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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: When Matt, who is obviously under coercion, has sex with a malevolent forest spirit while two hillbillies masturbate nearby, Shelby treats this the same as if she'd caught him with his secretary. Now imagine if their roles had been reversed.
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* EvilOldFolks: Kathy Bates's character "The Butcher" is the psychotic leader of the Roanoke Colony who engages in brutal human sacrifice.
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* EvilOldFolks: Kathy Bates' character "The Butcher" is the psychotic leader of the Roanoke Colony who engages in brutal human sacrifice.
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* AdultFear: Never getting to see your daughter because you lost custody, having to essentially kidnap her in order to spend time with her - and then ''losing her'' in the woods, only finding her hoodie.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied. Once the married couple saw the supernatural horrors on the film and that their house was a former murder house, they tried to bail and sell the house. Unfortunately, they were sold the house under false pretenses and in a contract they cannot back out of. The realtor wouldn't buy it back from them and couldn't without paying an absurd amount to the bank; unless they wish to incur a lifetime of debt and misery they'll never get away from.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied. Once the married couple Matt and Shelby saw the supernatural horrors on the film and realised that their house was a former murder house, they immediately tried to bail and sell the house. Unfortunately, they were sold the house under false pretenses pretences and in a contract they cannot back out of. The realtor wouldn't buy it back from them and couldn't without paying an absurd amount to the bank; unless they wish to incur a lifetime of debt and misery they'll never get away from.
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Unlike previous seasons of ''AHS'', ''very'' little information about ''Roanoke'' was revealed prior to airing. A total of twenty-six promotional videos were released in the weeks leading up, but according to Murphy, only one of them is indicative of the real season's theme. The subtitle itself, ''Roanoke'', wasn't confirmed by FX until the day after its premiere.
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Unlike previous seasons of ''AHS'', ''very'' little information about ''Roanoke'' was revealed prior to airing. A total of twenty-six promotional videos were released in the weeks leading up, but according to Murphy, only one of them is indicative of the real season's seasonal theme. The subtitle itself, ''Roanoke'', wasn't confirmed by FX until the day after its premiere.
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* EvilOldFolks: Kathy Bates' character "The Butcher" is the psychotic leader of the Roanoke Colony who engages in brutal human sacrifice.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Matt quickly becomes convinced that the local sheriff doesn't have the inclination or disposition to help them. He drags his feet and he does the minimum required of his job, though they increasingly give him reasons to doubt their credibility, so it's somewhat justified.
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Zero Context Example How is it similar to Fargo?
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied. Once the married couple saw the supernatural horrors on the film and that their house was a former murder house, they tried to bail and sell the house. Unfortunately, they were sold the house under false pretenses and in a contract they cannot back out of. The realtor wouldn't buy it back from them and couldn't without paying an absurd amount to the bank; which incurs a lifetime of debt and misery they'll never get away from.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied. Once the married couple saw the supernatural horrors on the film and that their house was a former murder house, they tried to bail and sell the house. Unfortunately, they were sold the house under false pretenses and in a contract they cannot back out of. The realtor wouldn't buy it back from them and couldn't without paying an absurd amount to the bank; which incurs unless they wish to incur a lifetime of debt and misery they'll never get away from.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied. Once the married couple saw the supernatural horrors on the film and that their house was a former murder house, they tried to bail and sell the house. Unfortunately, they were sold the house under false pretenses and in a contract they cannot back out of. The realtor wouldn't buy it back from them and couldn't without paying an absurd amount to the bank; which incurs a lifetime of debt and misery they'll never get away from.
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** Same for Adina Porter, who played a one-episode character in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]''.
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* NothingIsScarier: In a meta-example, this was invoked by the marketing. ''Roanoke'' is the first season where the subtitle was not released beforehand[[note]]Except ''Murder House'', which did not have a subtitle at the time[[/note]], no cast members were officially confirmed, no trailer with actual footage was released ''before'' the premiere, and where only one of the 26 teasers was relevant.
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'''''American Horror Story: Roanoke''''' [[note]]originally marketed as ''American Horror Story ?6''[[/note]] is the sixth season of Creator/RyanMurphy's horror {{anthology}} series ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', aired by the Creator/{{FX}} network in 2016.
