With the ninth season of American Horror Story well on its way to landing on our screens, it’s time to take look back at the previous eight gruesome and gripping seasons of the show. Here’s the ranking.
Cult
The seventh season of the series saw Sarah Paulson as the victim of a neighborhood cult. There were some great performances, particularly from Evan Peters and Billie Lourd, but the plotline felt contrived and unbelievable.
Coven
Coven is probably one of the least “scary” seasons of the show. It follows a group of young witches, and there’s more witchcraft than there is straight-up horror. The characters are likable but overall, it falls a little flat.
Freak Show
A group of freaks living in a circus in the ’50s is the perfect recipe for a horror story. It’s arguably one of the goriest seasons and the bright colors and flamboyant characters create a season that’s easy to binge.
Apocalypse
Apocalypse was the highly-anticipated Murder House/Coven crossover. Bringing the witches back was a great idea, and it was also a chance to wrap up unfinished storylines in Murder House. Overall though, the season was a little disappointing, even when taken with a pinch of salt.
Hotel
Lady Gaga as a hypersexual, super-evil vampire queen? Uh, yes please. Hotel is an artistic, decadent story of the shocking events that go on in the notorious torture hotel, Hotel Cortez.
Roanoake
Roanoake was a divisive season that was hard to wrap our heads around. It featured ghosts, cannibals, psychopaths, and demonic entities. It also featured some of the show’s goriest scenes. Basically, it was everything we could want from American Horror Story.
Asylum
When Asylum was announced, people did a 180, wondering how the show could survive having killed off so many characters in Murder House. Of course, the cast members returned with new characters in the creepiest and most horrific asylum TV can imagine.
Murder House
Murder House, however, is flawless. It offers up a classic “haunted house” story with more twists and turns than Bowie’s Labyrinth. The actors gave brilliant performances and that twist still has our jaws dropping.
