Ryan Murphy spoke very briefly about the next season in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. "We have something really fun planned," he said.
AHS usually falls into two categories: campy horror and outright terror. Coven, Hotel, Freak Show, and Apocalypse, for example, were pretty campy. Sassy dialogue, wild story lines, and super elaborate costumes that were over-the-top in the best way. Outright terror falls more in line with Murder House, Asylum, Roanoke, and Cult. We have more grounded stories, grisly deaths, and lots of nightmarish components. Sure, these seasons still had some camp, but not as much.
If 1984 is "really fun," it may be an unexpected mesh of the two categories, a little bit of campy horror with some real terror to keep us on our toes. After all, the show is presumably taking place in the '80s — it can't help but be a little campy. We're totally here for a season full of leg warmers, Cyndi Lauper, and murder.
