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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Original network | FX |
| Original release | October 8, 2014 – January 21, 2015 |
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American Horror Story: Freak Show is the fourth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. It premiered on October 8, 2014 and concluded on January 21, 2015. The season is mainly set in 1952 Jupiter, Florida, telling the story of one of the last remaining freak shows in the United States, and their struggle for survival.
This is the first season of the series that is not strictly anthological, with Lily Rabe, Naomi Grossman, and John Cromwell (as a younger Dr. Arthur Arden) reprising their roles from the series' second cycle, Asylum. Other returning cast members from the previous season of the series include: Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Jamie Brewer, Frances Conroy, Grace Gummer, Danny Huston, Jessica Lange, Denis O'Hare, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, and Mare Winningham. Ben Woolf also makes a return to the series.
Like its predecessors, Freak Show was met with mostly positive reviews, and consistently strong ratings, with the premiere episode attracting a then series high of 6.13 million viewers. It ultimately became FX's most-watched program ever, surpassing its previous installment, Coven.[1] The season garnered a total of twenty Emmy Award nominations, the most for any season of American Horror Story to date, including nominations for Outstanding Limited Series, and six acting nominations for Lange, O'Hare, Finn Wittrock, Paulson, Bassett, and Bates. In addition, Paulson won for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Limited Series at the 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards.
Plot[]
The fourth season is set in Jupiter, Florida in 1952 and follows the lives of a troupe of people belonging to one of the last remaining freak shows of its time. Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange) is the owner of Fräulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities; and her performers the bearded lady Ethel Darling (Kathy Bates), her lobster-handed son Jimmy Darling (Evan Peters), the strongman Dell Toledo (Michael Chiklis), and his three-breasted hermaphrodite wife Desiree Dupree (Angela Basset), as well as the newly recruited conjoined twin sisters Bette and Dot Tattler (Sarah Paulson).
After their mother is found stabbed to death, Bette and Dot are discovered stabbed themselves at their farmhouse. The news makes headlines, and soon Elsa discovers the twins' existence. Believing the sisters to be her troupe's saviors, she brings them back to camp. They meet their fellow freaks Paul the Illustrated Seal (Mat Fraser) who has seal-like flippers for hands, Amazon Eve (Erika Ervin) who is the largest and strongest woman of the show, and finally the tiny performer from India, Ma Petite (Jyoti Amge) who is the smallest woman in the world. Bette sees the show as their haven but Dot believes that they are being exploited for their appearance. Meanwhile, serial killer Twisty the Clown (John Carroll Lynch) is responsible for recent murders and kidnappings that plagued the town.
A detective arrives at the freak show to arrest Bette and Dot for the recent string of murders. After calling them all freaks and threatening to drive them out of town, Jimmy kills the detective and the freaks dispose of his body. After a performance, which was bought out by a wealthy widow named Gloria Mott (Frances Conroy) and her emotionally stunted son Dandy Mott (Finn Wittrock), Dandy demands to buy the twins, offering Elsa $15,000, but she declines. Enraged by his boring life, Dandy sets out to join the freak show, but Jimmy turns him down. Hoping to cheer her son up, Gloria finds Twisty on the side of the road and brings him home to surprise Dandy, not knowing that he is a meg. Dandy searches inside his bag and finds a severed head, causing Twisty to knock Dandy out and run away. Dandy follows him back to an abandoned school bus in the middle of the woods, where he discovers a kidnapped woman and boy, and realizes the two can work together.
New to the troupe are Dell and his wife Desiree, who fled Chicago after Dell murdered a man having sex with Desiree. Elsa allows him to be the show's bodyguard, but he soon becomes more than she can handle after he degrades her and beats up Jimmy for taking the freaks out in public to a diner. Ethel is less than happy about Dell's arrival; it is revealed that he and Ethel were once married, and after trying to kill his own son Jimmy, Ethel made him leave. When she learns that her liver is failing, Ethel makes Dell promise to look after Jimmy when she dies, though he is never to tell him of his true lineage.
