Asthis season ofAmerican Horror Storyunfolds , more and more of Ryan Murphy ’s horror influences come into the sepia - toned illumination . And because we know you ’re always looking for more to watch , we ’re compiling good word enliven by Season 6 as a kind of pluck " continued reading " listing . Here ’s what to watch out if you want to scare yourself sappy in the spirit ofRoanoke .

Nightmare Next Door

American Horror Story ’s format suck from 30 - plus years of true - criminal offence infotainment series , and the sensationalized reenactment of the genre are easy to parody . Investigation Discovery is the heir to the the sing - head murder - tale throne . With shows likeDisappeared , Deadly Woman , strange Suspects , Obsession : Dark Desires , and a column , Nightmare Next Door , which reveal the " wickedness that can lounge just under the airfoil or in the heart of any rigorous - knit little - Ithiel Town community , " ID ’s programming indulges the most morbid of peculiarity . Where to view : Stream all of ID ’s show on Hulu

The[REC]series

There are moments ofAHSSeason 6 that are almostdirectly move up fromThe Blair Witch Project , from an plague of stick number to Shelby ’s run through the woods to the " found footage " of Denis O’Hare wander through an abandoned house . RecommendingThe Blair Witch Projectis too obvious – so check out the[REC]movies , first - individual horror about characters quarantine in an infested apartment construction . We latterly named[REC ] 2one ofthe good horror motion picture of all time , so do n’t doubt us . Where to take in : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTube , and VOD

Deliverance

The urban center - folk - torment - by - disgruntled - mountain - folks music genre peak in 1972 , withThe exorciser IIdirector John Boorman ’s grisly " vacation " motion-picture show . Jon Voight , Burt Reynolds , Ned Beatty , and Ronny Cox venture to rural Georgia for a canoe trip , only to find themselves harass by nature and nature - dwellers . Where to watch : Stream on Netflix ; rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTube , and VOD

The Witch

Will Kathy Bates turn out to be a cosplaying hillbilly or a straitlaced psycho transport from the mixed-up Colony of Roanoke ? We ’ll have to wait and see , but in the meantime , look out this glowering slow - burn revulsion picture show set in the early seventeenth 100 , when oppressive religion and witchery went hand in manus . If you intend the animal - headed freaks on this season ofAHSare spooky , look until you see Black Phillip , a Puritan folk ’s goat who may or may not be the strong-arm manifestation of Satan . Where to view : Stream on Amazon Video ; economic rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTube , and VOD

Jug Face

Is n’t it the speculative when you ’re born into a backwoods residential district that worships a pit in the earth , and one day they decide to sacrifice you to state pit ? We ’ve all been there . Jug Facestretches outAmerican Horror Story ’s people - combust rituals into an integral movie , following a meaning woman try on to elude such a sacrificial office . The " Jug Faces " are creepy-crawly raft that stick out a resemblance to people , and theywillgive you nightmare . Where to watch : Stream on Shudder ; rent on iTunes , Amazon , YouTube , and VOD

Helter Skelter

The Charles Manson narrative wasa rumor composition forAmerican Horror StorySeason 6 , though in Episode 2 , Denis O’Hare ’s professor charactername - checksHelter Skelter , the 1974 true - crime ledger chronicling the Mason Family slaying , as a source of breathing in for his own investigation into the Roanoke house . So it may be a good approximation to freshen up on Manson story by taking in the pop TV - movie adaptation from 1976 . The movie is scarily precise at times ; chronological succession were film at actual crime scenes , and most of the negotiation in the court room fabric was taken from actual transcripts . Where to watch : Rent on iTunes , Amazon Video

Motel Hell

If a B complex - film madman adapted Grant Wood’sAmerican Gothicinto aTexas Chainsaw Massacre - style thriller , it ’d search something likeMotel Hell , a 1980 horror movie so shlocky , they eventually slapped it with a " horror comedy " label . Farmer Vincent and his sister Ida live at a motel called " Motel Hello . " The " O " does n’t work so well – get it ? ? – and neither do their social skills ; anyone who rides up to the motel is stalk and set in Vincent and Ida ’s garden . A view where the farmer exert a chainsaw while dress in a hog ’s capitulum seems straight off transported toRoanoke . Where to watch : Rent on iTunes , Amazon Video

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