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The teaser is set to Billie Eilish’s debut single, “Six Feet Under”—a timely choice, given the recent release of her smash-hit new album—and embodies the spirit of many slasher films of the 1980s. In particular, the teaser seems to be aping Friday the 13th, with shots of a distressed young woman running from a masked assailant through the woods and taking refuge in a cabin. The masked pursuer, of course, stabs a knife through the door. Friday the 13th debuted in 1980, with Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter bowing in 1984. (Despite the purported finality of the title, the franchise has seen eight more films release since then.)

The year 1984 was unusually prolific for memorable horror films, with debuts including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Children of the Corn, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Firestarter, and the cult classic C.H.U.D., which influenced Jordan Peele’s Us. Murphy and his collaborator, Brad Falchuk, have long infused their horror anthology with references to the classics—and with a title like American Horror Story: 1984, it seems almost certain we’ll get another season packed with allusions.

Although Murphy has played things characteristically close to the vest when it comes to A.H.S. Season 9, we do know a couple of things about the upcoming season already. For the first time in franchise history, Evan Peters has said he is sitting this season out, while his ex-fiancée, Emma Roberts, is confirmed as part of the cast. (There is no indication, however, that the decision was connected to their split; Peters has, in fact, said in the past that playing a parade of dark characters on A.H.S. has been “exhausting” for him.) Sarah Paulson, the franchise’s other stalwart, is expected to return, although her casting has not been officially confirmed.