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The first episode, nondescriptly titled "Chapter One", doesn't offer much in the way of answers. Through the framing device of a {{documentary}} series called ''[[ParanormalInvestigation My Roanoke Nightmare]]'', a young woman named Shelby (Creator/LilyRabe), her husband Matt (Andre Holland), and his sister Lee (Adina Porter) detail their nightmarish experiences after moving into a creepy house located in {{Appalachia}}n North Carolina, through {{talking heads}} and {{dramatization}}s performed by a trio of actors (Creator/SarahPaulson as Shelby, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Matt, and Creator/AngelaBassett as Dee). Just as the audience watches the (dramatized) Shelby stumble into some [[EldritchLocation spooky woods that appear to be living and breathing]] ... we then cut to the {{closing credits}}.
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* TheSavageSouth: The season takes place in South Carolina, which is apparently populated by hillbillies, pig men, and what appear to be the long lost Roanoke pilgrims.
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* CallBack: Roanoke was previously referenced in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' by Billie Dean Howard and Patrick five years earlier, and now it's the focus of a whole season.
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* CallBack: The events surrounding the Roanoke was previously referenced Colony were [[CrypticBackgroundReference vaguely discussed]] in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' by Billie Dean Howard and Patrick five years earlier, Howard, and now it's the focus of a whole season.
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* TheBusCameBack: Leslie Jordan plays a role in the series for the first time since ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Coven]]''.
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* RainOfSomethingUnusual: In the first episode, Shelby witnesses a rain of teeth. They all disapear once her husband returns.
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* ContinuityNod: Roanoke was previously referenced in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' by Billie Dean Howard and Patrick five years earlier.
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'''''American Horror Story: Roanoke''''' [[note]]originally marketed as ''American Horror Story ?6''[[/note]] is the sixth season of Creator/RyanMurphy's horror {{anthology}} series ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', aired by the Creator/{{FX}} network in 2016.
Unlike previous seasons of ''AHS'', ''very'' little information about ''Roanoke'' was revealed prior to its premiere. A total of twenty-six promotional videos were released in the weeks leading up, but according to Murphy, only one of them is indicative of the real season's theme.
The first episode, nondescriptly titled "Chapter One", doesn't offer much in the way of answers. Through the framing device of a {{documentary}} series called ''[[ParanormalInvestigation My Roanoke Nightmare]]'', a young woman named Shelby (Creator/LilyRabe), her husband Matt (Andre Holland), and his sister Lee (Adina Porter) detail their nightmarish experiences after moving into a creepy house located in {{Appalachia}}n North Carolina, through {{talking heads}} and {{dramatization}}s performed by a trio of actors (Creator/SarahPaulson as Shelby, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Matt, and Creator/AngelaBassett as Dee). Just as the audience watches the (dramatized) Shelby stumble into some [[EldritchLocation spooky woods that appear to be living and breathing]] ... we then cut to the {{closing credits}}.
[[AntiClimax Cue mass audience frustration]].
Similar to its plot, the cast of ''Roanoke'' has been kept largely under wraps, but Creator/LadyGaga, Creator/KathyBates, Creator/WesBentley, Cheyenne Jackson, Creator/EvanPeters, and Creator/DenisOHare have been confirmed to also be starring in some capacity.
According to Ryan Murphy, this season's theme will be an extended guessing game for we viewers to speculate and theorize about. So, until all's been revealed, we may as well keep the [[WMG/AmericanHorrorStorySix WMG page]] nice and warm?
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!! '''''American Horror Story ?6''''' provides examples of the following tropes:
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Similar to fellow Creator/{{FX}} series ''Series/{{Fargo}}''.
* BigFancyHouse: The farmhouse, which was built in the 18th century. Not quite as opulent as the Murder House or the Hotel Cortez, but it's not without its charm.
* ContinuityNod: Roanoke was previously referenced in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' by Billie Dean Howard and Patrick five years earlier.
* ForegoneConclusion: The fact that Shelby, Matt, and Lee are giving interviews on ''My Roanoke Nightmare'' indicates that they survive.
* FoundFootageFilms: Someone leaves a disturbing one in the farmhouse basement that shows the cameraman running afoul of some sort of pig man in the woods.
* HillbillyHorrors: Invoked but subverted so far. Some frightening hicks show up at the auction where they make it clear they don't care for the new owners (''possibly'' because they're an interracial couple), but they haven't definitely done anything worse than that.
