After a series of incredibly vague teasers for American Horror Story: Hotel, we finally have our first official trailer that shows off all of the season's characters.
As is often true of the show as a whole, the trailer is frantically edited and borderline incompressible, consisting of a bunch of random hallway shots. But you can see all the main actors in there, including Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Matt Bomer, and, of course, Lady Gaga.
The trailer doesn't reveal much about the season that we didn't already know, and actually, it barely reveals anything at all. Still, it's great to finally see this whole cast in action and get a glimpse at what the season will feel like.
The fifth season of American Horror Story will take place in a hotel owned by The Countess (Lady Gaga), a glamorous socialite who feeds on blood. The hotel was originally built by James March (Evan Peters) to hide his murders, but now its residents include The Countess' former lover Ramona (Angela Bassett), crossdresser Liz Taylor (Dennis O'Hare), front desk clerk Iris (Kathy Bates), junkie Sally (Sarah Paulson), and Detective John Lowe (Wes Bentley).
There's one person that notably wasn't in the trailer though: Jessica Lange. Although the actress has become the face of American Horror Story, she decided to sit out this season, and so this will be the first stretch of episodes without her. Still, Murphy recently revealed that she may not be gone for good, and there's some possibility for her to return in future seasons.
American Horror Story: Hotel premieres on FX on October 7.