Late at night with creeping green smoke Edward Mordrake’s enslaved spirit drifts through the circus grounds visiting each freak. Legless Suzy tries to escape, but Mordrake grabs her hair and tosses her like a Weeble toy. She wobbles upright as he hovers over her “How did you come to be here? Tell me your darkest hour. Give us your sin. Lay bare your darkest shame,” sounding like a shrink instead of a carny grim reaper looking for a soul to add to his ghostly entourage.
When Suzy was two years old her parents dropped her off at a children’s home after losing her legs to a spinal condition. Later in life she was a panhandling in the streets. She became jealous of another hobo panhandler that danced for loose change; so she stabbed him in the leg, and he bled to death. It wasn’t about the money. It was because he had something that she never would, legs. Demon Face rolls his eyes #Next
Paul the Illustrated Seal is cornered in his tighty-whiteys terrified & drunk. He says his greatest sin is just being born. He was tormented for being different, but since he had no arms he couldn’t fight back. He escaped his shame in the darkness of movie theaters which nurtured his dreams for the glitz & glamour of performing. Tired of being called a monster & unloved he had his entire body tattooed to make the world fear him instead. He almost had his pretty boy face covered too, but he chickened out because that is the only thing he liked about himself. He cried at the paradox of having a handsome face with an abnormal body. If he wasn’t a freak he could have ruled the world. Demon Face is bored, “You are not the one.” #MauryPovich …I never realized how really handsome Paul is until this scene. Those eyes!
Mordrake is delightfully amused by the sight of Pepper & Salty as they dance around like children. They’re too innocent & unaware of any shame to even be considered by Mordrake. If only Demon Face knew that they partake in porn movies & drug fueled orgies assaulting candy stripers. #BadLuckPenny
Elsa is stepping up her eyebrow game, and they are looking better than previous episodes. That’s a good thing because she needs to look her best as she is expecting a dark haired stranger to propel her into stardom. When Mordrake arrives she is a total diva. He’s silent & allows her to ramble on with her delusions of grandeur. As she pours him a glass of absinthe she’s still unaware that he is a ghost and not a talent agent. She lights a cigarette, “Cat got your tongue?” (She said this same line last year to the mute butler) Mordrake’s patience has run out and calls her delusional, ignorant, and a waste of oxygen. He’s not there for her talent; he’s there to take someone to the otherside. She sees the face on the back of his head and calls it a silly little prank.
His ghostly freaks push her onto the bed. Realizing that he is Edward Mordrake, she tries to fight them off as they rip off her prosthetic legs while near hysterics crying & screaming that she’s not one of them. The hypocrisy pisses off Mordrake while he tells her that she is indeed a freak, “a freak who pretends to be a benevolent zoo keeper of freaks when she’s nothing but a pernicious diseased animal herself.” As he caresses the tears on her face, “Now tell me about your darkest hour.” …. Hot damn! Sexy Goth Mordrake makes verbal abuse sound like poetry. I want him to use his #Dicktionary of fancy words on me too.
Jimmy & Maggie are riding back to the circus when the motorbike runs out of gas. He says they need to get off the road and walk through the woods so they don’t get caught breaking the curfew. Blah blah flirting blah blah. When a car comes down the road they hide in the bushes…. Twisty’s school bus of horrors with his three young hostages is on the otherside of the road. When Twisty unlocked the prisoner cage Bonnie pushed him down & escapes running onto the road where Jimmy and Maggie are hiding. Twisty chases after her and knocks her out in the struggle. Both Jimmy & Maggie watched him carry Bonnie back into the woods and followed them to Twisty’s hideaway. They are both knocked unconscious by another clown. When he takes off his mask it’s Dandy and says “It’s time for the real Halloween show to begin.”
Mordrake allows Elsa to reattach her legs, and she makes a sexual innuendo that she prefers to be upright when entertaining a handsome stranger. He assures her that he is not down to fuck because he is a ghost. But Demon Face does want something from her, “He wants your misery. He wants your true darkness.”
