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Billy Eichner Describes “AHS: Cult” as a “Gory Take On Post-Trump America”
The very first thing we heard about “American Horror Story: Cult” is that it was inspired by last year’s presidential election. Indeed the first episode will begin on election night, but how much of the story is actually tied to what’s going on in America right now?
A good deal, apparently.
On “Late Night With Seth Myers” last night, “Cult” star Billy Eichner spilled some beans about Season 7.
“It is inspired by the election,” he told Myers. “It starts on election night and then you see the fallout from that. And it is a gory, fantasy, violent, sexual, surreal take on post-Trump America.”
Eichner also dug a bit into the character he’s playing, Harrison Wilton.
“It’s absolutely insane. It’s so crazy,” he noted. “This is the biggest departure that I think most people have seen [from me], and it’s serious. There are some darkly funny moments, but it’s mostly serious and violent and sexual and all the things people have always wanted to see from me.”
The 11-episode Season 7 will arrive September 5, but you can join the cult now. In doing so, you can unlock several new teasers that have been compiled on this YouTube page.
Evan Peters will be playing a character named Kai, while Sarah Paulson will also return as new character Ally. The two characters will have “a love story for the ages.”
The cast also includes Alison Pill as Ivy Mayfair-Richards; Billie Lourd as Winter Anderson; Cheyenne Jackson as Dr. Rudy Vincent; and Colton Haynes as Detective Samuels. Frances Conroy, Lena Dunham, Emma Roberts, Adina Porter, Mare Winningham and Leslie Grossman also star.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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