American Horror Story: Hotel – 20 Horror Tropes We Want to See

What cliches will American Horror Story: Hotel put a spin on this season?

With each new season, American Horror Story has taken on a new theme, which is what has helped the anhtology series remain interesting and relevant since its inception. Not crazy about ghosts? Come back next season for Asylum stuff. Don’t like that? Take a breather and try out witches next year!

The fifth season will carry the subtitle “Hotel.” Certainly hotels are prime real estate for horror–some of the most iconic horror movies have used them as their settings–but the noun itself doesn’t conjure the same ideas about what can be done quite like “Asylum,” “Coven,” or even “Freak Show.”

In addition, every time American Horror Story hits the reset button, they try and tackle the various tropes and cliches of a type of story and setting in horror by putting their own spin on it. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of 20 horror hotel tropes that we want to see appear in some capacity in the series. Check out the full slideshow and sound off with your thoughts below!

American Horror Story: Hotel stars Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Chloë Sevigny, Denis O’Hare, Cheyenne Jackson, Evan Peters and Finn Wittrock. The 13-episode fifth installment of the Emmy and Golden Globe winning franchise premieres on FX on October 7th.

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