 For me, American Horror Story past the first few seasons has had some problems keeping steam for the entire season. But after nine seasons and at least four more on the way, American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy may have found a fix to this as he has confirmed there will be a spin-off based on the hit horror series. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Matt Rogers. Around this time of the year we usually expect a teaser or at least a theme announcement for American Horror Story. But in a recent interview with The Wrap, Murphy has opened up about the challenges the cast and crew have faced due to the recent pandemic. Quote, a lot of what I was going to shoot was dependent on a very specific moment. It was a weather dependent show, so now I don't know. I don't know what we're going to do. I don't know what we're going to do next with that show. I don't know if I'll accelerate another season or wait till next year to shoot this one. End quote. This means there may be a reshuffling of seasons and a whole new theme will be revealed in 2020 in its place. Alternatively, we won't get a season this year at all. Although I've made many videos slowly losing hope for the series and constantly getting my hopes up and disappointed, 1984 being a perfect example of this, the aesthetic for this upcoming season looked pretty good. I'm getting Lovecraftian killer mermaid vibes, which I'm fully on board with, plus the Vkars-McCauley-Kulken, which is a choice that's definitely left of centre but I am supportive of. And this season we'll see series regulars returning after skipping season 9, including Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Kathy Bates. The season's theme is still anyone's guess though, as all we have so far is an overcast sky over the ocean with hands washing up on shore and apparently the season requires certain weather to film. Scenes filmed in the ocean, I assume, that may be too ambitious to film in a studio. But Ryan Murphy has made an unexpected announcement on his Instagram about a zoom call with all the cast with a photoshopped image of that call saying, quote, American Horror Story cast zoom call, where we reminisced about the good times, the spinoff we're doing called American Horror Stories, one hour contained episodes, when we will start filming the next season of The Mothership and other stuff I cannot print. It was so much fun and I'm glad we caught up, I miss everyone, end quote. From experience I've been taught not to be too optimistic, but the first act of American Horror Story season seemed to be mostly the best, with a lot of seasons fizzling out at the end. And self-contained episodes could address this issue. I would love to see some standalone prequels and epilogues from the already established worlds. I want to see a backstory for the aliens from Asylum. How about what happened at Miss Robo Shows Academy before and after the events of Coven? Lots of potential there, but on the other hand, there's nothing wrong with starting fresh either. And doing a season built up of anthology episodes like, say, Black Mirror with a few references to the mothership season along the way. No official dates have been released for American Horror Stories or the new American Horror Story season, which is usually released in fall. In the meantime, if you want your Ryan Murphy fix, he's been creating a lot of Netflix content of late. I've been watching his new show, Hollywood, and before that, The Politician, and they're both really great shows. Not horror, but you can tell Murphy is behind the camera and there are some familiar faces in the cast. The politician about a student who is perfectionist and ambitious and building a career in politics and Hollywood about nobody is trying to make it big in the golden age of Hollywood. In my opinion, both really worth your time. But what would you like to see from a standalone episode season of Horror Stories? I'll be chatting with you guys in the comments. Be sure to subscribe if you want to keep up to date on all things American Horror Story. But until next time, this is Matt Rodgers and that is all.