Why American Horror Stories Is So Important To The AHS Franchise

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The 2011 series American Horror Story has continually grown in popularity with each season that’s released, especially after it became available on streaming platforms. Of course, with popular shows tend to come movies or spin-off shows, and that point is no different for the AHS franchise.

The show made it to ten seasons before a spin-off series was released. The first season of American Horror Stories was unlike other spin-off shows though. Not only did it explore the same world as the original series, but also filled the plot holes and unfulfilled expectations of the original.

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The beauty of the entire concept that the AHS franchise is founded on is what allows the series to have so many seasons and spin-off storylines, without running out of interesting plot points. Partly, that is because the series follows a lot of true-to-life stories and details, but also because it examines the many faces of evil.

Part of what makes American Horror Story so impressive is how it always finds a way to reflect the problematic behaviors of people in a creative and enlightening fashion. Fans of the show know that the message behind the series is that people tend to be the real monsters, not the beings commonly accused of such horrors. Furthermore, the show humanizes the “monsters” that have long made up the folklore and tales that have given us nightmares for centuries. Oftentimes, those deemed monsters were usually just individuals that were somehow different, and thus were targeted for suspicion and mistreatment. We certainly see this in characters like the ghosts and witches.

Of course, because the anthology series falls into the horror genre, there has to be a monster — and if