Elsa’s darkest period was when she was a sadistic dominatrix in Berlin 1932 during a period of sexual chaos for the citizens after Germany’s surrender in the War. Everyone was channeling their anger, humiliation, & misery through sex. Lots of dirty perverted I don’t give a fuck if I die sex. Inside the brothel where she worked we see several graphic vignettes of bondage, flogging, and sexual torture. Did you notice the old man masturbating while watching a whore piss in a cup? It took a couple of rewinds for me to realize that a ménage à trois scene involved a tied up pregnant prostitute. This stuff is vanilla compared to other deviant services involving animals, scat, amputees, & hunchbacks. I warn you please DO NOT google scat EVER; and if you do your eyeballs will never forgive you. #TwoGirlsOneCup
Here comes Mistress Elsa in head to toe black; confidently strutting in thigh high boots, garter, stockings, short skirt, leather corset, leather gloves, lace top & mask… and a gawd awful blond bob wig. Elsa is giving me life right now but someone call the police because bitch stole Madonna’s look from her last tour. Mistress E is giving her submissive client a choice of accessories, and replies with a WOOF when he chooses a leashed dog collar. Elsa is humiliating her man-dog on all fours and then forcing him to sit on a nail spiked toilet seat. She tells Mordrake that she was an out of work stage actress, but now performing in the S&M world, and she was the STAR of all the whores. She worked in the top hotels, but she was not like the other whores. Clients weren’t allowed touch her, and there was no penetration because she would never allow their “filth” inside her. #Roomba
Mistress Elsa became well known and attracted another source of income with a paying audience she called The Watchers. She tells Mordrake that over time she felt like she had traded in her humanity trick by trick; and in the end she was nothing but a ghost. Not satisfied that she told him the worst of it, Mordrake demands that Elsa tell him the story about her legs.
She first confesses that her ambition was her downfall. The Watchers paid her to make porn movies with submissive co-stars. She was their top seller, and was praised that she could make men ejaculate gold. This movie shoot was different because there was no co-star. She was drugged enough to be powerless; but not enough to forget, not enough to not understand, not enough to dull the pain. The Watchers, the three men that were present for the filming, pulled stockings over their heads and smeared lipstick on the outlines of their mouth giving them a distorted & terrifying presence. I assume this was to conceal their identities on film, or they’re just sick fucks. Adding to the kink factor two of the men were wearing women’s lingerie. When Elsa was chained to the bed with cuff restraints she realized something awful was about to happen and simultaneously with her screams one of the men revved up a chain saw and buzzed off her legs.
Side bar: Here Elsa appeared more than 20 years younger, and she was movie star glamorous. She was ready for her close-up wearing a satin mini-cape & flawlessly coiffed hair; juxtaposing it with a snuff film made it probably the most horrifying scene I’ve ever watched in the AHS series, I think. The writers took her back-story to a repulsive psycho-sexual place instead of one involving a birth defect, the War, Hitler, or human experimentation. Plus I give a nod to the writers because coincidently the portable chainsaw was invented in Germany 1925. During a close up of the chain saw there were two words. One of them was Dorficht; I could not read the other one. You guys know how I obsess over details. #OCD
The Watchers left her to die, but she was saved by a soldier boy who was also one of her tricks that loved her and followed her everywhere. The snuff film was passed around all over Europe, and she was a star but it ruined her career. Is she talking about her acting or dominatrix career? The Demon inside Mordrake says “She’s the one.” She seems relieved & eager as she begs & begs for him to kill her then dropping to her knees screaming “Please take me what are you waiting for?” He pulls out his dagger & his body moves to kill but then he stops and asks, “Do you hear music?”
Outside in the woods Dandy & Twisty have Jimmy & the youngsters tied and putting on “The Greatest Show on Earth” for their captive audience. Twisty is playing toy musical instruments that Mordrake hears. Remember Mordrake is summoned when freaks perform on Halloween. Dandy introduces Maggie as “Tiny Tits,” #LOL, his assistant in a box that is about to be sawed in half, but this won’t be an illusion. Jimmy manages to get out of his ties to punch down Dandy. Twisty starts grunting and directing the captives to clap as if this was part of the show. Clearly Twisty craves to entertain children, or at least he’s trying. The young captives are able to flee, enraging Twisty, and then he recaptures Jimmy back to his trailer. Just as Twisty is about to stab Jimmy the creeping green smoke along with Mordrake flow into the Clown killer’s school bus. Dandy is chasing after Maggie & the youngsters but they were too far ahead of him. Just like a temperamental child he cries out “You’ve ruined my Halloween.”
Twisty is reluctantly passive to Mordrake’s command to remove his mask and “Tell me your story.” Twisty is missing his lower jaw with a wide gaping infected cavity for a lower face with a tongue that is trying to not be swallowed as it wiggles around for support. This is making me gag, it’s so gross. Bravo to the special effects/make up team. He is unable to speak, but Mordrake instructs him to focus his mind and he will be able to understand. Twisty’s speech becomes intelligible and we begin tell his story.
