American Horror Story

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Season 6
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 5, 2011
Season #: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 305 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 213 out of 305
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 305
  3. Negative: 58 out of 305
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  1. ChecheB
    Nov 19, 2016
    2
    My wife and I must be missing something. We are huge AHS fans but this season was a disaster. All over the place with the twists and turns and none of them very compelling. We didn't find this season suspenseful, scary or captivating. There was no emotional attachment to any character. To us this is now 2 subpar seasons in a row. It's time for Ryan Murphy to get back to basics and developMy wife and I must be missing something. We are huge AHS fans but this season was a disaster. All over the place with the twists and turns and none of them very compelling. We didn't find this season suspenseful, scary or captivating. There was no emotional attachment to any character. To us this is now 2 subpar seasons in a row. It's time for Ryan Murphy to get back to basics and develop characters we can care about and build a story that flows well from start to finish. Dig out the Coven/Asylum recipe and deliver a fulfilling season.… Expand
  2. StaticNomad
    Nov 16, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've watched seasons 1-4 and loved them. I was most fond of season 3, and season 4 got a touch creepy for me but kept it interesting. I skipped season 5 altogether because I am NOT a Lady Gaga fan and had no desire to indulge in her attempt at acting. I have read I was not sorry I missed it. When season 6 did so well with their teaser trailers and adverts, I was intrigued to see what they had in store. A series of horror stories? Like maybe things told around a campfire...similar to the days of Crypt Keeper's Tales from the Crypt? I was excited because it was looking more and more like this is what they had in store. When episode 1 started, I was grabbed by the suspense and wanted to see more. By episode 6, I was happy with the ending and ready for a new story. When episode 7 started, I literally blurted out, "what in the holy f*** is this s***???!?" because it turned into a stupid reality show recap of the show that was enacted about a true false story by actors. Confused? Yeah...it gets worse. MUCH worse. Next thing you know, [SPOILER ALERT!!!!] everyone is dead, including the fake production team, the fake real actors of the real fake actors of the true fake story, and then a fake court hearing on the true fake story of Lee. Then another talk show that has one of the ladies that was a real fake actor on the re-enactment of the true fake story, but isn't actually her...instead she is now some big time talk show host getting a scoop on Lee's story. Then it turns into Lee finding out her daughter, Flora, is missing, and one of the crazy hillbilly's is shooting up the place with an assault rifle. But instead of Lee dying there, she gets to live on, because this f***ery of a mess isn't done playing itself out. No. Instead, hillbilly gets shot up by security, and Lee goes on back to the house to find her daughter. But not before bumping into the Spirit Chasers. Oh, FFS....you've GOT to be kidding me. NOW...we have ANOTHER fake reality show that is covering the true fake story of the real fake actors that died and the fake real actors that died too, and their spirits are there supposedly. In the end...everyone, again, dies. This time, Lee talks her daughter into living while Lee will let the little pilgrim ghost girl kill Lee so she can be her afterlife Mommy and protect her from the butcher. The end,

    If you didn't follow a single bit of that BS...don't worry. It was hard, VERY hard, for my entire family to follow. It was such a tangled mess of WTF is going on NOW? That even my husband stood up in the middle of the show and said, "Ok. I'm done. This is just...yeah. Have fun." And he went to bed.

