It’s almost Halloween season, and in TV terms, that means it’s alsoAmerican Horror Storyseason. Following the insanity of last year’s election-inspired season, Cult,AHSis digging deep into its own lore forApocalypse, which will bring back the casts ofMurder HouseandCoven(including some actors who are doing double duty) for a mysterious story about the end of the world.
Ryan Murphyhas been sharing some sneak peeks on social media and now we’ve got our first official looks at the return ofEvan Petersas Tate Langdon andEmma Robertsas Madison Montgomery. Yes, they’re both dead but it’sAmerican Horror Story, so anything goes.
Peters will reprise his role as Tate, the ghost of a teenage school shooter who romancedTaissa Farmiga’s Violet Harmon and ultimately raped her mother Vivien Harmon while dressed as the Rubber Man. The result of that insanity was the birth of a demon-baby — and not just any demon-baby, the anti-Christ. For Apocalypse,Connie Brittonis returning toAHSfor the first time since Murder House to reprise the role of Vivien, alongside Farmiga,Dylan McDermottas her husband Ben Harmon, andAmerican Crime Story: VersacestarCody Fern, who’s playing the grown up version of Michael Langdon, aka the demon-baby.Murder HousestarJessica Langewill also return as the sassy miss Constance Langdon, the catty neighbor who’s been caring for Michael since the untimely death of the Harmons.
So how to theCovengals factor into all of this? It’s too soon to say! But as Murphy revealed in an Instagram post Madison isn’t just back, she’s hanging out amongst the bones at the Murder House. Adding to the mystery is the fact that she was strangled to death in Coven and turned into a corpse doll by a creepy ghost butler. (This show is the most extra, always.) But she’s a witch, it’s the apocalypse, and there’s a Satan baby on the lose. The rule book is out the window.
The rest of the Coven crew is back as well, includingFrances Conroy, Lily Rabe, Gabourey Sidibe, andStevie Nicks. In addition to coming back as Violet, Farmiga is doing double duty and reprising herCovenrole as Zoe. But the real over-achiever isSarah Paulsonwho will be playing three different roles this season —Murder Housemedium Billie Dean Howard,CovenSupreme Cordelia Foxx, and a mysterious new character by the name of Venable. Paulson also directed an episode for the eighth season.
