Was it ever confirmed why Moira aged and was old looking during the show but others not? I understand she could change how people viewed her, but why would she choose the older version of herself?

For me it's the first appearance of the witches in S8, accompanied by "She's a Rainbow". It gives me full-body chills. What is it for you?

Try to prove me wrong

I never noticed this until now, several rewatches later.

We learn that the death of Benjis mother is likely the reason for the curse, because of all her hate when she died.

Bobby died prior to her.

Why exactly is he still there as a ghost, when the curse was apparently only activated afterwards?

I mean It makes for an emotional ending, but it makes no sense according to the setup.

My favourite season is freakshow with the amazing plot and characters, amazing vibe and ending and I love Asylum as well. But I've finished Roanoak and started Cult and the show had such a down grade, makes me sad to see hoe a great show like AHS became so political not in a good way, just dont feel the same tbh

Do these scenes have graphic nudity are they long and disturbing

Just finished season 1, what a fucked up show lol

I feel like this is one of the least praised actors in American horror story in my opinion she is one of the best.. hands down she does not let her disabilities overcome her acting abilities. She nails it every time she should be an inspiration to everybody I know she definitely inspires me

I have a question about Queenie and her powers. During the last episode of Coven - The Seven Wonders - we see that Queenie fails to bring Zoe back from the dead during the test, but I’m confused about this. Literally one episode before this Queenie brings back Misty. Does anyone know why this is? How did she suddenly lose that power. At first I thought it might have been Cordelia who brought Misty back, since she was standing next to Queenie when it happened, but they don’t explain this. Just curious 😇

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For context, my first brush with the show was in 2016 as a preteen watching Murder House. I didn't see anything else until in 2021 watching 1984. Then I found my favorite in 2022 watching Freakshow. Finished Red Tide for last year's Halloween. Watched Roanoke this summer and thought it was fucking awesome. So for all that time between 2016 and October 2024 I had only known about Hotel, Coven, Asylum, Cult, Death Valley, NYC, and Apocalypse through people's interpretations and memes. But after seeing all of them this year for the first time... Asylum, Coven+Apocalypse, Hotel, Cult, and NYC... I've got some new favorites floating around.

Hotel was the first I saw during this binge. Took me a couple of episodes to give a shit, but in time I was rooting for Wes Bentley as he seemed to be the only sane / non-murderous character (which we later found out to be a fluke). I disliked how everyone became a vampire or a ghost killed by a vampire by the end of the season. I also disliked the inclusion of the vampire baby plot point just to be forgotten about. But I really liked the visuals / aesthetic of the season, got some dark romance-esque thriller vibes, and I think that's where Hotel shines. I would've liked it much more with less focus on vampires and more focus on the darkness of the Hotel and the ghosts within and JPM.

Coven... holy hell. I didn't see myself sitting down for the full duration of an all-girls season, but soon found myself doing exactly that. Loved the Stevie Nicks inclusion. Loved the Minotaur inclusion. This may be Sarah Paulson's best performance next to Red Tide. I couldn't find much I disliked about the season - but it could've been much shorter. I paired Apocalypse with this season and watched them back to back... and honestly, I skipped through the first 5 episodes. I just wanted to see the witches in their full glory again. And it was amazing, their face-off with the Antichrist was badass. It was also nice to see the seasons of Murder House and Coven tied together in what felt like a penultimate conclusion (though the ending kinda reverted that magic).

Death Valley - I'll keep it short and sweet - Neal McDonough is the highlight of the season. I like 50s political sci-fi thrillers in the same vein of Them! 1954 so this was a nice watch. I like the concepts of aliens breeding with humans to achieve perfection or peak species plot bullshit, I don't know why they'd think we're the prime species for mating but nonetheless we've seen it in Alien so it felt like more of the same. The rumors are true - the teenage segments of the season bring it down.

NYC, I cried for the entire second half of the finale. This was much less horror-focused and more so American-focused, making it an easily digestible season for a casual. I personally found myself being more infatuated with this season, binging it much faster than any other season. This was the most emotional season since Freakshow IMO.

ASYLUM. What a 10 out of fucking 10. This is like a mix of Overlord, Exorcist 3, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I absolutely loved Sister Jude's arc here and her crisis of faith in both religion and in the institution. I loved Dr. Arden and his quest for the pure woman being so violently shaken. Like Coven, couldn't find much I disliked - except for Lana Winters shooting Bloody Face 2. In my headcanon she's much more forgiving and goes the length to rehabilitate Johnny. I also accept the theoretical ending that Lana left the asylum as fast as she came, never met Bloody Face and instead made it all up for her book.

For now, my top 5 looks like - Freak Show, Murder House, Cult, NYC, and 1984. Asylum sits just outside of that ranking and is gonna fight for the 5th spot until I rewatch 84.

I would also like to note this - the seasons that had much less of a focus on the supernatural and much more of a focus on humans/humanity - NYC, Cult, Freakshow, and Asylum (to an extent, barring all the Sister Mary Eunice stuff) - were much more impactful and emotional than the ones filled with ghosts and demons. The true American horror is being in a country that couldn't care if you lived or died because of your affiliations (gay, liberal, disabled, mentally ill). The way authority was allowed to toss those groups around like trash is genuinely saddening, but I'm appreciative to the show creators and showrunners for taking a risk by simply shining a light on these issues in such a popular media (considering AHS is the most popular horror TV show next to The Walking Dead and Supernatural).

My pick is Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. What’s yours?

I know the obvious answer being she went off the deep end and killed Grace, but Kit seems oddly okay with his living wife/love being sent to a place he fought to escape from. And while I don’t think she was justified in her murder, she was traumatized and felt it was necessary to protect herself and the babies. Kit has arguably covered up or overlooked worse, so it feels uncharacteristic that he would get her sent to such a horrible place.

Moira is desperate for her body to be found and removed from the premises, so that she can move on.

But the overwhelming majority of all victims' bodies don't remain on the house's lot.

So is Moira just desperately hoping that removing her body will free her, even though the house won't ever let her go? Or is she correct that removing a body can free the ghost, but the ghosts are too stuck in their "eternal today" to realize that they could leave?

What moments across all the current seasons really stuck with you in that they were significantly disturbing?

For me, two of them come from my favorite season: Freakshow. Adding spoilers on some to be safe.

! Ma Petite being slowly asphyxiated and crushed !<

The bearded lady giving birth on the side of the road as part of an attraction.

The nail gun scene from Cult and the human sacrifice from the satan worshippers in Apocalypse are high up there for me as well.

EDIT: have to add the torture of Shelley in Asylum and Elsa’s snuff film in Freakshow, both incredibly gruesome and soul crushing.

i’m just curious

unpopular opinion: i love roanoke i’ve seen a lot of people in the fan base shit talk this season but it’s one of my faves