American Horror Story: Freak Show [Blu-ray]

Awesomeness

Season 4 is very dear to many hearts. The goths, the rejected, the handicapped, gay, misfits, any of us who have been stared at or outcasts, will love this season. The entire cast was great, most notably the women. Jessica Lange in her Dietrich-esque leading role is excellent (as always) and Kathy Bates stole my heart in this one, as the bearded lady. She gives a speech about "hope" and it's dangers that is reason enough to buy the boxed set. We'll all identify with that.There is gore, sexy stuff ("Dandy" despite being a despicable character, is hopelessly sexy) great acting, very cool music, and most of all, the majority of the cast are 'the real deal' and not really actors. I have season 1, 2 and 4 on DVD. Season 3 and this current one, 5, will not be a part of my collection. Something missed the mark in those two season that I cannot quite pinpoint.

I'm only halfway through this season, but having seen most of the seasons, Freak Show is BY FAR my favorite. Mainly because the writers do not kill off the main characters just to resurrect them... which has become a stupid habit of theirs'.The visuals of the carnival and the performers are awesome. It's a feast for the eyes, and most of the characters have storylines with some meat. I also love this time period of the early 1950's. Jessica Lange is just fabulous in her role.If you want a tamer AHS season, Freak Show and Murder House would be the ones to watch. By far the most offensive, were Apocolypse and Hotel.

Next to Murder House and Coven, Freakshow became another one of my fan favorite seasons for American Horror Story!Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett and Jyoti Amge's performances in Freakshow were incredible and I love this series' theme of morality. I also enjoyed how actors and actresses with qualities a regular person would seem strange - like Jyoti, Mat Fraser and Rose Siggins - are involved, making Freakshow authentic. I think because of that, many people who are misunderstood and have quirks society wouldn't understand will enjoy watching this season of American Horror Story!This season makes you ask: Who are the real monsters? The members of Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities, or people no one would suspect of committing unspeakable acts?

Freakshow is one of the two most "human" of the AHS series.Jessica Lange does really well as Elsa Mars. It's subtle but the arc really follows the adage of "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." The more successful Elsa becomes, the unhappier she becomes.Kathy Bates turns in a great performance as well.

The was the Fourth in the series, I watched this show from the first season, Jessica Lange is truly outstanding. You at the fact that its a story about the people playing part in a Circus is the best, In Florida, you then add Sarah Paulson and Kathy Bates add to the amusement. A great way to spend a rainy Saturday

It's another season of blood and gore but AMERICAN HORROR STORY never fails to deliver. FREAK SHOW takes us behind the scenes of a carnival that seems to stay in one place. No wonder they have trouble getting an audience. Our favorite stars are back and this season lovely Jessica Lange is Elsa Mars, the owner of the freak show and mother hen to her outcast troupe.I loved the previous 3 season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY so I was eager to watch Season 4. It was hard to get beyond the first couple of sad and violent episodes but I stuck with it. Expect to see the most frightening clown you could imagine. Twisty the Clown is the stuff of nightmares.At times, Season 4 seems confused and directionless and then it gets back on track. Twisty will haunt your dreams and then he is gone and then his back and then gone. The writers seemed not to know how to follow through with Twisty's story.The problems with FREAK SHOW are the multiple stories and the "fake" freaks. This season Sarah Paulson plays Siamese twins--two heads with one set of arms and legs. The visual effects don't often work well and we see one Paulson face at a time or Paulson with a fake head. Evan Peters is Lobster Boy with fake hands, Kathy Bates, with a seriously odd accent, wears a fake beard to be the bearded lady.The real gems of this season are the life "freaks" and let's not call them freaks. They are vibrant people overcoming serious abnormalities. As I watched the show, I wondered how they made Paul the Illustrated Seal look so real with his deformed arms. How did they make Ma Petite look like a living baby doll? Fantastic visual effects to make Legless Susi "legless." I researched the characters and found the actors have special conditions that make them "different". These fine actors are the stars of the show. Mat Fraser really has deformed arms and Rose Siggins lost her legs up to her hips. And amazingly, Jyoti Amge is a full grown woman just over 2 feet tall. These actors are amazingly talented and I hope they were return in future seasons.In the end, the real freaks are murderous Twisty the Clown and pretty rich boy Dandy Mott (Finn Wittrock). Being a freak is not a physical deformity but rather having an evil mind and soul. In the carnival world, the freaks are a family and stay together. There is a strong homage to the 1932 cult classic freaks that actually featured circus freaks getting their revenge. Don't miss with one of their kind or be prepared to pay the ultimate price. Season 4 doesn't play as much on the supernatural as in the past. Only one other worldly character appears to take the soul of the most evil.There is an amazing array of actors in this season beyond our regulars. This season's visiting singer turned actress is Patti LaBelle. Pepper the pinhead is back and barely seen until she is featured in a sad and tragic story. They even cross over to the connection to Season 2 AYSLUM. What could be better? Season 4 will keep your interest but the writers have lost their way with the Elsa Mars character. Her story goes all over the place.Sometimes we hate her and other times she is an object of pity. The season finale is an incredible disappointment as if the writers had to quickly tie up their story and took a page from the TV show LOST.Although I was disappointed at times in Season 4, I was totally addicted and can't wait for Season 5.

I loved this show on TV. It could have easily have been made into a movie. Out of all the American Horror Stories, this one is the best so far to me. The one about the Witches was pretty good and the last one with Lady Gaga was pretty good but this one is the best. The music and the weird creepy toys when the show begins is genius. Whoever thought of this stuff, is stranger than Stephen King.

brother loved it

Mi unico comentario es que lanruedita que sostiene al bluray llego rota.Es un caso que aveces pasa con las cajas de bluray pero el disco estaba sin rayones y funciona perfectamente. La calidad es optima.

En mi opinion la mejor temporada

Outstanding

I am a big fan of AHS and was not disappointed in season 4. It was creepy, compelling, sad and funny. Like another reviewer I was impressed and glad that they used real "freaks" which added to the pathos when shown how "normal" people reacted to them and that the so called "normals" were in many cases even bigger and nastier "freaks". I can't wait for season 5 Hotel. Hope Jessica Lange is in it as she gives stand out performances. Also Sarah Paulson is superb and amazing in the role of the 2-headed twins. I've been a fan of hers since American Gothic and am enjoying her current role in the OJ Simpson tv show on BBC 2. Overall loved AHS season 4; looking forward to season 5 and beyond. Long may it continue.