Stride into several stories of terror, gore, and dolls in an official trailer for FX on Hulu's 2nd season of American Horror Stories . The Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk created serial acts as a spinoff to their nail hit horror anthology projection, American Horror Story , and follows the same format, but in a faster version featuring a new terror filled tale every episode. The second season is creeping towards a release date on July 21, with episodes dropping weekly on FX on Hulu, meaning members of the platform volition exist able to tune in via the streamer.

The trailer reveals stomach churning moments and gives us an idea of some of the stories we can expect to scout unfold over the season's nine episode run. Nosotros open up on a graphic symbol who we've either seen before or will be paid homage to in American Horror Stories: Spalding (Denis O'Hare). Fans of American Horror Story's 3rd and best (personal opinion) installment, Coven, will recollect Spalding as the creepy butler who had an affinity for collecting dolls and went then far as to turn Madison Montgomery'south (Emma Roberts) corpse into a life-size doll.

Whether it'south an origin story of Spalding or not, ane episode will center around a like-minded private who traps women to turn them into his tea-time pals. Meanwhile, we've got hauntings, both plot-wise and in the form of returning actors including Cody Fern, Max Greenfield, Nico Greetham, and Gabourey Sidibe, and a story about a serial killer. The jump scares and hard-to-watch moments the serial is known for are likewise packed into the trailer.

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Prototype via FX/Hulu

Although it's only i minute in length, there's a lot going on, so information technology's hard to necktie together what we can expect and what will be seen in the approaching flavor, only with titles such as "Necro," "Facelift," and "Lake," we can have some stabs at the themes each episode will shape itself around. Forth with the returning talent from American Horror Story and American Horror Stories of years past, new to the fold members volition include the likes of Dominique Jackson, Judith Light, Alicia Silverstone, Bella Thorne, and Quvenzhané Wallis. Murphy and Falchuk also serve as executive producers alongside Manny Coto, John J. Gray, Alexis Martin Woodall, and Loni Peristere.

It'due south equal parts disturbing and heady to become a taste of what's to come in the approaching flavour of American Horror Stories with today's new trailer. Lucky for the states, we won't take very long to wait to see what scares Potato and Falchuk have conjured upwards for us this time with the premiere less than ten days away. You can check out the deranged and cryptic trailer below.