American Horror Stories

The episode 'Drive In' (Season 1, Episode 3) depicts 'mass violence' where audience members attack and devour one another after watching a cursed film. Characters Kelley and Chad confront the film's director, Larry Bitterman, with Kelley shooting him in the kneecaps and leaving him for dead as his trailer burns. In 'Bloody Mary' (Season 2, Episode 1), the 'Wild Man,' a pagan god, murders characters Wyatt and Zinn, uploading their deaths online. He later shoots Barry and James, killing James, and sets the house ablaze. Police later find body parts 'adorning their Christmas tree.'

In 'Rubber (Wo)man' (Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2), Scarlett is shown masturbating and later shares 'violent sexual desires' with her ghostly girlfriend, Ruby. The premiere episode features a scene with two high schoolers making out, where the male character repeatedly attempts to grab the female's crotch without permission, and later, male characters discuss using 'fear' to make a woman 'aroused and opens her up to having sex,' illustrating themes of sexual coercion and disrespect.

In an episode involving Tipper Gore (likely 'The Naughty List'), the film director Larry Bitterman screams 'SHE'S A BITCH' at her after his movie is pulled, demonstrating intense and disrespectful language. The TV-MA rating for the series explicitly includes 'strong language' as a content descriptor.

In 'Bloody Mary' (Season 2, Episode 1), the antagonist is revealed to be 'the Wild Man, a minor pagan god and Satanic killer of the 'naughty',' indicating the presence of occult figures. The broader 'American Horror Story' universe, which the spin-off is part of, features demons, such as the 'Addiction Demon' which punishes individuals for their vices, and characters like Ms. Mead who claims 'religious freedom' for 'satanic rituals' and is the 'mother figure of the Anti-Christ.'

The episode 'Drive In' features a cursed film that causes its audience to engage in mass hysteria, violently attacking and devouring one another, creating a chaotic and terrifying scene. In 'Bloody Mary,' the gruesome discovery of body parts 'adorning their Christmas tree' after the 'Wild Man' murders multiple characters provides highly disturbing imagery and intense horror.

In an episode, the film director Larry Bitterman physically assaults and verbally abuses Tipper Gore, screaming 'SHE'S A BITCH' at her in response to her role in censorship, demonstrating extreme disrespect toward a public figure and authority. Additionally, a scene in the premiere shows a male high schooler gaslighting and slut-shaming a female peer for not consenting to his advances, with his friends discouraging respectful behavior and suggesting 'fear' as a tool for sexual arousal, normalizing highly disrespectful and coercive attitudes.