‘American Horror Story: Roanoke’ Has Arrived On FX!

In a very well crafted summer of promotions, FX premiered its sixth season of its Emmy Award Winning series, ‘American Horror Story’. While its theme is generally announced before the premiere, FX kept it a secret from their fans. How they maintained the secret? By having CEO John Landgraf send out the marketing team, who, “went out and created many more trailers than you’ve actually seen for hypothetical seasons of American Horror Story, in different genres, different places. One of them is accurate, and the others are all misdirects,… We think it will be fun for the audience to have the surprise this year.”

Now, what you read below, can be considered spoilers, so if don’t want to be spoiled because you haven’t seen the episode, go watch the episode. If you’ve seen the episode, or don’t mind being spoiled, happy reading!

Roanoke, is not a stranger to the American Horror Story anthology. In fact, for the die hard AHS fans, they might remember it being talked about in season 1. In Murder House, Billie Dean Howard, the resident psychic, played by Sarah Paulson, talked about the 117 people who died and then haunted the Natives in the state of North Carolina. The dead, who had their things burned by the Elder, returned, having been summoned by their talismans. In order for the dead to be permanently banished, all one had to do was utter ‘Croatoan’ which was also found carved into a post at the abandoned colony.

For our story, in season 6, it follows that of Shelby and Matt, portrayed by Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson, Andre Holland, and Cuba Gooding Jr.. The story of the ‘Roanoke Nightmare’ which is the title for this true crime docu-series, is told by Lily Rabe and Andre Holland, their portrayers played by Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding Jr. Also added into the mix, playing Matt’s sister is Adina Porter and Angela Bassett.

After being jumped by a gang and having a miscarriage, Matt and Shelby move out East to North Carolina. They come across this house, which is up for auction. Spending a good part of their life savings and beating out creepy and angry looking neighbors, Matt and Shelby buy the house. Keeping up with the creep factor, human teeth rain down, Shelby nearly drowns by unknown assailants, a pig is dropped off on their front doorstep, Matt’s sister (Bassett) and Shelby are locked in the basement with a home movie playing. The house was broken into, string dolls hung from various points in the entry way, and that’s still not enough to convince Matt to leave, much to Shelby’s dismay.

Shelby’s run into trouble doesn’t end there. After hitting a woman who looks a lot like Kathy Bates (it’s Kathy Bates), Shelby chases her into the woods. Having gotten lost, Shelby finds herself in a web of more of those string dolls that was the last straw and made her leave her home in the first place. She runs back through the woods, away from the string dolls, trips and falls. Out of the woods come its inhabitants, possibly a few of the 117 that haunt the natives.

It’s been said that all seasons are connected. With a connection already to Murder House, what else are you hoping to be referenced or connected? Sound off below in the comments and take a look at what’s ahead for ‘American Horror Story: Roanoake’