Every Season of American Horror Story Ranked

ALL 10 SEASONS OF 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY' RANKED FROM BEST TO WORST

From ‘Asylum’ to ‘Coven,’ see which Ryan Murphy spooktacular takes the top spot.

xactly a decade ago, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and FX Networks debuted American Horror Story, a spooky little series that ushered in a fresh era of horror on TV while also setting the scene for the newly-defined “anthology” series. Recycling a sprawling cast of recognizable Hollywood names to play brand new characters in a brand new story every year? Groundbreaking.

At its best, AHS could be exhilarating, whether delivering on true spooks as it did in its inaugural Murder House season or gleeful camp as it did in the recent 1984. Either way, the show’s success hinges on the talent of its cast (which helped the career resurgences of industry icons like Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, and Sarah Paulson), the cleverness of its writing (so many one-liners), and the sheer bizarreness of its plotting (you want someone with a literal killer sex drive to have a threesome with two ghosts, you’ve got it). The show has wavered in quality over time but has never fully lost audience attention, still showing signs of life ten years on. So in honor of Halloween (and the currently airing Double Feature), NYLON ranked all ten seasons of the hit.

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