brought up most people think of the latest slasher bloodfest like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" or the latest attempt at trying to scare us with some lame movie like "The Ring". It might be a problem with the time constraints of a 90 minute or 2 hour movie, it's hard to completely capture the audience and slowly twist the perceptions.

Another thing forgotten in recent horror movies is the fact of NOT explaining everything within 5 minutes of it happening, it's more entertaining and spooky to speculate why someone sees something or what actually happened in a particular scene. People forget that in some of the best horror pictures like "Psycho" the real horror came from the suspense and the wondering of what was going to happen and that the violence was secondary.

The dialogue between characters is actually impressive especially in a couple scenes that you will be able to easily pick out. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk who also created Nip/Tuck and Glee (odd combo) seem to be able to excel in almost any genre and especially now in horror. It's rare to writers like this who aren't afraid to jump around from genre to genre fearlessly.

It's hard to describe many aspects of this show without giving away to much so I must refrain from describing the plot as it appears so far.

The day after I viewed the pilot episode I was shocked to see all the negative feelings towards the content of the show. So let's be VERY clear this show is classified MA which stands for "Mature Audiences" which should be taken the same as and "R" rating for films, so if you don't want you or your kids to see it that's fine but don't get all pissy about a show you decided to watch that was marketed as a "psycho-sexual horror". Yes there is scenes of semi explicit sexual acts and scenes of disturbing violence but it's a horror story so images like that are to be expected.

It's refreshing to find a show that is different and does not follow traditional formula's TV horror shows. I plan to watch every week and enjoy the series fully, since it is honestly very rare to see a show do better in it's genre then most recent films.

American Horror Story arrived a couple weeks ago on the great FX network that also houses two of my favorite shows: "Sons of Anarchy" and "Justified".