It’s 1943 and Twisty is a working clown in a traveling circus. He has great pure love for the children, and wants to make them happy. Some of the freaks were mean to him, and he did not get along well with them. A couple of the little people working in the circus were jealous of Twisty. More specifically they wanted his job because the little kids would sit on his lap and wiggle. Oh boy these little turd freaks were pedophiles.
Late one night the little people scum-bags invite Twisty to talk. They tease him for being a simpleton and kinda “slow” if you know what I mean. Twisty shares that his mom was drunk and dropped him on his head when was little. They told Twisty that they had called the cops on him, accusing him of taking advantage of the children. They easily tricked him to run away from the circus. Once the rumor spread that he was a pedophile, he was no longer able to find work doing the job he loved, being a clown that makes children happy.
Twisty returned back to Jupiter to be with his mother, but then she died; he was alone and needed to support himself. Now living in his “short bus” in the woods he needed to earn money. He was inspired by the fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin” (a fairy tale that originated in Germany) to make children’s toys out of junk. He tried to get the local toy store to sell them, but the store owner declined. Twisty insists, but then owner loses his patience and calls Twisty a child molester. This is the same toy store that Twisty returned to years later in episode 2 killing the owner & employee.
Twisty’s darkest time is his disfigurement that was the result of a failed suicide attempt by swallowing the end of a rifle and shooting half his face off. Getting creative with the broad bandage covering his injury, he was inspired to paint a huge toothy grin on it to disguise the lower half of his missing face. With his new look he tried to blend back in at Elsa’s circus, but he was ignored.
Twisty tells Mordrake that he kidnapped the children to save them because he loved them. He really thought he was doing something good for them. Twisty felt that the freaks were stealing the children’s love which motivated his kidnapping & murder spree. He was trying to be a good clown for the kids when he killed their mean parents by giving them candy and chore free life in captivity. He even brought them Bonnie, a pretty kidnapped babysitter.
As Jimmy looks on from inside the bus Mordrake shares that he’s met many killers in his days & many people who’ve had cravings for death. He says that all of them have in some form have admitted to the darkness in their hearts, but Twisty doesn’t admit to any wrong doing. Mordrake says that his story has caused Demon Face to weep, “You are the one.” He swiftly stabbed Twisty to death & then his ghostly companions took his soul with his fully healed face & someone else’s scalp still on his head away to Hell for eternity… Dandy finds Twisty’s body and gives a weird orgasm face as he tries on Twisty’s really gross and stanky mouth mask. The police sirens are in the distance and he leaves.
Jimmy lied to the police that he didn’t know what happened, but instead reminded the detective that Meep was killed in his jail, & somebody still had to pay for his death. Maggie told another officer that Jimmy was a hero.
Back at camp Jimmy told Elsa that Mordrake had claimed his freak and the curfew had been lifted, and Maggie thanked Jimmy for his heroism with a kiss on the cheek. Soon a mob arrived. Elsa assumed that they were coming to run them out of town. Instead it was the town folks coming to thank Jimmy by shaking his lobster hands for saving the children as well as the town. A little girl asks Desiree if she’s a real lady. Hilariously Desiree shimmies, “I’m a lady and then some.” Elsa always ready to hustle for some coins, welcomes them all to purchase tickets at the box office.
Now that she’s expecting a full house & eager to hog up the spotlight, Elsa has demoted the Tattler twins to be the warm up act for the pinheads. Maggie’s scam partner Stanley shows up pretending to be a talent scout from Hollywood, and he wants a ticket to her sold out show. Of course Elsa is able to find a seat for him and his big dick. #Thirsty
Dandy returns to his mansion still wearing his Twisty 2.0 costume. Dora starts to chew his ass out, and she is very lippy with him, “I’m not afraid of you…You little made in the shade white boy.” Just as she complains about washing his shit stain underwear he slashes her throat. Dandy laughs maniacally. Is Lady Marmalade his first human kill? Patti gurl, you should have known that Dandy was gonna gitchya gitchya ya ya ya.
WOW this was my absolute favorite episode thus far. Y’all know I have more commentary to add in the comments below, and please join in. Check out my previous AHS recaps here. You can whip me, beat me, & humiliate me on my twitter @Urethra_F Have a safe Halloween. I’m gonna turn off the porch lights, close the curtains and eat candy while watching the 1978 horror classic Halloween. I’m not opening the door for nobody.
You’d think after her encounter with Mordrake, that Elsa would be a teensy weensy, tiny bit more subdued when talking to men while only wearing her under things.
Really? After all she is a well seasoned whore.
I loved this episode and the previous part to it. For me these episodes were the best moving. The others had good moments but I feel like slow momentum throughout. These episodes moved.
