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Naomi Grossman and Jyoti Amge in American Horror Story (2011)

Parents guide

Monsters Among Us

American Horror Story

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Moderate
  • Violence & Gore:
    Severe
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Severe

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
6 of 15 found this moderate
A character discusses virginity and masturbation with the conjoined twins, and asks if 'Anyone has tasted their cherry pie'.
A couple make out, the girl pulls the boy's hand to her breast. No nudity.
A male character hires himself out to give sexual pleasure to a group of females. No nudity is seen though it is very obvious what is happening.
There is a smut film being played, which shows freaks having sex with each other, and one girl is particularly stoned in the film.

Violence & Gore

Severe
8 of 11 found this severe
A woman lies dead on the floor, likely from a slit throat. Quite a lot of blood.
A character knocks two characters out. One of them wakes up and sees the other being stabbed, very brutally in the stomach and chest. Very bloody.
A character is stabbed but is not shown.
A husband and wife are stabbed to death.
A character kills her mother, and is later seen stabbing herself. Bloody.
A character bites a live chicken's head off. Lots of blood seen.
A character slits a detective's throat. Blood seen.
Many characters hack at the detective's body. Very bloody.

Profanity

Mild
6 of 10 found this mild
"Bitch" is heard a few times.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
4 of 7 found this mild
A character is seen multiple times smoking a cigarette.
A woman is drugged, and raped by a male character.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
6 of 8 found this severe
The main villain is a psycho clown that kills people, and his costume and manner is very frightening.
A clown walks up to a couple whilst they're having a picnic, kills the boyfriend, and kidnaps the girlfriend.
The same clown sneaks into a family's home, kills the father who was awake to get a drink, kills the mother in her sleep, and kidnaps the child.
There is a shot of a carousel running, in the middle of the night, then a clown appears sitting on the horse, and it is very creepy and disturbing.
The scene building up to seeing the conjoined twins could be seen as scary, as it's quite eerily-shot.
A character gets upset and scare a young boy and a girl in cages. He throws things at them and jumps at their cages to frighten them.
"American Horror Story: Freak Show" is a very dark and scary season.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • R18+2015
  • Brazil
    • 18
  • Canada
    • 18+
  • Finland
    • K-18
  • Germany
    • 16
    • 18
  • Indonesia
    • 21+
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Mexico
    • C
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • Philippines
    • R-16Season 2-present
  • Russia
    • 18+
  • Thailand
    • 20
  • Turkey
    • 18+
  • United Kingdom
    • 15
  • United States
    • TV-MA

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