‘American Horror Story 1984’ Trailer Channels ‘Friday The 13th’, ‘Halloween’ And More Slasher Mayhem
The fullAmerican Horror Story 1984trailer is here, and it’s practically daring you to count all the slasher movie references within. The latest season of the seemingly never-ending horror anthology show sends its cast to a deadly summer camp. Who will survive, and what will be left of them? And how many pieces of bad ’80s fashion will be on display? Watch theAmerican Horror Story 1984trailer below.
American Horror Story 1984 Trailer
As much as I love all-things-horror, I am not a fan ofAmerican Horror Story. I tried to get into the show, but jumped-ship around the time ofAmerican Horror Story: Asylum. The show had plenty of style, and a great cast to boot. But more often than not, the seasons felt slapdash and poorly plotted, as if the writers were literally just making it up as they went without any real plan.
All that said, I thinkAmerican Horror Story 1984might be the season that finally sucks me back in. I’m a sucker for ’80s slasher movies, and while this trailer seems to be leaningveryheavily on winking, painfully obvious humor, I don’t think I’m going to be able to resist. There are clearly plenty of slasher movies being referenced here, fromFriday the 13thtoSleepaway Camp. There’s also a moment lifted directly from the originalHalloween– you’ll know it when you see it. Screw it – I’m in. You got me,American Horror Story 1984.
This new season starsEmma Roberts,Sarah Paulson,Billie Lourd,Cody Fern,Leslie Grossman,John Carroll Lynch,Gus Kenworthy,Angelica Ross,Matthew Morrison,DeRon Horton, andZach Villa. Evan Peters, who has been in every single previousAmerican Horror Storyseason, doesn’t appear this year. Sorry.
In this latest season, a group of unlucky youths finds themselves in danger at Camp Redwood, where they’re stalked by an escaped killer nicknamed Mr. Jingles. Is this a reference to the supernatural mouse of the same name from Stephen King’sThe Green Mile? Maybe! Although I don’t know why! Maybe we’ll find out. Or maybe it’ll be yet another instance whereAmerican Horror Storythrows out a random reference for no real reason.
