Every American Horror Story Season Ranked From Worst To Best

9. Roanoke

The seventh season of American Horror Story took on a completely different concept to any other story that the show had told before. Based around the disappearance of a Roanoke colony from the 1580s, the ten episodes are split into two distinct halves.

The first half of the season is depicted as a documentary surrounding the tragic story of Matt and Shelby Miller, with interviews and re-enactments. The second half completely splits off from this format, as the actual people and their re-enactment counterparts are put in the house together.

It is certainly an interesting concept, and unlike anything the show had tackled before. While it is not necessarily a bad season, it felt like something was lacking, and as the season was winding to a close it became tougher to watch.

Lady Gaga returned after a triumphant debut in Hotel in an appearance that couldn’t have been further from her brilliant performance as the Countess. There were very few, if any, really memorable performances at all, particularly when compared to what American Horror Story has given us in the past. Sarah Paulson’s appearance as Lana Winters in the final episode was a nice touch, but not enough to save an underwhelming season.