The Hotel Cortez finally opened its doors to “American Horror Story “ fans on Oct. 7 for the show’s premiere of the fifth season. The highly anticipated premiere introduced its newest leading actress Lady Gaga, as well as returning guest stars Matt Bomer and Wes Bentley as the main roles this season.

This season revolves around the Hotel Cortez in Los Angeles and its eccentric owner The Countess, played by Lady Gaga. Some of the new characters were introduced right off the bat which included the hotel manager, who seems to only stick around to watch over her son Donovan. Donovan is The Countess’ lover who shares his love for sadistic activities. Fans are also introduced to Sally, a drug-addicted punk chick as well as Det. John Lowe, who investigates a string of murders that leads him to the hotel.

Within the first few scenes of the premiere, the bizarre secrets of the hotel began to spill out as two Scandinavian women check in and find someone sewn into their mattress. The women become hysterical, and Iris moves them into room 64 which seems to have a haunting history of its own.

As in the other four seasons, the history of the mystery behind the hotel are revealed through flashbacks that basically give a glimpse into how some of the new characters ended up in the hotel.

Det. Lowe’s reason for being tied up with the hotel turns out to be the biggest secret of them all and is revealed toward the end of the episode, leaving the audience in anticipation for the entire story to be explained. Lowe’s personal life becomes consumed by his obsession with a mass murderer that seems to have lured him to stay at the hotel, specifically in room 64.

As someone who has seen every season of American Horror Story, I was absolutely thrilled with every direction this season seems to be heading. Each scene seemed to build up the audience’s anticipation for the rest of the episodes to come.

As I watched the show, my dad, who has never seen an episode in his life was in the room with me and was extremely disturbed within the first 10 minutes, yet had his eyes glued to the TV until the episode ended. The “American Horror Story” tradition of blindsiding, troubling and satisfying its viewers until their mouths hang open was definitely accomplished with every scene.

After only watching the hour-long premiere, I can already tell this season is going to be if not just as good even better than the past ones. With so many crazy, bloody secrets already being disclosed I seriously cannot imagine how insanely amazing the rest of the season is going to be.

If you’ve missed the first four seasons, there’s no worry because each season has a complete different storyline. Every season includes the same actors, but they each have a new character to portray that goes along with the new storyline.

So it’s not too late to start watching the new season and from what I’ve seen so far, you’ll want to be a part of this insanely unorthodox yet addicting show.