I like Dandy and Twisty we got multiple nods to the original Halloween movies. Even Dandy’s movements whilst in his clown suit mirror The Shape in Carpenter’s Halloween. I felt so badly for Twisty and part of me wanted to see Emma Roberts get at least nicked by the saw.
Wes Bentley as Mordrake……that is a sexy man
Did anyone else find it odd when Maggie and the kids got away she she knew exactly the way the road was in a town she was unfamiliar? It was almost like she magically knew the way to go
Yeah she’s from Philadelphia I think. I noticed that too. But it was minor enough that I didn’t give it a #PlotHole hashtag.
I feel like they drew attention to esmarelda knowing where to go so confidently, what if she really has fortune telling abilities.
Somewhere on the net is an article that diagrams out the connection between all the main AHS characters from all 4 seasons.
Madison from Coven had powers. It is theorized that Maggie from Freak Show is a past relative of Madison’s, and since “powers” can be genetic it is very possible that Maggie could actually have real powers and not know it yet.
After all coincidence or not, Maggie was right about a dark haired stranger visiting Elsa even though she was probably setting her up for Stanley (fake talent scout) & his big dick. But to Elsa she had 2 dark haired strangers visit her, Mordrake & Stanley.
Are there any long time Madonna fans here?
Well I am, and I have to say that Elsa’s flashback scene in the brothel/hotel where we saw the camera view slide from room to room with each vignette of sexual activity reminded me so much of Madonna’s “Justify My Love” (1990) video….
And the style of the snuff film reminded me so much of some of the images in Madonna’s infamous SEX book (1992) shot by Steven Meisel. Did anyone who watched this episode see the similarities? And Mistress Elsa’s lace mask is very similar in style that Madonna has done for editorial photo shoots as well as her MDNA tour.
Marlene Dietrich was a big influence on Madonna stylistically, and since Elsa is obsessed with Marlene the connection to Madonna’s catalog of work would seem obvious, but most of you are probably to young to know.
I swear Elsa with her coiffed hair last night along with generous amounts of air brushing & filters was definitely channeling Marlene by ways of Madonna.
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UF I agree 100%.
Love your posts, research and excellent comments.
I have not been watching AHS that much this season.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Elsa was the most glamorous whore I’ve ever seen. #givesgoodface
She gives good leg too, apparently. Was that too soon? ;/
Tracy expect storyline explaining how Elsa got those nice new legs too. #Spoiler. My lips are sealed.
Wow, Urethra, you *are* OCD. And probably dead on balls accurate.
UF!
First and foremost, once again great recap!
Just to validate you are not the only hard core Madonna fan back in the day!
I caught on to you in the recap when you refered to Suzy being thrown like a weeble toy! I haven’t heard of the weeble wobbles and they won’t fall down since they became extinct from toys due to choking fears!
As for the “Justify My Love” video from my black gummy bracelet days, when watching AHS other night…… Same exact thoughts!
But am thinking Elsa’s is a wee bit more demented!
TT,
All I can say for the blog as a whole…..
I have found a place of like minded individuals, and it is refreshing and honest compared to the rest of the BS out there!
Lady V- I still have my original gummy bracelets that I bought when I was in high school. I only wore black ones. Because I’m a guy I never wore more than 2 at a time. I wear them occasionally, and I even wore them when I attended her concert a few years ago, 20th row on floor. I have several pictures of me with her right behind me. So surreal.
OMG I was I my home with mah man noticing the sane exact things tumor were…and being a HUUUGE Madonna fan, I lalaloved it! Then again, I always love any throwback to Madonnas sex book & Justify My love days.
Urethra I take it you also enjoyed Madonna & Katy Perry’s “Unapologetic Bitch” S&M spread in V Magazine this year by Steven Klein? Can u say EPIC?!? Their banter afterwards a it being SORE from the positions during said photo shoot was delicious! I made sure to pre-order that mag, and it did NOT disappoint. Madge is a QUEEN.
Sorry for all the typos. I get excited when I come across a long time Madonna fan…and by long time mean Danceteria days & I was at the Like A Virgin concert at MSG!!!
Speaking of her Dietrich tributes, you recall on the The Girlie Show World Tour, when opened the show dressed as a whip-cracking dominatrix, surrounded by topless dancers of both sexes?!? Amaze, but what I’m referring to was her singing “Like a Virgin” in the guise of Marlene Dietrich!!
There will never be another Madonna. Period.
You never fail to enthrall and entertain! You work hard and it shows.
Aww thanks I appreciate that. Thanks for reading.
