American Horror Storypreys on intrigue like lamia raven on vestal ingénues , and this yr , creator Ryan Murphy subside his teeth into our necks early . rather of spelling out time of year 6 ’s melodic theme and see the cyberspace ’s inventive gears twist , the television set baron keep the new anthology instalment enshroud in secrecy , droppinga series of disconnected trailerslike mystifier piece on the flooring . The Zodiac Killer sent clearer messages , candidly .
Now , with the premiere of the new time of year , we at last have an resolution to the enigma : Season 6 is officiallyAmerican Horror Story : My Roanoke Nightmare . Which clears up just about nothing . Though the first instalment was chock - full of clues , it provided few answer . But as the old adage locomote : the demon is in the details .
To recap : My Roanoke Nightmareshifts the data formatting of the entire series . Shelby ( Lily Rabe ) and Matt ( André Holland ) are a match who moved into an 18th - century home plate in the midriff of Creeptown , USA , a.k.a . Roanoke , North Carolina , only to come up themselves dupe of hillbilly torment , Biblical pest , ghost plague , and a Blair Witchian craft enthusiast . Run - of - the - mill fodder forAmerican Horror Story , except that Murphy and his partner Brad Falchuk compose the tale like a lesser variant of theirAmerican Crime Storyseries .
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The " literal " Shelby ( Lily Rabe ) and Matt ( André Holland ) recall the event as talking heads , while Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding Jr. play actors in a filmed re - enactment of their story ( that hap to look a slew like a typicalAHSepisode ) . The only thing leave out are cheap motion burden and a Robert Stack intro and we ’d have an episode ofUnsolved Mysteries .
It ’s ill-defined how the social system could impact the subsequent 12 episodes . Are Shelby and Matt undependable storyteller ? Could the " substantial " married match and the " fake " married couple eventually cross way of life ? Are Shelby and Matt being held against their will in a boob tube studio , squeeze to extradite dry speak head interviews ? After the premature five season ofAHS , we ’ll believe fairly much anything .
originally this season , undercover agent photo from theAmerican Horror Storyset leakedpossible connections tothe legendary Roanoke settlement disappearance and the 1960s Manson family murder . We curb one of those boxes in the premiere , though indirectly : Kathy Bates shortly appears in period costuming , as the fair sex who first thrusts TV Shelby ’s head underwater , then again as the victim of TV Shelby ’s rack up - and - investigate . Does Roanoke exist in a hazy dimensional zone where denizens from past and present crisscross through time ? That would n’t explain the Pigman video cassette or the teeth rain down from the sky , though , so enter … Charles Manson ?
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lease me throw this out there : aliens . American Horror Storytangoed with the abduction tale inAsylumand individual clue engraft in this installment have my recital board connecting the pushpin loony toons to extraterrestrial activity . Trailers guide up to the time of year cod both square UFO meeting , crop circles , and oblong creatures with glow eyes . Abduction is one ofthe loco Roanoke conspiracy theoriesthat still floats around the cyberspace 426 years after . The mutilated bodies of animals – classic UFO figure . And perchance the " Blair Witch " marijuana cigarette figure imagery could be a arboraceous play on the markings often left behind after alien activity ( or totems of a alien - idolise fad ) .
Shelby and Matt ’s confessional had me thinking of one of the authoritative abduction tales : Barney and Betty Hill , an interracial couple who , in 1961 , were allegedly lifted up into an alien space vehicle , lodge back on the ground , then regain themselves sustain from aural torture and split remembering for weeks . It ’s a bit of a reach , but Murphy and Falchuk love playing fast and sluttish with lore to fit the winding route of theirAmerican Horror Storynarratives .
Whatever route the sixth time of year decide to wander down , reaction to the first episode were by all odds obnubilate / aghast / gaudy . If there ’s one thing you could count on from a newAHSseason , it ’s A - game tweet .
One time of day in , My Roanoke Nightmarecould go anywhere . Murphy may have keep this reveal secret for calendar month , but even with the pitchforks and torches out of the bag , we ’re still in the dark . Now the real fun begin . As the credits rolled on the first instalment , FX sagely expend a tease for what ’s to amount . Short answer : bloody execution .
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