American Horror Story: Cult‘s First Real Trailer Preys on Trump-Era Terrors

Finally — after week of surreal teasers and yesterday ’s possibility - credits bring out , which actually revealed nothing — we have a real laggard for American Horror Story : Cult . Sarah Paulson ’s hair-raising screeching upon recognize that Donald Trump has been elect president is unfeignedly terrifying . And relatable .

Evan Peters hunch his TV in what is likely manic joy in chemical reaction to the same word is also truly terrifying , for different reasons .

There ’s a lot packed into this one - hour laggard . We have Paulson ’s persona , Ally Mayfair - Richards , talk to a shrink ( Cheyenne Jackson as Dr. Rudy Vincent ) about her coulrophobia — fear of clowns , which has only gotten worse since the election . Alison Pill ( as Ivy Mayfair - Richards ) is Ally ’s implicated and panic-stricken mate . Billie Lourd ( as Winter Anderson ) calculate like their she-goat from hell … clown hell . And Peters , as the pain - and - fearfulness obsess Kai Anderson , could be the leader of the nominal cult , whatever shape ( literal or not ) that takes on the show . He ’s definitely looking like the master baddie , along with adept old Twisty — who pops up in a storybook , as a dolly , and presumably , eventually , in the greasepainted frame .