American Horror Stories season 2 finds it way onto screens later this summer.

Following a 2021 debut, this anthological offshoot from American Horror Story (each episode depicts a new, hair-raising situation with a different cast) clearly did enough viewing numbers for Hulu to pick it up for a second time.

Via The Wrap, we now know that Thursday, July 21 is the date it'll return.

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Reviewing the first four entries in American Horror Stories, Digital Spy argued: "As is often the case with American Horror Story, there's no such thing as subtlety here. And depending on how you look at it, good writing and good acting seems to be a tad lacking as well.

"Rotten Tomatoes isn't the be-all and end-all of criticism by any means, but it's rather telling that the spin-off has been rated far lower than the main show by critics and users alike – 33% and 48% respectively at the time of writing. In comparison, American Horror Story's least popular season is Hotel, which comes in at 64% with critics.

"Four episodes in, that's pretty damning, but – and hear us out here – what if American Horror Stories is supposed to be bad? Even the very best episodes of American Horror Story are chaos incarnate, veering wildly between genuine scares and camp hilarity."

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As well as his American Story empire, Murphy still has Stephen King adaptation Mr Harrigan's Phone bubbling away somewhere.

Let's hope we soon get a release date for that too.

American Horror Story airs on FX in the US and Disney+ in the UK. Catch up on series 1-8 on Netflix, with seasons 1-9 available to buy on Amazon Prime Video.

American Horror Story: Murder House
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American Horror Story: Asylum
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American Horror Story: Coven
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American Horror Story: Freak Show
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American Horror Story: Hotel
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American Horror Story: Roanoke
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American Horror Story: Cult
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse
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American Horror Story: 1984
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