For over a decade, American Horror Story has been delighting and dividing audiences everywhere. Since 2011, the horror anthology series has taken viewers everywhere, from a California house with a horrific past to the edge of the apocalypse (and everywhere in between).
Though the details of each new iteration of the series are kept tightly under wraps by showrunners Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, season 11 of American Horror Story was announced last week at FX’s TCA executive session.
The new season, premiering this fall, will feature a cast full of familiar faces. Zachary Quinto, who appeared in early seasons Murder House and Asylum, is set to make his return to the show in season 11. Among other returning AHS alumni are Billie Lourd, who joined the cast with 2017’s Cult season, and stage star Patti LuPone who graced the AHS universe as Joan in 2013’s iconic Coven.
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Isaac Powell, who made his AHS debut with season 10’s Double Feature, will also be returning for his second season.
The cast also features some newcomers to the anthology series. Sandra Bernhard (Pose), Joe Mantello (Hollywood), and Charlie Carver (Ratched)—all former collaborators on other Ryan Murphy projects—have signed on for undisclosed roles in AHS season 11.
“One Subject, One Story” AHS Season 11 to Ditch Double Feature Duo
The tenth season of American Horror Story took on a new approach to the series. Aptly named Double Feature, the season was split into two stories: Red Tide and Death Valley.
But fans of the series can expect a return to the storytelling style of earlier seasons in the latest installment.
“What I can tell you is that the concept for Season 11 is one story,” FX chairman John Landgraf said while announcing the upcoming season. “It actually takes place in different timelines, but it’s one subject, one story, with a beginning, middle and an end, like many of the prior stories.”
Murphy, who famously enjoys dropping cryptic hints about upcoming seasons before they air, has not given fans any clues about the latest American Horror Story plot yet—but photographs of Lourd, Powell, Carver, and Bernhard on set seem to suggest that season 11 will take place in 1970s-80s Manhattan.
There’s no word yet on whether other beloved AHS veterans (such as Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe) will be returning to the series this season, but some frequent fliers believe it might be time to pass the baton.
“It’s not that I’m not open to it,” Paulson, who has played significant roles in every AHS season except 2019’s 1984, told Variety earlier this month. “I’m always open to it, but I feel like I’ve been doing it for a long time, and people might start getting sick of me in that world. Let someone else scream and run and cry for a second. Other people can do that too!”
