American Horror Story [1]'s latest batch of themes have included everything from a clown cult to a haunted hotel to a radioactive bunker, and now we finally know what season nine [2]'s story will revolve around: the year 1984! Well, more specifically, a killer straight out of an old-school '80s slasher flick chasing young women through the woods in 1984, judging from the teaser that Ryan Murphy shared [3] on Wednesday (above).
In addition to the chilling visuals and song featured in the brief clip (which is Billie Eilish [4]'s "Six Feet Under," FYI) the teaser also includes our first hint about when to expect season nine to arrive on FX: Fall 2019! Murphy declined to reveal an exact date, but when you take a look back at when all the other seasons have made their debut on the network, it's not hard to narrow down a range of dates.
Seasons one through five all premiered within the first two or three weeks of October, with the earliest being Oct. 5 and the latest on Oct. 17. More recently the series has been coming out a little earlier. Seasons six, seven, and eight — Roanoke, Cult, and Apocalypse, respectively — premiered on FX within the first two weeks of September, the earliest being Sept. 5 and the latest on Sept. 14. If we had to bet, we'd say season nine of American Horror Story [6] will hit your TV screen in a date in line with the latest seasons.
Since we presumably have quite a bit of time to wait regardless of which Fall month the show returns, make sure you brush up on all the details we have about season nine [7] so far, as well as which new faces have joined the cast [8].