So I caught on AHS: Freak Show

[LoveTrains]

I don't know if I can watch it anymore. That clown is too effed up. 

[IIOY]

I didn't like the first episode but it's growing on me. I can't wait until the spoiled rich kid and the strong man get what's coming to them.

[mrsbro]

I've only the first and 4th (Coven) of AHS. I thought the Asylm was frightening so I can assume this season is not for me?

[Deleted]

that crown is creepy as fuck

[IIOY]

Oct 20, 2014 14:10:26 GMT -5 mrsbro said:

I've only the first and 4th (Coven) of AHS. I thought the Asylm was frightening so I can assume this season is not for me?

How did you do with the first season?

Coven was an outlier. It had its creepy moments, but by the second half of the season, that season was all about fashion and attitude and double crosses and humor. I actually loved it hard (can we please discuss how hilarious Frances Conroy's character was?), but it wasn't typical. If Asylum scared you, this season probably will as well.

[pixy0stix]

How's the rape situation so far?

[IIOY]

Oct 20, 2014 14:27:17 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

How's the rape situation so far?

I don't think there have been any sexual encounters that weren't consensual yet. Evan Peters' character is a gigolo so it's the women having fun this time.

[pixy0stix]

I might be able to watch this season then. I quit coven after the bull rape episode.

[ttt]

I loved the first season, but the second season was just too disturbing for me - too realistic, I think, the whole asylum thing - so I didn't watch the third. Should I watch this one or is it more like season 2?

[IIOY]

Oct 20, 2014 14:36:25 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Oct 20, 2014 14:33:01 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I don't think there have been any sexual encounters that weren't consensual yet. Evan Peters' character is a gigolo so it's the women having fun this time.

there is a girl that jessica lange feeds drugs to that then fucks the freaks, so rape-lite.

Was this in the most recent episode? I haven't seen that one yet.

[5thofjuly]

DH and I would be so much happier if they would just.stop.singing. This is not Glee!

[jln]

I'm so pissed I still can't watch this! My cable company won't carry FX and I can't find it anywhere else.

[IIOY]

Oct 20, 2014 14:40:03 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Oct 20, 2014 14:37:34 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Was this in the most recent episode? I haven't seen that one yet.

it was in the pilot.

I don't remember this at all. I wonder if this was after I tuned out and started playing on my phone because I thought the premier was boring.

[IIOY]

Oct 20, 2014 14:51:04 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Oct 20, 2014 14:48:11 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I don't remember this at all. I wonder if this was after I tuned out and started playing on my phone because I thought the premier was boring.

it was the "bad girl" candy striper elsa met right at the beginning. she then came out to the freak show, smoked the good shit and had all the crazy, freak sex. someone movied it and when she came out from the back, all drugged and sexed up, Elsa showed her the movie and was all "you liked it." and she did agree that she liked it. elsa then said that she could go be a shitty 50s housewife then.

OK, yes, I remember.  That entire sequence was boring as hell, not least because the video made of her went on and on.  And on.  Clearly I've blocked it out for that reason.  LOL

[moreace01]

Oct 20, 2014 14:24:00 GMT -5 IIOY said:

can we please discuss how hilarious Frances Conroy's character was?

Frances Conroy was the best thing about least season IMO. She was awesome. 

[LoveTrains]

I knew that spoiled rich kid was going to be an apprentice to the clown.

I love seeing the actors and actresses in new roles each season. I get excited to see who will show up next!

I will watch episode 3 but I'm afraid of the clown.

[orangello]

I'm not loving this season yet. And I don't really find Twisty that scary, just violent. Dandy, the rich boy, on the other hand? Creepy as shit.

[LoveTrains]

Oct 20, 2014 16:40:33 GMT -5 orangello said:

I'm not loving this season yet. And I don't really find Twisty that scary, just violent. Dandy, the rich boy, on the other hand? Creepy as shit.

He is unpredictable. One minute he gives you a toy robot and then BAM a head. And also when the mouth mask came off for half a second that was nASTY. I wonder if we will get to learn his back story.

[ajj]

I don't know if I can get in to this season. I have only watched the 1st one so far though. The clown does scare me, but the rest was fairly boring.

[elleblue]

Oct 20, 2014 16:45:05 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Oct 20, 2014 16:40:33 GMT -5 orangello said:

I'm not loving this season yet. And I don't really find Twisty that scary, just violent. Dandy, the rich boy, on the other hand? Creepy as shit.

He is unpredictable. One minute he gives you a toy robot and then BAM a head. And also when the mouth mask came off for half a second that was nASTY. I wonder if we will get to learn his back story.

So I was thinking that it looks like he has a case of phossy jaw but I'm not sure if the timeline adds up? 

@majorwife - if I'm right and it is phossy jaw, the condition was eventually terminal but not immediately so

Eta: now that I think of it, it's quite possible that the backstory is that he was a kid in a match factory

[dixienormous]

Back story on Twisty is tomorrow's episode, I believe.

[LoveTrains]

Oct 21, 2014 1:48:49 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Oct 20, 2014 16:45:05 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

He is unpredictable. One minute he gives you a toy robot and then BAM a head. And also when the mouth mask came off for half a second that was nASTY. I wonder if we will get to learn his back story.

So I was thinking that it looks like he has a case of phossy jaw but I'm not sure if the timeline adds up? 

@majorwife - if I'm right and it is phossy jaw, the condition was eventually terminal but not immediately so

Eta: now that I think of it, it's quite possible that the backstory is that he was a kid in a match factory

Well if it was banned in 1906 and its now 1952...it could work. Child labor laws were codified nationally in the 1930s I believe - finally! - although many states had regulations back to the 1850s limiting the work day and setting minimum ages. 

[IIOY]

FYI for anyone interested, I caught this on Twitter the other day.  If you are a horror fan, this entire piece, with all the accompanying videos and commentary, is extremely interesting, but scroll down to number 12 and you will see what appears to have been the inspiration for several of the characters in AHS this season.  It was fun to see.

Bonus: you get a clip from The Descent (clip no. 13), which is one of the single most effective horror films I've ever seen.  It's been years since I've seen it and I still think of it from time to time.

[zelda25]

Oct 27, 2014 18:05:30 GMT -5 IIOY said:

FYI for anyone interested, I caught this on Twitter the other day.  If you are a horror fan, this entire piece, with all the accompanying videos and commentary, is extremely interesting, but scroll down to number 12 and you will see what appears to have been the inspiration for several of the characters in AHS this season.  It was fun to see.

Bonus: you get a clip from The Descent (clip no. 13), which is one of the single most effective horror films I've ever seen.  It's been years since I've seen it and I still think of it from time to time.

YEEESSSS. So good! H and I keep meaning to hike Ape Cave in its entirety (it's a section of a lava tube from an ancient Mt. St. Helens eruption), and honestly, this movie is the reason I don't push too hard to make it happen.  We tried it once years ago (before I saw the movie), but realized immediately that our flashlights were not up to snuff and had to bail. This cave defines DARK. And while it's heavily used and requires no spelunking experience or gear (just really good light), I know I'll never be able to be in that cave again without thinking of this fucking movie and I'm afraid I'll have a panic attack somewhere in the middle of the two-mile trek.