American Horror Story Season 6 – Only One Teaser Trailer Was Real

John Squires |

Aug 9, 2016

A few weeks back, a handful of teaser trailers for the upcoming sixth season of “American Horror Story” hit the net, and as we noted, it was impossible to derive the season’s secretive theme from any of them. That was because all six teasers seemed to convey vastly different ideas, and indeed that was FX’s plan.

As reported by Indiewire, FX CEO John Landgraf was on hand at the Television Critics Association press tour executive session today, where he revealed that only one of those six teasers was actually a real teaser for the hit horror series’ next season.

“We decided, Ryan [Murphy] and I and [marketing president] Stephanie Gibbons, that it would be really fun this year… to keep it a mystery,” he said. “There is a theme and a setting and a place and time, but we’re not going to reveal it.”

“One is accurate; all the rest are misdirect,” he added, specifically referring to the teasers.

Sneaky. Very sneaky. We like it.

While the main plot of this season is yet to be officially revealed, the first shots from the “AHS” set in Santa Clarita, CA, provide a HUGE hint about the theme, as evidenced by one word etched into a tree: CROATOAN.

If you were paying attention in American History class, this is no doubt a reference to the Roanoke Colony, also known as the “Lost Colony.” Here’s the skinny per Wikipedia: The Roanoke Colony was established on Roanoke Island in what is today’s Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It was a late 16th-century attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement. The colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. The colonists disappeared during the Anglo-Spanish War, three years after the last shipment of supplies from England. Their disappearance gave rise to the nickname “The Lost Colony.” There has been no conclusive evidence as to what happened to the colonists.

“American Horror Story” returns for its sixth installment on FX on Wednesday, September 14, at 10 PM ET/PT. The returning stars for Season 6 are expected to include Kathy Bates, Denis O’Hare, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Finn Wittrock, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley, Lady Gaga, Leslie Jordan, and Matt Bomer. Cuba Gooding, Jr., is rumored to be on-set as well.

Check out the new artwork below the video promos. For more info in the meantime, visit the “American Horror Story” Facebook page, and follow @AHSFX on Twitter along with “American Horror Story” on FX.