Con artists Stanley (Denis O'Hare) and Maggie Esmerelda (Emma Roberts) set their eyes on Elsa's troupe, hoping to make some money by selling the freak's corpses to a museum. Posing as a fortune teller, Maggie joins the troupe and soon falls for Jimmy. On Halloween, Ethel tells the urban legend of Edward Mordrake (Wes Bentley), a man born with a face on the back of his head, who, if summoned on Halloween, will take a freak to Hell with him. Elsa performs on Halloween night, unknowingly summoning Mordrake; who goes around camp learning the sad tales of its performers. Coming to Elsa's tent, she reveals her past life in Germany, where she worked as a dominatrix. She reveals that she was a victim of Hans Grüper, also known as Dr. Arthur Arden (James Cromwell), who amputated her legs while filming a snuff film. Mordrake is about to choose Elsa to take to Hell, but he hears music and realizes Elsa is not the one. Jimmy and Maggie try to rescue the kidnapped children after discovering Twisty's hideout, but Dandy knocks them out and he and Twisty put on a show for the kids. The pair soon escape and Mordrake visits Twisty, asking to learn his tale. He learns that Twisty worked as a clown at a freak show, and after two dwarves convinced him the police were after him for molesting children, Twisty made a failed suicide attempt, that left his jaw blown off. After revealing his misdeeds, Mordrake kills Twisty.
Now that his mentor is dead, Dandy gets more curious about killing and starts by killing his maid Dora (Patti LaBelle), soon followed by a prostitute named Andy (Matt Bomer). Dora's daughter Regina Ross (Gabourey Sidibe) later visits Mott Manor looking for her mother. Gloria asks Dandy to see a therapist but he refuses to go anymore after the first visit. Gloria attempts to end the madness, but Dandy steals her gun, shoots her in the head and bathes in her blood. Stanley pressures Maggie to murder Jimmy and Ma Petite, but when she cannot go through with either one, he turns to Dell. After he blackmails him with the knowledge of his homosexual tendencies, Dell kills Ma Petite.
Overhearing Elsa's plans to help get rid of the twins with Stanley, Ethel confronts Elsa, accusing her of killing anyone who steals her spotlight. Ethel shoots Elsa in her wooden leg, finding out her secret. However, Elsa throws a dagger through Ethel's eye, killing her. After she and Stanley make her death look like a suicide, Jimmy sinks into a drunken despair over his mother's death. Dandy visits the Tupperware party women and kills them all, framing Jimmy for the crime. Elsa prepares for her move to Hollywood after Stanley promises her a career in television, but when Dell tells her of Stanley convincing Jimmy to sell his hands to afford bail, she realizes he is not to be trusted. Traveling salesman and magician Chester Creb (Neil Patrick Harris) visits the freak show with his ventriloquist dummy, Marjorie, falling in love with the twins. Elsa sells the show to Chester to go with Stanley to Hollywood.
Dell tries to commit suicide by hanging himself but is saved by Desiree. When he admits to murdering Ma Petite to Desiree, Elsa shoots Dell in the head and kills him. During a feast to welcome the new owner, the freaks reveal they know of Stanley's true intentions, after Maggie confesses to Desiree. Desiree kills the curator of the museum and gives her head to Stanley. Stanley is chased around camp by the freaks, who later turn him into their own version of Meep. The next day, the troupe is rehearsing under Chester but Bette and Dot refuse to be his assistants and leave. Maggie volunteers, however, Chester hallucinates and sees Maggie as his wives who criticize him; he saws Maggie in half, killing her. He then chases Marjorie into his caravan and kills her also, believing Marjorie caused the hallucination. Chester leaves the freak show and turns himself in to the police. After careful consideration, the troupe believes Stanley's word and they plan to kill Elsa the same night. Before they can, Elsa is warned by Bette and Dot that she will be killed next, so Elsa sells the show to Dandy and moves to Hollywood.