Ditto. You give great recap. I only wish you had added one more “ya” after the gitchey. I’m OCD2,
I actually agree, but what’s one ya? I think sometimes in the song there are 3 yas, and sometimes there are 4.
I’ve been reading them all along from the beginning, and want to thank you as well. I never would have guessed she had prosthetic legs.
This was a great episode revealing so much. Very few shows make me so anxious for the next installment, like a little kid anxious for Mom to read me the next chapter of my book.
As expected, the unexpected played out with poor sad Twisty. I must have more Patti LaBelle, this cannot be the end of Dora. How could she be persuaded to play only a sassy maid for four episodes? I hope she can be saved in some freakish way and perform her magic on the shows stage. That would really put the curse of jealousy on Dot and Elsa when they hear a real diva.
Dell sure didn’t look too happy that his son, Jimmy, was getting attention for being a hero. Is Dell going to be a big threat to him because Dell wants to be the only BMOC, or will he protect him after he is alone, as Ethel requested, because she will soon die. What is up with Dell and his bad attitude, is it all just because he has a limp dick?
I am already dreading the end of this Freak season, tv viewing will never be the same, and reading UF’s entertaining recaps will end. Boo-hoo!
I was bummed about losing Patti La Belle’s character so soon too, but then I realized that Gabourey Sidibe’s character is now on deck. And you know what SHE’S gonna serve up to Dandy.
Oh Shoot! I forgot all about Gabourey Sidibe. That will be good. Great mention – thanks!
I love reading UF’s recaps!
UF I think you must have possessed my mind last night while I was posting on the precap and I was channeling your thoughts. After reading your recap I have to admit it was a little freaky lol. I can’t wait till the next episode to see how Gloria is going to handle what Dandy has done to Dora. How is she going to spin it to cover up for her baby? It’s not cats or dogs anymore. I wonder if anything has changed with Ethel’s health after her encounter with Mordrake? Thanks for a great recap UF. Can’t wait for next week.
I’m sure Gloria would think that Dandy & Dora just had a little misunderstanding…. #LOL
In those days I doubt the police would care too much about a missing african american cook. Same as the gay guy killed off screen by the strongman, only white straight victims are important, rich preferable. 😀
Great recap. Really appreciate it. 😀
Lets talk about The Watchers.
When I wrote the teaser precap this episode I wrote “beware of The Watchers” I had zero idea what that meant. I only mentioned it because I saw a producer of AHS tweet out #bewareofthewatchers.
So I did a google search and I found out that it has something to do with Hitler era Germany where citizens were spying on each other for Hitler or some shit like that. I’m not really well read on the subject.
Anyway I thought it was going to be some Hitler connection, but it turned out to be about about a group of kinky voyeurs & snuff films. I find it interesting that the writers did that twist with “The Watchers” phrase.
Do you think “The Watchers” will reappear at some point?
I hadn’t even thought of it till you mentioned it, but sure why not?
Maybe one of them bought her those sexy prosthetic legs?
They are kind of too interesting to just leave out. Maybe another throw back in a later season perhaps? I have to go back and watch the other seasons now after this one. I just couldn’t finish the first for some reason.
I’d love if they did an AHS that was a take on the slasher genre. Watching Twisty is really making me crave a good slasher series.
In an interview Ryan Murphy said a clue for Season 5 is the black top hat that is printed on the coffee cup that the police officer handed Maggie when he was interviewing her about Twisty’s murder in this episode.
What is the significance of a black top hat?
WTF does it mean or reference?
Anyone know? TELL US please!!!!
Well if it’s a slasher season with a black top hat I’d go with an American version of Jack the Ripper. Maybe he gets shipped to America by his rich family and continues his hooker killing spree. Jessica Lang would be an awesome brothel owner/madame. My theory is highly unlikely though.
Well, Mordrake wears a black top-hat if I remember. Not that it has anything to do with the hat on the coffee cup but just an idea. Thanks for your recaps – love them!
the govt. had an operation black hat where they did all kinds of experiments on human subjects. RM could really find a way to use that. from tuskeegee to mk ultra and even stephen kings firestarter kinda brings an AHS feel to it
Thanks Steve. Moments after I read your comment I was news surfing the web, and came across the same theory on a major news site.
Another clue that may or may not be valid from one of my sources is “19th century” …. I don’t know if Operation Black Hat fits that timeline.
Typing from the public library here, since my computer died a quick death. Hope everyone is doing well.
As for the top hat reference, my first thought was: the ringmaster of a circus. This might fit in with the whole “freak show” atmosphere?
CAT!!!! Hey girl hey! Hope you get yourself fixed up to post from home very soon! xoxo
CAT!!!! Hey girl hey! Hope you get yourself fixed up to post from home very soon! xoxo
Cat I doubt a Circus theme will be used 2 years in row.