    Seriously. Seriously......very deeply seriously disappointing. Ryan Murphy should have taken this roll of film out to the pasture and set it on fire. Wow.... If there's an AHS 7? I'm out. No way will I waste my time on that. They, apparently, ran out of juice for good material around season 4. *sigh*    … Expand
  3. J71121
    Nov 17, 2016
    0
    This season was a loss! I hate reality tv. I watched the whole thing feeling obligated to. I was disappointed from the first episode and it only got worse with each new episode. Only positive thing is that its over. I hope they get back to making it great next season. Was one of my favorite shows. If next season is this bad, i will not waste my time watching.
  4. DD85
    Nov 18, 2016
    0
    Very bad! You know as they teased us with all those fake trailers which had everyone waiting to see what the big deal was with season 6. Man was I disappointed from the very start! I had high hopes for episode 6 THE BIG TWIST! Crap just crap like really the whole season was just so bad. If they move on to season 7 I hope they get there crap together and make it a good season or they lostVery bad! You know as they teased us with all those fake trailers which had everyone waiting to see what the big deal was with season 6. Man was I disappointed from the very start! I had high hopes for episode 6 THE BIG TWIST! Crap just crap like really the whole season was just so bad. If they move on to season 7 I hope they get there crap together and make it a good season or they lost me watching cause I won’t stick around for another bad season!… Expand
  5. SHKNasm
    Nov 1, 2016
    3
    IMO this is the worst season yet! Devoid of what ive loved about the AHS series is the imagination, creativity and in some cases historic references in the storylines...But not season 6! Nope....they miss the mark on all counts...So much gratuitous carnage so predictably served up.....Snore....so unsophisticated, unimaginative, predictable and lazily written.... The writers called thisIMO this is the worst season yet! Devoid of what ive loved about the AHS series is the imagination, creativity and in some cases historic references in the storylines...But not season 6! Nope....they miss the mark on all counts...So much gratuitous carnage so predictably served up.....Snore....so unsophisticated, unimaginative, predictable and lazily written.... The writers called this one in for sure! The only reason I keep watching is for the performances by the very talented actors. If youre planning a season 7, Please get NEW writers?? Thanks… Expand
  6. Acksees
    Sep 26, 2016
    3
    This has been truly diabolical two episodes in. Despite the new format this still feels very stale. Just ripping off other stuff all the time.....but worst of all, the way characters act is just utterly unbelievable....when the sister brought the kid back to the house i realised that the creators were taking the audience for fools.
  7. chillchaser
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    Well, I never thought I'd get into hate-watching, but this season's AHS has made me understand why people do it. At this point (episode 5?) I gotta admit that there are laughs aplenty to be had--from the general pretentiousness of the whole thing down to little 'acting' details (eg. Rabe's teary delivery.) The framing device continues to constipate the narrative flow, and what I assumeWell, I never thought I'd get into hate-watching, but this season's AHS has made me understand why people do it. At this point (episode 5?) I gotta admit that there are laughs aplenty to be had--from the general pretentiousness of the whole thing down to little 'acting' details (eg. Rabe's teary delivery.) The framing device continues to constipate the narrative flow, and what I assume are important lines of dialogue are often totally lost, either because of use of the various hokey accents or purely technical incompetence (yes, I mean you, Mr. Sound Engineer.) The gross-out factor seems to be getting more & more play as we go along, & I suppose that's not a bad thing compared to having to watch Matt, Shelby & Co. go their totally preposterous, helpless way (again and again!) or trying to take Kathy Bates seriously as she keeps topping her own over-the-top handling of 'The Butcher,' mouthing lines that she surely knows are laughable and in an accent that makes them doubly so. I suppose all the Evan Peters groupies are ecstatic now that he has finally arrived - something I'd welcome myself if he weren't so juvenile in a role that calls for greater maturity (the same problem he had in 'Hotel') and so summer-stock sounding with all that Brit overlay on his lines. As for Doris Kearns Goodwin, I never quite bought into her being 'rehabilitated' after the plagiarism scandal; and now I see that's she's really just a ho.… Expand
  8. melhudspeth1
    Sep 15, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I actually thought this was awful! I stopped watching "AHS" in the middle of the 3rd season. I was excited for this season though due to all the teasers and such. I was SO disappointed! The whole "mockumentary" crap can go away. Just wasn't scary to me at all. Very boring.… Expand
  9. reviewfrom19842
    Mar 4, 2017
    2
    American Horror Story Roanoke gets worse every time you think about it. This season was so dull and boring. The acting is still good the story is **** these actors really need to stop wasting there talent on this because they could do so much better. I would rather watch Hotel even know it is worst then this at least it has it's moments and is entertaining. That ending was f ucking s hit.American Horror Story Roanoke gets worse every time you think about it. This season was so dull and boring. The acting is still good the story is **** these actors really need to stop wasting there talent on this because they could do so much better. I would rather watch Hotel even know it is worst then this at least it has it's moments and is entertaining. That ending was f ucking s hit. Horrible season… Expand
