American Horror Story

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Season 8
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 5, 2011
Season #: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 133 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 133
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 133
  3. Negative: 19 out of 133
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  1. jackaz15
    Oct 11, 2018
    6
    Apocalypse crutches on lousy characters, corny melodrama, and an inconsistent tone, but the show’s eighth installment does not disappoint once crossover aspects are introduced with AHS’s most compelling story in years.
  2. heyjuice12
    Nov 14, 2018
    4
    After all the hype for this season I was very disappointed. Just didn't capture my attention like previous seasons. Of course I love the cast but the actual story itself wasn't good.
  3. NeuroShock
    Nov 19, 2018
    5
    Spoiler-Free Entire Season Review.
    After watching the entire season….(people who rate shows without watching the entire season have no depth and right to comment on any series with a realistic authority).
    The poor writing of the show comes from the excessive amounts of characters, too many boring flashbacks, and a lack of focus. While it was nice to see past characters come back, too    Spoiler-Free Entire Season Review.
    After watching the entire season….(people who rate shows without watching the entire season have no depth and right to comment on any series with a realistic authority).

    The poor writing of the show comes from the excessive amounts of characters, too many boring flashbacks, and a lack of focus. While it was nice to see past characters come back, too many characters detracted from any meaningful character development for the sake of pandering to what results in lackluster fan service.

    Normally when actors play multiple roles in the AHS series it is done respectably but here it just clashes with believability and comes off as excessively superfluous. The worst offender of this season, is regrettably, Sarah Paulson who was forcibly shoved into every episode. For me… I can accept actors playing multiple roles when they are brief side roles but here Sarah Paulson plays 2 MAIN roles and a few minor roles which horribly stood-out. Peter Evens was criminally underused this season.    … Expand
  4. Felindie
    Jul 16, 2019
    6
    I had high hopes about this one, but the season never reached the climax, I was hoping for much more.

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Sep 13, 2018
    80
    Vignettes of people reacting to the world’s end carried more emotional heft than Horror Story is known for, and the depravity that follows doomsday is, as depicted here, suitably chilling. Yet at the same time, we’re watching Leslie Grossman shriek hilariously entitled freakouts and Joan Collins purr sassy one-liners while a Ryan Murphy-approved troupe of impeccably bone-structured twinks preen in fabulous clothes (and occasionally without!). It’s fun!
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Sep 13, 2018
    50
    I call the premiere of American Horror Story: Apocalypse "silly," but that's hardly the worst thing in the world. The fast-moving pre-credit sequence, directed by Bradley Buecker against a deceptively sunny Los Angeles backdrop, was packed with malevolent chuckles.
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  3. Collider
    Reviewed by: Haleigh Foutch
    Sep 13, 2018
    60
    It’s the end of the world and American Horror Story is back with a bang, it’s just too early to tell if there’s any real structure worth sticking around for after the the shock and awe.
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