Oh, that’s NEXT season? My bad. I don’t have a clue, then.
I’m afraid it’s going to be longer than expected, TT. I had lawyers come after me for the doctor bills, and had to pay them, otherwise, I might end up going to college.
Then, I decided I had to eat.
But I can visit the library daily now.
so catching up on DVR…WWHL interview with the AHS ladies. Kathy Bates says her accent is supposed to be Baltimore. She acknowledges being called out so I have to wonder who educated her on a “Baltimore” accent? She is such an awesome actress and has done plenty of regional accents before…WHYYYYY? It drives me nuts!
I wouldn’t know if it’s accurate or not, but to me the question is why does this character needs an accent? Is it to make her sound as different as she looks?
I like the random Baltimore accent. It’s definitely a more working class Dundalk accent she’s working. It bugged me at first, but it’s coming more naturally to her now.
Great recap, thanks so much! I watched it but you picked up on some bits of plot and nuance that I missed. This episode (and the 1st part) were also one of my favorite of all the seasons, they covered SO much. I teared up when Twisty was telling his story, how heartbreaking. I loved the underlying theme that even those that society would regard as hideously evil could be misunderstood and have a heart of gold in there somewhere.
I love it when someone tells me that they picked up on something they missed when they read here. Thank you.
After seeing all the posts I’m intrigued but I don’t do horror. Is this show scary?
YES, stick to the recap, Rose. (I’m too squeamish to watch this season. :()
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Ok, I will! This was the first recap I read and I couldn’t tell if it is horror horror or horror dramedy. I’ll hold off b/c I’m a a big old scardy cat!
Tamara, just because you are a big old scarredy cat, why are you talking others out of joining us freaktards from watching it. Rose may really turn out to enjoy it and be able to give us her insights about the show. Everybody should watch it at least once to see if they can do it. If they can’t then okay. Bad blog mama. We want UF having all the supporters and commenters possible. I know I’m probably going to get reamed out for this comment. As long as I don’t get blocked please. Lol.
LOL I was napping when you posted this. WP wisely moderated you. See? They don’t like it either. I was thinking of poor Rose! lol.
I know TT. If you don’t get me, moderation does. Just can’t win around here lol.
I watched both previous seasons with my hand over my eyes and switching channels at the scary parts. Yep, Im a big ole scaredy cat!
Thanks for these great recaps, Urethra! I can enjoy the show without having to be traumatized by watching it
Thanks for reading Josie, but do come back later this week and read this week’s recap because Wed’s show will be very disturbing. #Spoilers
Ok, I will! This was the first recap I read and I couldn’t tell if it is horror horror or horror dramedy. I’ll hold off b/c I’m a a big old scardy cat!
The flooring in Dandy’s mansion I’d prefinished hardwood which wasn’t available until the 80’s.
Any talk about AHS is welcome here, even about stupid shit.
Go easy on her UF. Her name ends in WOOD after all. 🙂
I think its a testament to what an evil bitch Elsa is that she would drug Penny and film her being assaulted in the porn movie after her own experience of being mutilated in a snuff film.
Also, don’t forget that Penny willingly partook in the drugs…. Elsa had to have something to protect herself and her freaks from being arrested. Back in the 50’s the sexual psychopath laws were still on the books: any and all deviant sexual acts, even in private, were illegal. Check out the info on the “lavender scare”, there were a lot of people who lost their jobs, were arrested and committed to asylums, underwent electroshock, and also frontal lobotomies to cure them of their illness.
I understand your point 100% in the context of the AHS story, but it is not ok to take advantage of anyone under the influence whether they intentionally smoked the opium or not.
I mentioned very early on in the season that the scene where Elsa shows Penny her “movie” was a very revealing scene about her character. I just did not realize how significant Elsa & porn movies were too the plot yet. Elsa being a victim of being film & attacked herself, I find it very telling that she would repeat the cycle to another woman. Thus far in her story line Elsa is a selfish “pernicious diseased animal.”
UF, you mentioned the black hat being a clue to next season’s setting. When I think about black hats either Phantom of the Opera or Dracula comes to mind for me. Magicians too but I can’t too many possibilities for horror with a magician unless he is totally deranged. Do either of the other two sound remotely reasonable to you?
Magicians make sense. But I guess that would not be scary enough. Is it me or is this the scariest season? I was okay with Coven most of the time and liked it.
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I really hope they avoid vampires and zombies. I feel a bit desensitized to those two ‘genres’.