  10. marco34la
    Sep 15, 2016
    1
    This series had ONE amazing season -- that was Season 1. Season 2 sucked, S3 was average, S4
    and S5 were unwatchable... and Season 6 is shaping up to be as bad as the last two. Again, the first season was groundbreaking, intriguing, mysterious with a great feveloped characters and storylines. Unfortunately this series has turned into "let's throw everything into it including the kitchen    This series had ONE amazing season -- that was Season 1. Season 2 sucked, S3 was average, S4
    and S5 were unwatchable... and Season 6 is shaping up to be as bad as the last two. Again, the first season was groundbreaking, intriguing, mysterious with a great feveloped characters and storylines. Unfortunately this series has turned into "let's throw everything into it including the kitchen sink" and it's lost any sense of feeling like a solid show and instead feels like an over-the-top caricature of itself. Such a shame. RIP AHS    … Expand
  11. Seppo
    Nov 18, 2016
    0
    This may be the most boring, silly series I have ever seen. I thought that Hotel was so much fun. There was no sense of irony. No sense of detail. Kids with helmets with stupid random stickers, not one redeemable character. So silly Boo, Ryan. The finale was tedious, I can't believe I stuck with it.
  12. hels228
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! WHATTHEF*CK AHS?
    I have no other words but sh*t!
    HORROR? WHERE IS A HORROR? AMERICAN HORROR STORY - EVOLUTION OR DEGRADATION? DEGRADATION AND 6th SEASON IS SH*T
  13. edteach
    Sep 29, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last season I thought was the worst. I now adjust this to this season. Its nothing but a hollyweird rant against Trump. Such a POS show. Hollyweird can not come up with crap worth watching any more. They have collectively lost their mind. The show is all about being anit right not about horror. The scary part is how bad this crap is.… Expand
  14. ozymandias79
    Apr 24, 2018
    3
    This was watchable until the end. The paranormal witness style format was interesting, and then the reality TV arc started, and the series went downhill fast. When they recycled Sarah Paulson within the same series, I switched off.
  15. jackaz15
    Oct 11, 2018
    3
    AHS Roanoke had an original approach and plenty of grisly diversions, but its misguided new format produced a snafu stuffed with contrived narratives, cluttered execution, and incompetent acting. (3/10)
  16. 15MaxCharacters
    Dec 4, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The whole thing just reminds me of people taking selfies. I groaned when I found our what Episode 6 had in store. Ok....a tv show about a tv show. But then it did it again. Stop already!!!!… Expand
  17. Colokat5
    Jun 28, 2017
    3
    I have loved all 5 of the previous American Horror Story-this One-Not So Much! Was terribly difficult to follow and get into, and that never changed. Finally quit watching it after 9 episodes. Figure I gave it a good try and just wasn't going to happen for me.
  18. JefferyLeon
    Mar 6, 2018
    2
    Written by subversive rats to denigrate whites every chance they get; Interracial couple and denigrating hillbillies/white people in general is a good indication that it's written by those who are programming the "goyim" to accept the opposite of reality and hate/betray their own people...."inspired by true stories"...just like all the other "based on true stories" by subversive rodents,Written by subversive rats to denigrate whites every chance they get; Interracial couple and denigrating hillbillies/white people in general is a good indication that it's written by those who are programming the "goyim" to accept the opposite of reality and hate/betray their own people...."inspired by true stories"...just like all the other "based on true stories" by subversive rodents, "based" off a true story.....very loosely "based"....overly embellished stories....race traitors do not get my support, and subversive "Chosenites" deserve worse than a bad review.… Expand
  19. Mn00030
    Feb 20, 2020
    0
    My roaoke nightmare..horrible. why did you stray from the story lines like previous seasons? It put a bad light on AHS characters. Bummer

Awards & Rankings

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#76 Best TV Season of 2016
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#21 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016
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#68 Most Shared TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Sep 15, 2016
    60
    My Roanoke Nightmare is a fascinating new direction in that mission. We’re not sure quite yet if we’re applauding the new direction; to be quite honest, we found the premiere to be so heavy on explanation that we were slightly bored.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Spencer Kornhaber
    Sep 15, 2016
    80
    None of it innovated on horror tradition--echoes of The Blair Witch Project, The Hills Have Eyes, and The Amityville Horror abounded--but the creep-outs were executed with careful timing and visual flair. The documentary aspect and the limited cast size thus far has also offered convincing, grounded characterization of the leads--and more importantly, characterization of their relationships.
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  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Sep 15, 2016
    80
    A lot of this was great fun. ... The grace notes the show allowed itself--the witty depiction of Shelby as a bougie yoga lover who likes her evening glass of wine maybe a little too much, the unapologetic plot holes that garishly remind you that yes, this is a horror story--were actually allowed to resonate, rather than being muffled by too much too-muchness.
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