Coulrophobia will be running wild again this September, when Twisty the Clown returns to the American Horror Story series.

Last seen in the two-part Halloween episode of 2014’s American Horror Story: Freak Show, Twisty started his life as a disgraced kid’s entertainer, who blew his jaw off with a shotgun in a botched suicide attempt. As soon as the character appeared on screen he was an instant hit, so it came as quite a shock when he was killed off so early in the series.

But it seems you can’t keep a good clown down. Showrunner Ryan Murphy posted an image to his official Instagram showing the clown, who is played by genre favourite John Carroll Lynch (Fargo, The Founder), on the cover of a comic book with “He’s Baaaaaack” scrawled underneath.

Surely this can’t simply be Twisty’s only appearance in the show, and hopefully foreshadows his return – either as a member of Edward Mordrake’s (Wes Bentley) menagerie, or as a standalone character. Either way, it’s hardly like we need an excuse to be excited about the show’s return.

Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Billie Lourd, Billy Eichner, Cheyenne Jackson, Alison Pill, Colton Haynes and Adina Porter will also return when American Horror Story returns for an election themed Season 7 in September.

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