Ryan Murphy has said he would never do vampires because :
1: it’s been done too much. Personally I would love to see his spin on vampires.
2. there are too many real untold stories about so many different topics that he has an endless supply of material for more interesting stories than vampires.
I completely agree with Ryan Murphy. I think I’ll watch Asylum next. The more obscure stories are the best. A creepy orphanage season would be great. Creepy kids scare the crap out of me. Something like children of the corn.
For me Asylum has been the creepiest & scariest of all of them. Warning there are so many different things going, but every one of them is frightening as hell. And the scariest storyline was __________ and ________. Don’t want to spoil it for ya.
I’ll binge watch it and come back to discuss on your next post. 😀
If that is ok.
Go for it… In my AHS posts you can talk about anything & everything AHS related past, present, & future.
Asylum is the only season that I’ve watched once because it is creepy scary mind fuck. It had a very dark, dank & claustrophobic feel to it. Enjoy!
“It had a very dark, dank & claustrophobic feel to it. Enjoy!” Y’all is some sick fucks.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Back at ya babe 😛
What about something based on Patrick Culhane’s book “Black Hats”?
I take it back. I didn’t see the black “top hat” part. How about Freemasons and the lodges in Germany? They wore black top hats. 🙂
Hannah & PuraVida,
Ryan Murphy’s exact words are the black hat is an “arcane clue”….
Arcane defined: understood by few; mysterious or secret.
I’ll let you guys think up the possibilities.
All I can think of is the Illuminati, and I don’t know anything about them either.
Nice so maybe a season about a cult/faction using arcane magic/ritual to raise a demon/devil. All whilst wearing black top hats.
“WHERE IS MY CO-STAAAAAAAAAAAA” …and then the sound of a chain saw & bloodcurdling bone shivering screams.
Single most horrifying scene I have ever seen on AHS. It wasn’t supernatural, or campy gory, or even a crime of passion. Just straight up perverted sexualized violence.
Very Hostel 2 esque.
You give the BEST recaps….lol
Watching the AHS cast on WWHL now. Katy Bates apparently hated Asylum. The ladies really seem to get along. I wonder if that is true. This is a really good episode of WWHL if anyone is interested. Sarah seems drunk and is kinda bitchy. NTTAWWT.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Oh thanks for reminding me that I have to go watch the After Show for this episode online. Jessica Lange’s names was NOT mentioned NOT once by Andy or the other AHS ladies. So I want to know if they talked about her on the After Show.
Give us a full report. Did Sarah get drunker? lol.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Oh great now I gotta recap WWHL After Show for the same pay scale? Oh all right only because I’m still in bed on a chilly morning, and my body still doesn’t know what the fuck the real time is. I hate time changes.
I’m only recapping AHS related stuff, and ignoring all the other crap they talk about.
Emma Roberts says for her shooting Freak Show is scarier to film than Coven because they are out in the swampy woods shooting scenes. Sarah adds they have to battle the chiggers & bugs. Angela Bassett says on their call sheets is a memo warning DO NOT FEED THE ALLIGATORS. Emma says she was shooting a scene she was unware tha a 4 foot rattlesnake nearby, but that the crew eventually caught and put in a bucket. ( Killer clowns & rattlesnakes? OH HELL NAH two of my worst phobias.)
Finally someone mentions/asks a question about Jessica Lange, and it came from a caller and he asks about whether Jessica is coming back next season & also asked if Ryan Murphy is still trying to convince her to continue?
All the ladies don’t want to answer and start stuttering, but Sarah admits that yes Jessica has said that, but no one really knows if it is her last season or not. Angela gave a SHUSH as said “we have the right to change our mind.” ( So maybe there is chance she’s coming back? YAY FUCK YAY).
Because of the cloak of secrecy around the show’s production, Andy asks if they have a clause in their contract to not share spoilers or details or are they just afraid of Ryan Murphy?
Sarah said the audience wants to be teased and be surprised. But then Kathy Bates adds that RM exasperates her because everything is “super CIA”, and he is the one that spoils by giving out spoilers and clues. Bates would rather he not do that and let the audience be surprised when watching the show. ( Personally I love RM’s spoilers because he is a huge source of information for me.) Bates gives an example from last year’s Coven about her severed HEAD. She wanted the audience to be surprised by that storyline, but instead it was a cover story on Entertainment Weekly 2 weeks before the show aired.
They are still shooting epiodes 7,8,9, 10 ….and there will be a total of 15 episodes. Wow that’s more than usual.
A caller asks if any of the ladies have a freaky hidden talent… Sarah says there’s nothing that she can do for the show with a slight sexual innuendo in her tone. Bates is double jointed.
