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Creepy clowns and familiar faces grace ‘American Horror Story: Cult’
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It’stakenusinsideacoven,afreak show, an insane asylum and, of course, a good old-fashioned murder house and more. “American Horror Story” has given viewers a major case of the willies for six seasons, and a seventh is just aroundthecorner.Asalways,detailsof the upcoming installment of the horror anthology have been kept to a mini- mum in the lead-up to the premiere, and fans of the series are eager to see what “Cult,” as the new season is sub- titled, has to offer. Don’t miss the debut of “American Horror Story: Cult,” when it airs Tuesday, Sept. 5, on FX.
As an anthology series, “American Horror Story” explores a different theme every season. It welcomes back many of the same cast members from year to year, but, for the most part, they play different characters in a different time and setting.There has been the odd overlap, subtly connecting one sea- son to another: Pepper (Naomi Gross- man, “Fear, Inc.” 2016) and Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe, “The Whispers”), for instance, appeared in both “Asylum” and “Freak Show,” while series main- stay Sarah Paulson (“12 Years a Slave,” 2013) has reprised the characters of both Billie Dean Howard and Lana Winters in multiple seasons (“Murder House” and “Hotel,” and “Asylum” and “Roanoke,” respectively), along
with the stand-alone characters she’s portrayed.
While “Cult” marks the first season inwhichseriesregularRabewillnot
be appearing, Paulson once again has
a leading role — as does Evan Peters (“Kick-Ass,” 2010), who, like Paulson, has been with the show from the start. Fanswerequicktovoicetheirdisap- pointment last season about how little they saw of Peters, an enduring favorite with viewers (he played two different characters, and between them, he still only appeared in four episodes). Peters fans can rest easy this season, though — creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy tweeted that in “Cult,” “More Evanyouwillget.Thisishisheaviest season yet.”
This alone is more information than we can typically expect to get from Murphy, who is known for keeping “American Horror Story” details close to the vest prior to air time. Last season’s theme, title and cast were a mystery right up until the premiere, but show- runners have been more forthcoming — if characteristically cryptic — this time around.
We do know that it’s set in modern- day Michigan, has some connection to “Freak Show” and, most importantly, uses the 2016 election as a jumping- off point.This is worth taking note of, since no previous installment has been particularly timely or topical — and the setting is surely very deliberate, with Michigan, historically a blue state, having been quite divided during the election.
Murphy clarified this in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, confirm- ing that this season will be all about “highlighting people who don’t have a voice in our culture — people who are ignoredbythecurrentadminis- tra- tion and who are afraid and
feel terrorized that their lives are going to be taken away.”
The show has been unlocking weekly hints via an interactive website ,AHSCult. com, which allows viewers to sign
up and “join” the
cult, complete
with their own identification
number. Promo
videos are rife with some of the creepiest clowns you’ll ever care
to see (painted in red and blue makeup, making use of subtle election imagery), and Murphy has hinted that “Freak Show’s”Twisty(JohnCarrollLynch, “The Drew Carey Show”), “AHS’s” OG creepy clown, will be making an ap- pearance this season.
A number of other familiar faces appearin“Cult”aswell.AdinaPor-
ter (“True Blood”), Emma Roberts (“Scream Queens”), Frances Conroy (“Six Feet Under”) and Cheyenne Jackson (“30 Rock”) are among the cast members confirmed to return
this season, while Oscar winner Kathy Bates (“Misery,” 1990), who joined the cast in season 3’s “Coven,” and music superstarLadyGaga,whoappearedin the last two seasons, will officially not be returning this year due to scheduling conflicts. Several other “AHS” stalwarts are unconfirmed as of press time, in- cluding Denis O’Hare (“Dallas Buyers Club,” 2013) and Angela Bassett (“Mal- colm X,” 1992), making it unlikely that they’ll have major parts this season, if they appear at all.
Fortunately, “Cult” welcomes a num- ber of fresh faces to fill the void left by the dearly departed.Alison Pill (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” 2010) joins the cast as Ivy Mayfair-Richards, the wife
of Paulson’s character, and comedian Billy Eichner (“Billy on the Street”) plays a character named Harrison Wilton. Past Murphy collaborators Billie Lourd (“Scream Queens”) and Leslie Gross- man (“Popular”) join the show this season, and “Girls” star Lena Dunham is set to appear in at least one episode.
It’s certainly more information that fans are used to getting before a new season of “AHS” touches down. Execu- tive producer Alexis Martin Woodall even complied when pushed for more detailsataTelevisionCriticsAssocia- tion panel, divulging: “bloody tension, a well-cooked meal, an exciting trip to a grocery story. It is true to our brand, which is you are going to be in a whole new world all over again, and fall in
love with these really special characters and hate yourself
for watching it before you go to bed.”
All will be made clear — to a point — when “Ameri- can Horror Story: Cult”
premieres Tuesday, Sept. 5, on FX.
Evan Peters as seen in “American Horror Story: Hotel”
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