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“American Horror Story: Roanoke” Finale Teaser Reveals Huge Past Season Connection
You can never have too much Sarah Paulson.
Believe it or not, the 10-episode season “American Horror Story: Roanoke” is already coming to a close next Wednesday night, November 16th. Tonight’s penultimate episode saw the series return of actress Taissa Farmiga, who played an internet journalist obsessed with the show-within-the-show, “My Roanoke Nightmare.” By episode’s end, Farmiga’s character was brutally butchered, Cannibal Holocaust-style, by the Roanoke ghosts, and so too was, well, everyone who was still living going into Episode 9. The only one who made it out alive? Lee Harris.
After eating a pig heart given to her by a mysterious woman out in the woods – the real life version of the character Lady Gaga played in the re-enactment series – Lee became possessed and went on a murderous rampage, essentially becoming the new Butcher. At the end of the episode, the cops “rescued” Lee, believing her to be the sole survivor of the gruesome carnage.
So what comes next? In a teaser clip shown at the end of tonight’s episode, we saw that Sarah Paulson will be playing her third character this season in next Wednesday night’s finale, and it’s one who is undoubtedly a familiar face to fans of the FX series. “Roanoke” will officially cross over with “Asylum,” as Paulson is reprising the role of Lana Winters in the Season 6 finale.
Allow Wikipedia to refresh your memory:
Lana Winters is a journalist who is committed to Briarcliff Manor under false pretenses by Sister Jude, for trying to expose its darkest secrets.
Check out the teaser below!
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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