* ParanormalInvestigation: ''My Roanoke Nightmare'' is very much styled after these types of shows.
* PigMan: Some sort of man with a pig head (or a man wearing a pig's head) appears on the home movie footage.
* RainOfSomethingUnusual: In the first episode, Shelby witnesses a rain of teeth. They all disapear once her husband returns.
* TheSavageSouth: The season takes place in South Carolina, which is apparently populated by hillbillies, pig men, and what appears to be the long lost Roanoke pilgrims.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''My Roanoke Nightmare'' serves as the (apparent) framing device of this season.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Lily Rabe was not among the cast members confirmed to appear prior to the season premiere.
* WildWilderness: The farmhouse is on the edge of a particularly terrifying forest.
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'''''American Horror Story: Roanoke''''' [[note]]originally marketed as ''American Horror Story ?6''[[/note]] is the sixth season of Creator/RyanMurphy's horror {{anthology}} series ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', aired by the Creator/{{FX}} network in 2016.
Unlike previous seasons of ''AHS'', ''very'' little information about ''Roanoke'' was revealed prior to its premiere. A total of twenty-six promotional videos were released in the weeks leading up, but according to Murphy, only one of them is indicative of the real season's theme.
The first episode, nondescriptly titled "Chapter One", doesn't offer much in the way of answers. Through the framing device of a {{documentary}} series called ''[[ParanormalInvestigation My Roanoke Nightmare]]'', a young woman named Shelby (Creator/LilyRabe), her husband Matt (Andre Holland), and his sister Lee (Adina Porter) detail their nightmarish experiences after moving into a creepy house located in {{Appalachia}}n North Carolina, through {{talking heads}} and {{dramatization}}s performed by a trio of actors (Creator/SarahPaulson as Shelby, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Matt, and Creator/AngelaBassett as Dee). Just as the audience watches the (dramatized) Shelby stumble into some [[EldritchLocation spooky woods that appear to be living and breathing]] ... we then cut to the {{closing credits}}.
[[AntiClimax Cue mass audience frustration]].
Similar to its plot, the cast of ''Roanoke'' has been kept largely under wraps, but Creator/LadyGaga, Creator/KathyBates, Creator/WesBentley, Cheyenne Jackson, Creator/EvanPeters, and Creator/DenisOHare have been confirmed to also be starring in some capacity.
According to Ryan Murphy, this season's theme will be an extended guessing game for we viewers to speculate and theorize about. So, until all's been revealed, we may as well keep the [[WMG/AmericanHorrorStorySix WMG page]] nice and warm?
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!! '''''American Horror Story ?6''''' provides examples of the following tropes:
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Similar to fellow Creator/{{FX}} series ''Series/{{Fargo}}''.
* BigFancyHouse: The farmhouse, which was built in the 18th century. Not quite as opulent as the Murder House or the Hotel Cortez, but it's not without its charm.
* ContinuityNod: Roanoke was previously referenced in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' by Billie Dean Howard and Patrick five years earlier.
* ForegoneConclusion: The fact that Shelby, Matt, and Lee are giving interviews on ''My Roanoke Nightmare'' indicates that they survive.
* FoundFootageFilms: Someone leaves a disturbing one in the farmhouse basement that shows the cameraman running afoul of some sort of pig man in the woods.
* HillbillyHorrors: Invoked but subverted so far. Some frightening hicks show up at the auction where they make it clear they don't care for the new owners (''possibly'' because they're an interracial couple), but they haven't definitely done anything worse than that.
* ParanormalInvestigation: ''My Roanoke Nightmare'' is very much styled after these types of shows.
* PigMan: Some sort of man with a pig head (or a man wearing a pig's head) appears on the home movie footage.
* RainOfSomethingUnusual: In the first episode, Shelby witnesses a rain of teeth. They all disapear once her husband returns.
* TheSavageSouth: The season takes place in South Carolina, which is apparently populated by hillbillies, pig men, and what appears to be the long lost Roanoke pilgrims.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''My Roanoke Nightmare'' serves as the (apparent) framing device of this season.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Lily Rabe was not among the cast members confirmed to appear prior to the season premiere.
* WildWilderness: The farmhouse is on the edge of a particularly terrifying forest.
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