Parents need to know that American Horror Story's content is designed to shock, and you can expect a variety of scary, disturbing, and graphic scenes that include strong language, sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and extreme violence. Each season of the show is set in a different place and time: a hotel, a school for witches, a secluded house, a circus, the apocalypse, the 1980s. Some settings may disturb viewers more than others. Audible swearing ranges from "s--t" to "c--ksucker," and scenes of sex and masturbation include partial nudity (mostly buttocks), as well as bondage, sexual violence, and more. There are rape scenes in several seasons; one notorious one involves a supernatural rape. There's also a gang rape and one with aspects of bestiality and incest. Sudden and shocking incidents involve blood and both real and supernatural violence, including acid attacks, amputations, shock therapy, high school shootings, vampirism, and cannibalism. Animals are killed, with realistic bodies shown. There's also imagery related to drinking and drugs: injections, snorting cocaine, smoking pot.