What is American Horror Story?
{{Infobox television | image = American Horror Story.svg | alt = The title written in a distinctive font, white on black | genre = {{Plainlist| * [[Horror fiction|Horror]] * [[Anthology series|Anthology]] * [[Supernatural horror]] * [[Erotic thriller]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/american-horror-story-v554165|title=American Horror Story (2011)|last=Droesch|first=Paul|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114224711/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/american-horror-story-v554165|url-status=live}}</ref>}} | runtime = 37–73 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005PK56TA|title=American Horror Story 6 Seasons 2011|work=Amazon.com|access-date=July 24, 2016|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114224710/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005PK56TA|url-status=live}}</ref> | theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist| * Cesar Davila-Irizarry * [[Charlie Clouser]] * Mac Quayle}} | composer = {{Plainlist| * [[James S. Levine]] * Mac Quayle}} | creator = {{Plainlist| * [[Ryan Murphy (writer)|Ryan Murphy]] * [[Brad Falchuk]]}} | location = {{Plainlist| * [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] {{small|({{abbr|s.|Seasons}} 1–2, 5–6, 8-10)}} * [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] {{small|({{abbr|s.|Seasons}} 3–4, 8)}} * [[Santa Clarita, California]] {{small|({{abbr|s.|Season}} 6, 9)}} * [[Orange, California]] {{small|({{abbr|s.|Season}} 7)}} * [[Burbank, California]] {{small|({{abbr|s.|Season}} 8)}} }} | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 12<!-- Do not change season count until a new season has premiered.--> | num_episodes = <onlyinclude>132</onlyinclude><!-- Do not change episode count until a new episode has aired.--> | list_episodes = List of American Horror Story episodes | starrin