American Horror Story Moments That Went Too Far

American Horror Story has been giving us the creeps for years now. Since 2011, perennial franchise favorites like Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, and Evan Peters have been horrifying us alongside a slew of seasonal guests like Lady Gaga and Kathy Bates. Nine seasons and countless unforgettable monsters and messed-up moments later, AHS has become showrunner Ryan Murphy’s longest-running series to date. Fans of horror come to the show for its disturbing imagery and nightmare-inducing monsters. But AHS is also a show filled with emotional trauma — and it’s fair to say that more than once over the years, the show has crossed the line of what we all thought was possible to air on FX.

From depictions of mass murder to multiple varieties of intense violence, AHS has run the gamut of ways to push the envelope. Sometimes the show doesn’t use these moments to push the story forward and presents them simply for shock value. Other times, the depictions are just a bit too detailed to stomach. Whatever it might be, American Horror Story has been crossing that line since day one — and here’s a look at some of the moments that went too far.