Which creepy television series on FX starred Lady Gaga as a bloodsucking hotel owner?

The creepy FX television series starring Lady Gaga as a bloodsucking hotel owner is American Horror Story. Gaga played Elizabeth Johnson, better known as the Countess, in the anthology’s fifth season, American Horror Story: Hotel, which premiered in 2015.

The Countess owns and rules the Hotel Cortez in Los Angeles. She maintains her youthful appearance by drinking human blood and uses sharp chainmail gloves to attack victims. Her “children” are also infected with the same bloodlust, creating one of the season’s central supernatural storylines.

American Horror Story changes its setting, characters, and horror theme from season to season, so Hotel is both a standalone story and part of the larger anthology. The hotel’s atmosphere was inspired partly by real-world stories about infamous Los Angeles hotels, especially the Cecil Hotel.

Lady Gaga’s performance earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a miniseries or television film. A common mix-up is answering “Hotel,” but that is the subtitle of the season; American Horror Story is the name of the series.