The freaks quit and turn on Dandy which causes him to go on a killing spree. Desiree survives by hiding during the rampage while Jimmy is away from the grounds, and Bette and Dot are tied up in his tent. Jimmy comes back to see the corpses of his family in the performing tent, and finds that Desiree is the only survivor. The twins marry Dandy back at his mansion, but is revealed to be an act of vengeance, as Desiree drugs Dandy at dinner. He awakens to find himself chained in Hardeen Houdini's (Harry Houdini's brother) Chinese torture tank, and drowns while the remaining freaks watch.
In 1960, Elsa is now a household name with her very own TV show and multiple hit songs, yet she is not entirely happy with her life. When asked to perform for Halloween, Elsa refuses and meets with her old flame Massimo Dolcefino (Danny Huston). Massimo refuses to run away with her and tells her that he is dying. That night, the president of WBN tells Elsa that a copy of her snuff film has surfaced and her involvement with a freak show whose members (she is shocked to hear) were all murdered has been discovered, and this will ruin her career and marriage. She agrees to perform on Halloween, summoning Edward Mordrake and his troupe, who kills her. During the telecast, Desiree is married with two children, and a pregnant Bette and Dot are happily married to Jimmy. Instead of taking her to Hell, Mordrake banishes Elsa to a reincarnation of her freak show, where all of her deceased freaks now reside and she finally finds happiness with her true family.
Cast and characters[]
Main[]
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- Sarah Paulson as Bette and Dot Tattler
- Evan Peters as Jimmy Darling
- Michael Chiklis as Dell Toledo
- Frances Conroy as Gloria Mott
- Denis O'Hare as Stanley
- Emma Roberts as Maggie Esmerelda
- Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott
- Angela Bassett as Desiree Dupree
- Kathy Bates as Ethel Darling
- Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars
Special guest stars[]
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- Wes Bentley as Edward Mordrake
- Celia Weston as Lillian Hemmings
- Gabourey Sidibe as Regina Ross
- Matt Bomer as Andy
- Danny Huston as Massimo Dolcefino
- Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice McKee
- Neil Patrick Harris as Chester Creb
Recurring[]
- Naomi Grossman as Pepper
- Grace Gummer as Penny
- John Carroll Lynch as Twisty the Clown
- Chrissy Metz as Barbara/Ima Wiggles
- Skyler Samuels as Bonnie Lipton
- Patti LaBelle as Dora
- Lee Tergesen as Vince
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Angus T. Jefferson
- Jamie Brewer as Marjorie
- Angela Sarafyan as Alice
- Mare Winningham as Rita Gayheart
- Matthew Glave as Larry Gayheart
- David Burtka as Michael Beck
Guest stars[]
- Erika Ervin as Amazon Eve
- Mat Fraser as Paul the Illustrated Seal
- Jyoti Amge as Ma Petite
- Rose Siggins as Legless Suzi
- Christopher Neiman as Salty
- Drew Rin Varick as Toulouse
- Heather Langenkamp as Female Toulouse[2]
- Major Dodson as Corey Bachman
- PJ Marshall as Detective Colquitt
- Ben Woolf as Meep
- Jerry Leggio as Dr. Bonham
- Dalton E. Gray as Mike
- Shauna Rappold as Lucy Creb
- Kathy Deitch as Young Ethel
- Edward Gelhaus as Younger Dell
- John Cromwell as Young Arthur Arden[3]
Episodes[]
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Production[]
Development[]
–Series co-creator Ryan Murphy on the fourth season[4]
In November, 2013, FX announced that the show had been renewed for a fourth season.[5] Series co-creator Ryan Murphy hinted that clues about the fourth season would be hidden in the final episodes of the third season. In March, 2014, the season was revealed to be set at a carnival, according to co-executive producer/writer Douglas Petrie. It was also revealed that Lange will be playing a role similar to Marlene Dietrich.[6] Murphy revealed that the season will take place in 1950, adding: "If you look historically what happened in the year 1950, there's some more clues in that year. It's a period piece. We try and do the opposite of what we've done before. Jessica Lange has already started practicing her German accent so I'm very excited!"[7] Murphy indicated that this season draws inspiration from Tod Browning's Freaks and Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls. This season features the largest set ever constructed for American Horror Story, with Murphy stating: "We had to build an entire city. We built an entire huge compound and then we had to build the interior of all those buildings on set. It's all period. And it's all based on [production designer] Mark Worthington's immaculate research."[8]
Casting[]
