The series – a spin-off of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's award-winning anthology series American Horror Story – features a different horror story in each of the standalone episodes.
The minute-and-a-half look at the upcoming installment, premiering Oct. 15 as part of Hulu’s Halloween lineup, teases new takes on classic horror tropes such as “don’t look under the bed,” a scary figure appearing in the mirror and a woman appearing in an empty parking lot late at night.
“When she dreams, things happen,” a nurse tells Ryan’s character. “What kind of things?” she replies, before a scene plays of her in bed with a man who is pulled under the bed.
Another look at the anthology series shows Garber being activated by a button on the side of his neck before trying to stab someone with a knife. “My goal is to love you,” he says before trying to strangle someone else.
About halfway through the trailer, a black and white scene shows a man in a hospital bed begging someone not to kill him. "Kill you? I barely know you," Winkler says in his debut trailer, putting on an eye patch.
While the look at the series doesn't reveal much else about the individual episodes, it does include some titles of what appear to be the episodes: The Thing Under the Bed, Backrooms, Clone, Leprechaun, and X.
Dyllón Burnside, Jeff Hiller, Jessica Barden, Angel Bismark Curiel, Guy Burnet and June Squibb also star in season four of American Horror Stories, which is produced by Murphy, Falchuk, Alexis Martin Woodall, Max Winkler, Jon Robin Baitz and Manny Coto.
This is the latest series from prolific producer Murphy this fall, who already launched in September with FX's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, Netflix's Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story, FX's Grotesquerie, Fox's 9-1-1 and ABC's Doctor Odyssey came along.
American Horror Stories falls under its American Story franchise, which also includes American Horror Story, American Crime Story and American Love Story.
Watch the trailer below.
