Kathy Bates is confident that this season of FX's American Horror Story will be genuinely scary.

Bates, who will play hotel manager Iris in American Horror Story: Hotel, spoke with the Los Angeles Times recently and teased how this season will affect the audience.

Asked if this would cripple the hotel industry, she confirmed, "It may indeed. It may indeed. At the very least, it will have people looking under the hotel bed, in the closet, behind the shower curtain. Let me tell you now, it'll scare you more than bed bugs. I guarantee it."

Iris is also a crossword puzzle enthusiast, a hobby that may say more than you think about her personality.

"I forgot about where that came from. I'm actually a sudoku person. I'm all about them. I will say this, someone who does crossword puzzles, they do it usually to wait, to kill time," Bates explained. "So that's all I can say about that. I think Iris is waiting. She also has to keep the hotel running smoothly - all the things that go on in the hotel, the events, whatever, the way of the hotel, she has to do all of that and keep that going."

Bates also teased that there will be something scarier this season than Twisty, the murderous clown from American Horror Story: Freak Show with a truly terrifying face mask.

"And I don't know - where it comes from will just shock the ... out of you. Don't say I didn't warn you," Bates said of this season's scariest moment.

American Horror Story: Hotel premieres tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX.

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