Ryan Murphy confirmed that Jessica Lange would be returning for a fourth season,[9] although said to be in a reduced capacity.[10] She portrayed Elsa Mars, the owner of the freak show. In November 2013, Murphy said he approached Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett to return.[11] Bassett later confirmed in an interview with Access Hollywood that she would be indeed coming back.[12] They portrayed Desiree Dupree and Ethel Darling, respectively. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Paulson revealed she would be returning, possibly for a main role,[13] which was later revealed to be the conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler. It was announced at the PaleyFest 2014 that the cast members present at the panel would all be returning for the fourth season in some capacity, including Denis O'Hare (Stanley), Emma Roberts (Maggie Esmerelda), Frances Conroy (Gloria Mott), Evan Peters (Jimmy Darling), and Gabourey Sidibe (Regina Ross).[14] Jamie Brewer was also added to the present roster, although Murphy later indicated Brewer may not appear during the season.[15] She was later confirmed to portray the ventriloquist dummy Marjorie after appearing in a promo for the final episodes.[16] Additionally, Michael Chiklis was announced to play the father of Peters' character and ex-husband of Bates' character, the strongman Dell Toledo. Finn Wittrock was the last lead actor joining the cast.[17] He portrayed the psychopathic Dandy Mott.
In July 2014, TVLine reported that Wes Bentley would appear in the season' two-part Halloween episode as Edward Mordrake.[18] At the Comic-Con 2014, it was announced that John Carroll Lynch would portray one of the central antagonist during the season, Twisty the Clown.[19] In August 2014, Patti LaBelle joined the cast for a four-episode story arc as the mother of Sidibe's character, named Dora, the Motts' housekeeper.[20] Also in August 2014, it was revealed that Matt Bomer would be guest-starring in one episode as Andy, Dell's secret lover.[21] Murphy took to his Twitter account to announce that the world's smallest woman Jyoti Amge has joined the cast as Ma Petite.[22] Murphy had written a role specifically for Coven alum Leslie Jordan, but he was unable to appear on the show due to scheduling conflicts.[23]
In September 2014, it was reported that Asylum alum Naomi Grossman would return to portray Pepper, which marks the first time a character appears in multiple seasons of the series.[24] Lily Rabe also reprised her Asylum character Sister Mary Eunice McKee in the tenth episode, "Orphans".[25] Mare Winningham made an appearance in the same episode, as Pepper's sister Rita. Neil Patrick Harris guest starred in two episodes as Chester, who takes over the freak show when Elsa leaves for Hollywood. Harris' husband, David Burtka, appeared in the season finale as Elsa's husband.[26]
Filming[]
–Co-creator Brad Falchuk on shooting in New Orleans, Louisiana[27]
At Paley Center for Media's 2014 PaleyFest event, Ryan Murphy announced that the season's filming would take place again in New Orleans, Louisiana, although the show's setting is in Jupiter, Florida.[28] The premiere episode was directed by co-creator Murphy, his first effort since the pilot.[29] Principal photography for the season began on July 15, 2014.[30] Production on the season concluded on December 19, 2014.[31]
Marketing[]
A video released in July 2014, entitled "Fallen Angel", was reported by many news sources to be an official Freak Show trailer. The video – which featured the American Horror Story title card – was later taken down after FX confirmed it was fan-made. Before the debut of the fan-made video, FX had not released any official trailers concerning the upcoming season.[32] The first official teaser was released on August 20, 2014, entitled "Admit One".[33]
As with previous seasons, FX released a series of teaser trailers on the show's YouTube page. FX also used the marketing hashtag #WirSindAlleFreaks in the German language, and its English translation #WeAreAllFreaks.[4][34]
Reception[]
Reviews[]
American Horror Story: Freak Show received a Metacritic score of 69 out of 100 based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[35] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 79% approval rating with an average rating of 7.7/10 based on 38 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Though it may turn off new viewers unaccustomed to its unabashed weirdness, Freak Show still brings the thrills, thanks to its reliably stylish presentation and game cast."[36]
Awards and nominations[]
In its fourth season, the series was nominated for 76 awards, 21 of which were won.
