List of American Horror Story cast members
"American Horror Story" (sometimes abbreviated as "AHS") is an American horror anthology television series co-created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own beginning, middle, and end. However, Murphy has stated that all of the seasons are and will be connected by the end of the series. Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events. The first season, retroactively subtitled "", takes place in Los Angeles, California, during  2011, and centers on a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants. The second season, subtitled "", takes place in Massachusetts, during 1964, and follows the stories of the patients and staff of an institution for the criminally insane. The third season, subtitled "", takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, during 2013, and follows a coven of witches who face off against those who wish to destroy them. The fourth season, subtitled "", takes place in Jupiter, Florida, during 1952, and focuses on one of the last remaining American freak shows and their struggle for survival. The fifth  season, subtitled "", takes place in Los Angeles, California, during 2015, and focuses on the staff and guests of a supernatural hotel. The sixth season, subtitled "", takes place in North Carolina, during 2014–2016, and focuses on the paranormal events that take place at an isolated farmhouse haunted by the deceased Roanoke colony. The seventh season, subtitled "", takes place in the fictional suburb of Brookfield Heights, Michigan, during 2017, and centers on a cult terrorizing the residents in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The eighth season, subtitled "", features the return of the witches from "Coven" as they battle the  Antichrist from "Murder House" in an attempt to prevent the apocalypse. The ninth season, subtitled "", takes place outside of Los Angeles, California, during the titular year, 1984, and focuses on a group of young staff members at a summer camp getting ready to reopen after a massacre. The tenth season, "", is split into two stories; the first half, "Red Tide", centres around a screenwriter who moves to Provincetown, Massachusetts with his family for the winter; the second half, "Death Valley", revolves around an alien invasion of the United States and the response of the U.S. government. In January 2020, FX  renewed the series for three more seasons. Some characters have appeared in multiple seasons: Pepper (Naomi Grossman) was the first, appearing in "Freak Show" after having appeared in "Asylum". "Hotel", "Roanoke", and "Cult" also had characters from previous seasons making appearances. As a crossover between "Murder House" and "Coven", several characters from those two seasons reappeared in "Apocalypse".