American Horror Story: Hotel – New Images and Plot Details

Steve Barton |

Aug 26, 2015

Strap in, kids! Entertainment Weekly has scored the very first images from “American Horror Story: Hotel” along with the some descriptive plot details straight from series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck.

The cast list for “American Horror Story: Hotel” includes Emma Roberts, Lily Rabe, Madchen Amick, Helena Mattsson, Lady Gaga as Elizabeth, Matt Bomer as Donovan, Finn Wittrock as Tristan Duffy, Sarah Paulson as Hypodermic Sally, Kathy Bates as Iris, Chloe Sevigny as Alex Lowell, Wes Bentley as John Lowell, Evan Peters as Mr. March, Angela Bassett as Ramona Royale, Max Greenfield, Denis O’Hare, Naomi Campbell, Darren Criss, Mare Winningham, and Cheyenne Jackson as Drake.

: Lady Gaga

: Evan Peters

: Naomi Campbell

: Wes Bentley

: Kathy Bates

: Max Greenfield

: Angela Bassett

: Finn Wittrock

: Sarah Paulson

: Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer

American Horror Story: Hotel

“Hotel” will be debuting on FX on Wednesday, October 7th, at 10PM.

Built in 1930 by the rich and charming but deeply psychotic James March (Evan Peters), the beautiful art-deco Hotel Cortez is, in actuality, a labyrinthine structure built to hide March’s murderous activities (think dead ends, secret rooms, endless shafts).

In present day, though, the Cortez is acquired by Gaga’s Countess, a glamorous socialite who attends art openings and fashion shows and maintains her looks not from a steady diet of kale but from imbibing human blood. The Countess is also insatiable when it comes to love and sex, which sets up a macabre love triangle between her, the similarly blood-hungry Donovan (Matt Bomer) and the newly turned male model Tristan (Finn Wittrock).

Also gravitating around the world of the Cortez are Ramona Royale (Angela Bassett), an actress/former lover of The Countess’ seeking revenge; Iris (Kathy Bates), Donovan’s mother and the front desk clerk; Liz Taylor (Denis O’Hare), a cross-dresser nicknamed by The Countess; Hypodermic Sally (Sarah Paulson), a junkie and friend of The Countess; Detective John Lowe (Wes Bentley), a cop investigating a murderer named the Ten Commandments Killer; and The Addiction Demon, a creature in the vein of Rubberman or Bloodyface, who has no eyes or mouth but does wield a nasty, conical drillbit dildo.

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