| Year | Association | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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| 2015 | 46th NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Angela Bassett | Nominated |
| Outstanding TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | ||
| 72nd Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress – Mini-Series or TV Film | Jessica Lange | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actress – Series, Mini-Series or TV Film | Kathy Bates | Nominated | ||
| 19th Satellite Awards | Best TV Series – Genre | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Film | Sarah Paulson | Won | ||
| 41st People's Choice Awards | Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | |
| Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress | Jessica Lange | Nominated | ||
| 26th PGA Awards | Outstanding Producer of Long-Form TV | Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Joseph Incaprera, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, James Wong (also for Coven) | Nominated | |
| 19th ADG Awards | TV Movie or Mini-Series | Mark Worthington (for "Massacres and Matinees") | Won | |
| 17th CDG Awards[37] | Outstanding Made for TV Movie or Mini-Series | Lou Eyrich | Won | |
| Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards 2015[38] | Mini-Series or TV Movie Period and/or Character Make-up | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers | Won | |
| Mini-Series or TV Movie Period Special Make-up Effects | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Michael Mekash, Christopher Nelson (petition) | Won | ||
| Mini-Series or TV Movie Period and/or Character Hair Styling | Monte C. Haught, Michelle Ceglia | Won | ||
| 13th VES Awards | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program | Jason Piccioni, Jason Spratt, Mike Kirylo, Justin Bal, Eric Roberts (for "Edward Mordrake: Part 2") | Won | |
| Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program | Tommy Tran, JV Pike, Rob Lutz, Matt Lefferts (for "Edward Mordrake: Part 2") | Nominated | ||
| 62nd MPSE Golden Reel Awards[39] | TV Short Form Music Score | Episode: "Monsters Among Us" | Nominated | |
| 51st CAS Awards[40] | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – TV Movie or Mini-Series | Bruce Litecky, CAS (Production Mixer) Joe Earle, CAS (Re-recording Mixer) Doug Andham, CAS (Re-recording Mixer) Evan Daum (ADR Mixer) Kyle Billingsley (Foley Mixer) (for "Monsters Among Us") |
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| 6th Dorian Awards[41] | TV Musical Performance of the Year | Jessica Lange (for "Life on Mars?") | Nominated | |
| Campy TV Show of the Year | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | ||
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2015[42] | Best TV Series | Nominated | ||
| Best TV Actress | Sarah Paulson | Won | ||
| Best TV Supporting Actor | Finn Wittrock | 2nd place | ||
| 41st Saturn Awards | Best Actress on TV | Jessica Lange | Nominated | |
| Best Guest Starring Role on TV | Neil Patrick Harris | Nominated | ||
| Best Syndicated/Cable TV Series | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | ||
| Glamour Awards 2014[43] | International TV Actress | Jessica Lange | Nominated | |
| 36th Young Artist Awards[44] | Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 15-21 | Dalton E. Gray | Nominated | |
| SXSW Film Design Awards 2015[45] | Excellence in Title Design | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | |
| 5th Critics' Choice TV Awards | Most Bingeworthy Show | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series | Jessica Lange | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series | Finn Wittrock | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Limited Series | Sarah Paulson | Won | ||
| BMI Film & TV Awards 2015[46] | BMI Cable TV Music Awards | Mac Quayle | Won | |
| Charlie Clouser | Won | |||
| César Dávila-Irizarry | Won | |||
| 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Limited Series | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Jessica Lange | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Denis O'Hare | Nominated | ||
| Finn Wittrock | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Sarah Paulson | Nominated | ||
| Angela Bassett | Nominated | |||
