10 Most Disturbing American Horror Story Episodes

6. “Return To Murder House” – Season 8, Episode 6

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Who can forget the spectacularly horrid finale of American Horror Story Season One? Few shows have the gumption it takes to kill off almost every character from the season like some quasi-soap-opera bloodbath, but for AHS it’s a pretty standard affair. Who, then, would suspect that a whopping seven seasons later the show would revisit that carnage?

American Horror Story Season Eight’s return to the sadistic setting of Season One boasts ghosts, murder, and a generous helping of Satanists. Seeking to uncover the mystery that surrounds the malicious Michael Langdon, witch and warlock Madison Montgomery and Behold Chablis make good on this episode’s title and return to the murder house in which Michael was born. Once there, the pair engage with the spirits of the house and learn of Michael’s gruesome history.

Squeamish viewers beware because Return to Murder House boasts a myriad of flashbacks which act as a highlight reel of Michael’s most violent kills. Not only does he kill an innocent nanny and priest, but he also murders two newcomers to the house and permanently expels their ghosts. The cherry on top of the evil sundae, however, is his mutilation of the poor ghost of the Black Dahlia. Michael is the Antichrist after all, so what else would you expect?

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