Sarah does her own singing in the AHS singing scenes. Kathy said “How sexy was Criminal?” and gives her some claps for it.
A caller asks what is Twisty the Clown like off camera…. Sarah said to her he’s just John Carroll Lynch eating by the craft service table. She said he’s not scary but it’s just all acting & make–up and doing scenes were he doesn’t blink just makes him look scarier than he is.
Andy asks Emma if she was surprised about her “Surprise bitch” line from Coven becoming a huge meme sensation on social media…. She said yes because there are other things that she finds funnier that the viewers don’t.
I’m rolling over back to sleep. Later Freaktards.
”They are still shooting epiodes 7,8,9, 10 ….and there will be a total of 15 episodes. Wow that’s more than usual.”
Sadly for you, your flat rate remains… 🙂
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Mad recapping skills! I admire your ability to see things that I don’t even realize I’ve missed. You never disappoint UF! Freaking love this show and Edward Mordrake, well, in the words of Andy Cohen, “Is he seeing anybody?” Damn, he’s phine!
Mad recapping skills! I admire your ability to see things that I don’t even realize I’ve missed. You never disappoint UF! And Edward Mordrake, well damn, he’s so phine! As Andy would say, “Is he seeing anybody?”
Loving the recaps & the extra details, UF!! I was wondering if you heard that Ryan Murphy (my personal Jesus) announced that all the seasons are connected. In fact a character from Asylum will be appearing in an episode after the Christmas break. I won’t spoil it for anyone. Check Entertainment weekly if you want to know. Thanks again for all the work you put into these recaps!
UF has discussed the connectivity here. The comments here are conversations, so you really have to read them to be up to speed.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I heard about the connectivity of seasons a few weeks ago. I wasn’t sure if I believed it until RM confirmed it himself. I really wasn’t impressed after seeing how some of the connections are charted out. It was all very superficial. So & so shares a name with another character from another decade. So & so is from the same town as so & so. None of these connections add anything to the stories.
If you ask me it’s just a little something extra to keep fans talking & guessing & on their toes to obsess and look for the meaning & intent of anything. I am guilty of that myself. Sometimes on AHS somethings mean something, and sometimes they don’t mean shit.
Though I would like to eventually know all the current way seasons are connected, it is only just for trivial purposes. It doesn’t make me look at the shows any differently nor does it really impress me, yet. Who knows what RM has planned down the line by the time the 10th season of AHS airs.
UF, since Ryan Murphy does glee and ahs wouldnt it be cool to combine them for a rocky horror-ish type season. I gotta stop mixing rum and cold meds 🙂
Rum & cold meds? What an amateur. LOL … Hope you feel better soon. Personally I don’t watch Glee (except for that one Madonna episode), and I don’t want Glee characters any where near my Jessica Lange.
Are you a Rocky Horror fan? In my early teens there was an art deco movie theater from 1940 that used to host midnight weekend showings. Every weekend it was THE place to be for all the freaks…
back in 80-81 rocky horror was the thing to do, there was never anything like it. i just think Ryan Murphy would be able to pull something like it off when others never could. have to admit it would be interesting to see it done.
RM surely would not be stupid enough to mess with RHPS. That would be blasphemy.
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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UF, Illuminati, black top hats and evil magic might be the ticket. I’ve been doing some reading. There’s something about reducing earth’s population of less than desirables that could prove interesting… And then again it could be total bullshit lol. Just another guess.
Maybe RM is playing word games & throwing red herrings, but this is his exact comment on the top hat clue: “It’s an arcane clue, but it’s very purposeful, and it illuminates something that you’ll be like, ‘Oh! You dirty [bastard]!'”
He used the word “illuminates”…Things that make you go hmmmm.
Is anyone as upset as I am about Twisty’s demise? He was my favorite character on this show. The Twisty copycat wannabe just annoys me. Will Twisty be coming back? And if so, will he come back as the goody-goody clown, or his lovable, twisted self? I WANT MORE TWISTY!!!
I’m not upset about Twisty. #BUHBYE
At the beginning of the season Ryan Murphy has said that this year when people die they stay dead, unlike last years Coven….But in a recent interview he has contradicted himself (again) by sharing that we will see Twisty & Mordrake again this season. Since Mordrake is a ghost, I suspect anything more with Twisty will be in ghost form or a flash back scene.
Damn. Thanks.
“Pink Cupcakes.” Want to see the aftermath of Dandy playing at being Twisty.
As far as the top hat clue, magic is the obvious answer, but with RM, who knows, it might be zombie Abe Lincoln.