| Kathy Bates | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special | Ryan Murphy (for "Monsters Among Us") | Nominated | ||
| 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie | Monte C. Haught, Michelle Ceglia, Daina Daigle, Amy Wood, Sherri B. Hamilton | Won | |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Ryan Murphy, Kyle Cooper, Lee Nelson, Nadia Tzuo | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role | Jason Piccioni, Justin Ball, Jason Spratt, Tim Jacobsen, David Altenau, Tommy Tran, Mike Kirylo, Matt Lefferts, Donnie Dean (for "Edward Mordrake: Part 2") | Won | ||
| Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Movie | Lou Eyrich, Elizabeth Macey, Ken van Duyne (for "Monsters Among Us") | Won | ||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie | Bruce Litecky, Joe Earle, Doug Andham, Evan Daum (for "Magical Thinking") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie | Michael Goi (for "Monsters Among Us") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special | Gary Megregian, Timothy A. Cleveland, Paul Diller, Steve M. Stuhr, Lance Wiseman, Jason Krane, John Green, David Klotz, Noel Vought (for "Curtain Call") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special | Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Meagan Lewis | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Michael Mekash, David L. Anderson, Justin Raleigh, Christopher Nelson, Kim Ayers, Luis Garcia, James MacKinnon | Won | ||
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Mac Quayle (for "Orphans") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Make-up for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-prosthetic) | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Lucy O'Reilly, Michael Mekash, Christopher Nelson, Jillian Erickson | Won | ||
| Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction Program | "American Horror Story: Extra-Ordinary Artists" | Nominated | ||
| 19th Online Film & TV Association Awards[47] | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Jessica Lange | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Michael Chiklis | Nominated | ||
| Denis O'Hare | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Angela Bassett | Nominated | ||
| Kathy Bates | Won | |||
| Frances Conroy | Nominated | |||
| Sarah Paulson | Nominated | |||
| Best Miniseries | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Nominated | |||
| Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Nominated | |||
| Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Nominated | |||
| Best Music in a Non-Series | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing in a Non-Series | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography in a Non-Series | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design in a Non-Series | Won | |||
| Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Non-Series | Won | |||
| Best Sound in a Non-Series | Nominated | |||
| Best Visual Effects in a Non-Series | Won | |||
| Best New Titles Sequence | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | 31th Artios Awards[48] | TV Movie or Mini-Series | Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Becky Silverman (Associate) | Nominated |
Soundtrack[]
Every cover song used in the season was made available for digital download on services such as iTunes and Amazon.com after the episode in which it appeared aired, except the cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" performed by Jessica Lange at the climax of the season finale "Curtain Call".
| Year | Song | Performer | Episode(s) | Notes | |
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| 2014 | "Life on Mars?" | Jessica Lange | "Monsters Among Us" "Pink Cupcakes" "Curtain Call" |
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| "Criminal" | Sarah Paulson | "Massacres and Matinees" |
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| "Gods and Monsters" | Jessica Lange | "Edward Mordrake (Part 1)" |
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| "September Song" | Jessica Lange | "Bullseye" |
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| "Come as You Are" | Evan Peters | "Test of Strength" | |||
| Note: All songs released by 20th Century Fox TV Records. | |||||
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