The WORST seasons of American Horror Story

Every season of American Horror Story ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst seasons of American Horror Story!

An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an insane asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a haunted hotel, a possessed farmhouse, a cult, the apocalypse and a slasher camp.

Last Updated: 11/14/2024Network: FXStatus: Continuing
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Delicate
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4.74
267 votes

#1 - Delicate

First Aired 9/21/2023

After multiple failed attempts of IVF, actress Anna Victoria Alcott wants nothing more than to start a family. As the buzz around her recent film grows, she fears that something may be targeting her and her pursuit of motherhood.

NYC
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4.93
449 votes

#2 - NYC

First Aired 10/20/2022

Mysterious deaths and disappearances ramp up in the city. Meanwhile, a doctor makes a frightening discovery, and a local reporter becomes tomorrow’s headline.

Double Feature
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5.43
562 votes

#3 - Double Feature

First Aired 8/26/2021

A struggling writer, his pregnant wife, and their daughter move to an isolated beach town for the winter. Once they're settled in, the town’s true residents begin to make themselves known.

Cult
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6.53
1130 votes

#4 - Cult

First Aired 9/6/2017

Set just after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the seventh installment follows a community torn apart by a dangerous cult leader who uses fear as a weapon.

Freak Show
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6.64
2039 votes

#5 - Freak Show

First Aired 10/9/2014

In 1952, in the quiet, sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida, a troupe of human "curiosities" has just arrived in town, coinciding with the strange emergence of a dark entity that savagely threatens the lives of townsfolk and freaks alike.

Roanoke
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6.76
1413 votes

#6 - Roanoke

First Aired 9/15/2016

After a disturbing incident, a young couple move into a seemingly perfect home built in the 18th century. However, the building's proximity to the site of the Lost Colony's disappearance and with horrific events happening at the house the couple start to sense something dark underneath the façade.

Hotel
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6.98
1678 votes

#7 - Hotel

First Aired 10/8/2015

Homicide detective John Lowe traces a series of grisly murders back to the stylish Hotel Cortez in Downtown Los Angeles and its infamous residents.

1984
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7.05
854 votes

#8 - 1984

First Aired 9/19/2019

In the summer of 1984, five friends escape Los Angeles to work as counselors at Camp Redwood. As they adjust to their new jobs, they quickly learn that the only thing scarier than campfire tales is the past coming to haunt them.

Apocalypse
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7.14
1032 votes

#9 - Apocalypse

First Aired 9/13/2018

After the nuclear apocalypse, the world’s chosen elite survive in secure Outposts created by the mysterious Cooperative. On the American West Coast, Ms. Wilhemina Venable and Ms. Miriam Mead run Outpost Three with an iron fist. The unexpected arrival of Michael Langdon, a Cooperative representative determined to save society with a secret paradise, throws their order into chaos. However, underneath the surface of humanity’s salvation lies a battlefield for the final conflict between good and evil.

Coven
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7.44
2468 votes

#10 - Coven

First Aired 10/10/2013

The few remaining Salem descendants are under assault by forces of ignorance and hate. The young witches seek refuge at Miss Robichaux's Academy in New Orleans, including new arrival, Zoe, who harbors a terrifying secret of her own. Fiona, a Supreme Witch with unimaginable powers, is determined to protect the Coven, but her obsessive quest for immortality will lead her to cross paths with a voodoo queen and a murderous slave owner cursed with eternal life.

Murder House
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8.06
3205 votes

#11 - Murder House

First Aired 10/6/2011

When the Harmon family relocates to a stately mansion in Los Angeles, disturbing secrets start enveloping each of their lives. As they slowly learn about the mysterious and deadly history of their new house, psychiatrist Ben, Vivien and their teenage daughter Violet find themselves surrounded by all manner of menacing spirits, living and dead.

Asylum
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8.20
2726 votes

#12 - Asylum

First Aired 10/18/2012

From Nazis and serial killers to mutants and aliens, no one is safe inside the walls of the Briarcliff Mental Institution. In a house of healing that is anything but, troubled nun Sister Jude rules with an iron fist and Dr Arden conducts strange experiments on the facility’s patients.