Most Chilling ‘American Horror Story: Roanoke’ Shout-Outs to Scary Classics, Past Seasons (Photos)

Upon arriving in North Carolina, Matt and Shelby encounter some creepy hillbillies that in episode 5 are revealed to be cannibals that are allowed to stay on The Butcher’s land in exchange for providing sacrifices.

[...] country connoisseurs of man-flesh have been a common/>common type of foe in horror films, namely the 70s classics “The Hills Have Eyes” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”

In episode 2, Shelby and Lee discover a room decorated with dozens of wooden stick figures, and a larger version of the stick figure is seen out in the woods on several occasions.

In that movie, the family’s five-year-old daughter creates an imaginary friend named Jodie…who’s a pig demon.

Pig masks have been featured in several horror movies, such as the 1980 cult classic “Motel Hell.”

[...] perhaps the most famous use of pig masks comes from the “Saw” series, as Jigsaw and his acolytes use pig masks while kidnapping victims for his deadly games.

[...] there is the concept of a house possessed by the spirits of those who have been murdered while taking residence there.

Next, we meet two of the house’s more murderous former tenants: a pair of nurses who turned the house into a convalescent home and killed five of their patients.

[...] the “My Roanoke Nightmare” portion of this season concludes with our protagonists checking into a hotel after escaping The Butcher.