American Horror Story

Name: American Horror Story
Released: 2011
Rating: 81.05166240409207
Cast: Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Jessica Lange, Denis O'Hare

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81%

546. Best

123. Most popular

Ratings and fans

Drama / Horror / Sci-fi / Thriller

USA, (2011–2024), 100 h 14 min (Length: 34–74 min)

Creators:

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Halley Feiffer

Directed by:

Bradley Buecker, Ryan Murphy, Angela Bassett, Jeremy Podeswa, Michael Rymer, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Howard Deutch, Michael Uppendahl, Craig Zisk, Michael Lehmann, David Semel, Michael Goi, Loni Peristere, Anthony Hemingway, Jennifer Lynch, Marita Grabiak, Nelson Cragg, John Scott, Tim Hunter, Miguel Arteta, Elodie Keene, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Alexis Ostrander, Kevin R. Hershberger, Liza Johnson, Maggie Kiley, Barbara Brown, Sarah Paulson, Sheree Folkson, Rachel Goldberg, Jennifer Arnold, Evan Peters, John J. Gray, Mary Wigmore, Liz Friedlander, Axelle Carolyn, Max Winkler, Tessa Blake, Laura Belsey, Paris Barclay, Our Lady J, Jessica Yu (more)

Based on:

Ryan Murphy (book), Brad Falchuk (book), Danielle Vega (book)

Casting:

Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer

Editing:

Justin Krohn, Joe Leonard, Bradley Buecker, Adam Penn, Stewart Schill, Kaja Fehr, Robert Komatsu, Regis Kimble, Lizzy Calhoun, Micky Blythe, Chris A. Peterson, Adriaan van Zyl, John Petaja, Fabienne Bouville, Shelly Westerman, Peggy Tachdjian, Ken Ramos, Danielle Wang, Sean Aylward, Travis Weaver, Julia Franklin, Thomas Mitchell, Erick Fefferman, Lisa Trulli, Franzis Muller, Paul E. Alderman

Sound:

Vicki Lemar, Joe Earle, Andrew Spencer Dawson, Christian Buenaventura, R. Russell Smith, William Freesh, Albert Ibbotson, Kenneth Kobett, Alan Decker, Ed Carr, Gary Megregian, Jim Fitzpatrick, Sherry Klein, Marco Augusto Comba, Doug Andham, Sean McCormack, Sean Rush, Juan Cisneros

Production design:

Beth A. Rubino, Mark Worthington, Andrew Murdock, Giles Masters, Val Wilt, Chloe Arbiture, Claire Kaufman, Jeffrey Mossa, Kathryn Orlando, Brandi Kalish, Jonathan Bell, Matthew Flood Ferguson, Adam Karavatakis, Rich Murray, Jamie Walker McCall, Durell Lefler, Cynthia Anne Slagter, Laura Evans, Rachel Robb Kondrath, Mila Khalevich

Make-up:

Valerie Jackson, Dawn Victoria Dudley, David LeRoy Anderson, Melody White, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Stacy Bisel, Jack Firman, Justin Raleigh, Sarah Tanno, Frederic Aspiras, Stacey K. Black, Amy Wood, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Debra-Lee Davidson, Christopher Allen Nelson, Robert C. Mathews III, Dnelle Almanza, Taylor Bennett, Roxxi Dott, Milagros Medina-Cerdeira, Robyn Rebbe, Ahou Mofid, James MacKinnon, Thomas Floutz, Jake Garber, Analyn Cruz, Fabion Gracia, Carla Gentry Osorio, Adam Burrell, Philip Harrah

Costumes:

Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko, Lou Eyrich, Mark Zunino, Helen Huang, Sarah Evelyn, Rudy Mance, Paula Bradley, Abby Walton, Jacqueline Demeterio

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Plots(1)

American Horror Story revolves around the Harmons, a family of three who moved from Boston to Los Angeles as a means to reconcile past anguish. The all-star cast features Dylan McDermott as Ben Harmon, a psychiatrist; Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon, Ben’s wife; Taissa Farmiga as Violet, the Harmon’s teenage daughter; Jessica Lange in her first-ever regular series TV role as Constance, the Harmon’s neighbour; Evan Peters plays Tate Langdon, one of Ben’s patients; and Denis O’Hare as Larry Harvey. Guest stars for the series include Frances Conroy as the Harmon’s housekeeper; Alexandra Breckenridge as the Harmon’s housekeeper; and Jamie Brewer as Constance’s daughter. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)