American Horror Story Season 8 title confirmed as ‘Apocalypse’ – new posters revealed

It’s that time of year again where we’re all on American Horror Story watch, and we finally know the theme for this year’s season of the show.

Today it was confirmed that season 8 of the hit anthology series, which is the Murder House / Coven crossover series we’ve all been waiting for, is titled ‘APOCALYPSE’, with the series premiering on September 12.

In a Facebook Live video this morning, American Horror Story unveiled the title of the series, along with 2 promotional posters. Both of the posters feature a black leathery, wrinkled-looking hand that appears to be from another world, along with a baby that’s all in red.

In the second poster that was unveiled, we see the same theme of the black hand and the baby, but in this photo the baby has sharp black nails.

One big clue we’ve been given about the new season of American Horror Story is that despite it being in its eighth season, Ryan Murphy is going back to its roots. This year’s series will see the highly anticipated Murder House and Coven crossover, which has got fans pretty excited. There has been speculation in the past about a crossover season, and with Murder House and Coven being 2 of American Horror Story’s most successful seasons, it sounds like it could be amazing. Not only that, it takes us away from the ‘real’ sort of setting we’ve seen in the series as of late.

Speaking about the crossover, Ryan Murphy has previously said: “You will see so many fan favourites return that you’ll feel like it’s The Love Boat. It’s a season unlike anything we’ve done because there’s a big hook to it. There’s a huge thing that happens in episode five.”

If there’s one thing that Ryan Murphy and his team do well, it’s promotion. Every year in the lead-up to the new season of American Horror Story, the promotional material – from the posters, to the teasers – is absolutely on point and gets everyone excited. Unfortunately, the show itself has not been at its best for a couple of years now, and we’re hoping that a crossover between two of its biggest seasons will reinvigorate the format.

The new season of American Horror Story began shooting in June. We know that Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, and Sarah Paulson will be back and are the three main leads in the new season. Fans of the series have also been begging for the amazingly talented Jessica Lange to return to the show. Seeing as she was central to both Murder House and Coven, it would make sense, right?

American Horror Story: Apocalypse premieres on September 12 on FX in the US and will broadcast on FOX in the UK shortly after.

Are you looking forward to the new season of American Horror Story: Apocalypse?

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