Plot
The Harmon family—Ben, Vivien, and their teenage daughter Violet—move to a restored mansion in Los Angeles hoping to start fresh after personal tragedies. However, the house is haunted by violent spirits of its past residents.
As they settle in, the Harmons experience strange and terrifying events. Ben struggles with guilt over infidelity, Vivien confronts trauma and supernatural threats, and Violet falls for Tate, a troubled young man with a dark secret. They soon discover that anyone who dies in the house becomes trapped as a ghost, making the home a purgatory of the dead.
The season mixes horror, family drama, and psychological tension, exploring themes of death, guilt, infidelity, and the consequences of past sins.
Main Cast
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Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon – Mother trying to protect her family.
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Dylan McDermott as Ben Harmon – Father struggling with infidelity and personal demons.
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Taissa Farmiga as Violet Harmon – Daughter coping with depression and romance with Tate.
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Evan Peters as Tate Langdon – Troubled teen with a deadly secret.
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Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon – Tate’s manipulative mother.
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Frances Conroy as Moira O’Hara – The house’s maid, seen differently by men and women.
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Denis O’Hare as Larry Harvey – Connected to the house’s violent history.
