Tony Winner Neil Patrick Harris is a Bloody Terrifying Magician in New AHS: Freak Show Promo

We knew Neil Patrick Harris was into magic, but this is downright horrific. Take a look at this promo for the latest episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show, titled “Magical Thinking,” which features our first look at the Tony winner’s performance in the FX Series. Harris plays Chester, a magician who appears to take over Elsa’s dwindling freak show. He also has a really creepy ventriloquist dummy and an apparent flair for the gory. Catch Harris and the whole host of Broadway vets in American Horror Story when it returns on January 7, 2015. The former Hedwig is set have a two episode arc, while his hubby, It Shoulda Been You's David Burtka, has been tapped for the season finale.