The upcoming eighth season of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s FX anthology American Horror Story is titled Apocalypse, the networked revealed after a late-night stunt at this this year’s Comic-Con. Once again, the series took advantage of the annual confab to drop the title reveal, revealing the news on social media early Friday morning.
The upcoming cycle, which premieres Sept. 12, is set to feature the highly anticipated crossover of earlier seasons Murder House and Coven.
The Apocalypse title and imagery (below) appear to be a callback to the Antichrist baby of season one’s Murder House — Tate Langdon aka The Rubber Man (Evan Peters) and Vivien Harmon’s (Connie Britton) devil spawn who was left in the care of Jessica Lange’s character, Constance Langdon. Of the three, only Peters has been confirmed as a season eight castmember.
Along with Peters, castmembers who are confirmed for Apocalypse, so far, are Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Cheyenne Jackson, Billie Lourd, Billy Eichner, Adina Porter, Leslie Grossman and a new face to the franchise, Joan Collins. Both Paulson and Peters, who is playing a hairdresser, will be making their directorial debuts; Collins will be playing Peters’ grandmother. Paulson and Peters both co-starred in Murder House and Coven, while Bates and Roberts appeared in Coven.
— AmericanHorrorStory (@AHSFX) July 20, 2018
