Charles Melton | American Horror Stories

• Genre: Horror, Anthology
• Created by: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
• Theme music composer: César Dávila-Irizarry, Charlie Clouser
• Composer: Mac Quayle
• No. of seasons: 3
• No. of episodes: 24
• Executive producers: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Alexis Martin Woodall, John J. Gray, Loni Peristere, Manny Coto, Crystal Liu
• Producers: Susan V. McConnell, Todd Nenninger, Lou Eyrich, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Reilly Smith, Todd Kubrak
• Cinematography: Shasta Spahn
• Editors: Peggy Tachdjian, Lousine Shamamian
• Running time: 38–49 minutes
• Production companies: Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Television, 20th TelevisionNetwork: FX on Hulu
• Release: July 15, 2021–present

An anthology series of stand-alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.

"The Naughty List"

Influencers Wyatt, Zinn, Barry, and James live in a content house and have a collaborative YouTube channel, "The Bro House". Their channel begins losing subscribers after they post a video of a man jumping off a bridge. After failing to regain their popularity by queer baiting, the boys film a prank video at a mall's Santa Village where they make fun of a Mall Santa. On Christmas Eve, the boys upload the video and they get a call from a detective stating that the Santa in their video was an imposter as the real Mall Santa was found dead. The imposter Santa descends upon their house, killing Wyatt and Zinn and uploading their deaths onto the Bro House channel, along with a linked article identifying himself as the Wild Man, a minor pagan god and Satanic killer of the "naughty" after whom the legend of Santa Claus was inspired. Barry and James try to escape the house but the Wild Man shoots them down in the driveway. James is killed and Barry drags himself back into the house. Their channel reaches five million subscribers as the Wild Man pours gasoline down the chimney and sets the house and Barry on fire, who jumps into the pool to put himself out. On Christmas Day, the police find the other boys' body parts adorning their Christmas tree, as elsewhere, the Wild Man prepares to murder another Mall Santa.