American Horror Story is a television series.
American Horror Story is an American anthology horror television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk . Described as an anthology series , each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries , following a disparate set of characters and settings , and a storyline with its own `` beginning , middle , and end . '' The first season , retroactively subtitled Murder House , takes place in Los Angeles , California , during the year 2011 and centers on a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants . American Horror Story : Murder House ( originally titled as American Horror Story ) is the first season of the FX television series American Horror Story , aired between October 5 , 2011 , through December 21 , 2011 . Evan Peters . He is known for his multiple roles on the FX anthology series American Horror Story , of which he has been a main cast member since its debut in 2011 , and his role as the mutant Quicksilver in the superhero films X-Men : Days of Future Past ( 2014 ) and X-Men : Apocalypse ( 2016 ) .