American Horror Story
This report covers the full series run of American Horror Story (Seasons 1-13). An anthology horror series rated TV-MA across its entire run, each season delivers extreme violence, graphic gore, explicit sexual content, and repeated depictions of sexual violence, all designed to shock and disturb adult viewers.
Sexual violenceExplicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideHarm to childrenHarm to animalsPregnancy & infant lossMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuseFlashing lights
Episodes to know about
A woman is raped by an intruder she believes to be her husband; the scene is staged in a fetishized context and is disturbing in tone.
A flashback depicts a school shooting in which a teenager guns down 15 fellow students; shown in graphic detail.
A teenage girl's suicide attempt and its aftermath are depicted; her dead body is shown in a state of decomposition.