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The American Horror Story Asylum DVD holds all 13 episodes of season 2 on 4 discs, set in 1964 at the Briarcliff Manor asylum with Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters. Extras include four featurettes and deleted scenes. This is a brand-new copy of the US Region 1 set, in stock and dispatched within 2 business days. Add it to your cart today.
| Format | DVD |
|---|---|
| Discs | 4 |
| Studio | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Released | October 8, 2013 |
| Run time | 9 hours and 14 minutes |
| Condition | New |
| Availability | In stock |
The American Horror Story Asylum DVD holds all 13 episodes of the anthology's second season, which aired on FX from October 17, 2012 to January 23, 2013. 20th Century Fox released The Complete Second Season in the US as a four-disc set on October 8, 2013.
You are getting a brand-new copy. It is a Region 1 NTSC DVD, the standard for US and Canadian players, so it plays in US DVD players and in Blu-ray players. Episodes are in widescreen (1.78:1) with English Dolby Digital 5.1 sound and English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles.
Asylum is set mainly in 1964 at Briarcliff Manor, a fictional mental institution in rural Massachusetts, with scenes from the past and the present day cut in. Kit Walker (Evan Peters) is committed there, accused of being the serial killer known as "Bloody Face", and he insists he is innocent.
Journalist Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) tries to expose the asylum's abuses and ends up committed by the iron-willed Sister Jude (Jessica Lange). Sister Jude also clashes with Dr. Arthur Arden (James Cromwell). Zachary Quinto plays psychiatrist Dr. Oliver Thredson, Lily Rabe is Sister Mary Eunice and Joseph Fiennes is Monsignor Timothy Howard.
The season earned 17 Primetime Emmy nominations, more than any other show that year, and James Cromwell won for supporting actor in a limited series or movie.
Asylum weaves its timelines tightly, so watching American Horror Story Season 2 straight through on disc keeps every reveal in order, with no streaming catalog changes to worry about.
Start the anthology with American Horror Story Season 1, then continue with American Horror Story: Coven. Browse more TV series on DVD, and see the Wikipedia article on American Horror Story: Asylum for cast and episode details.
American Horror Story Asylum DVD: Questions Buyers Ask
How many episodes are in AHS Asylum?
All 13 episodes of season 2, on 4 discs, about 554 minutes in total.
Will it play in my US DVD player?
Yes. It is the US Region 1 NTSC release, so it plays in standard US DVD players and in Blu-ray players.
What bonus features are included?
Four featurettes, including "Welcome to Briarcliff Manor" and "The Creatures", plus deleted scenes.
Is this copy new?
Yes. It is a brand-new copy.
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Jan N –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Love it!
Not for children or the faint of heart, but if you love dark humor and every weird, kinky thing imaginable, then this series will not disappoint! I loved the American Horror Story Murder House in their first season but, for me, the Asylum is even better. Gritty, strange, twisted, funny, sexy, dark and covered in blood, with alien abductions thrown in for good measure. The acting is superb from the entire cast but especially Jessica Lange. It is irreverent to the max, so definitely not for anyone who is sensitive about their religious beliefs. Lily Rabe is fantastic! What more is there to say – loads of laughs and lots of horror !!
Max –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Emma Navarro –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Great if you like this type of horror. Not for the lighthearted
I loved American Horror Story: Asylum. If you love horror that’s kinda crazy and messed up you will too. This season had amazing acting and cinematography. But if you don’t like gore or some subject matters like religion it’s probably not for you. I’m just warning that if your not ready for some really dark, harsh, messed up stuff you won’t enjoy this. But it’s also great and gets really crazy, really fast with many storylines. Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange and Lily Rabe are especially amazing in this. My favorite storyline had to be bloodyface and Lana winters though. Asylum is very different from season one, better in my opinion.
Chaz T. –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
American Horror Story! Excellent! Well told horror story!!
First of all: I love Jessica Lang!! She’s wonderful in this tale, as she was in the first season! The whole ensemble cast is great, many of whom, like a fine tuned acting troupe, appear again in the next season’s performance of a totally unrelated tale, taking up different challenging characters, different from each proceeding season. Currently I’m watching the 3rd season on TV, but of the three seasons so far, Asylum is my favorite, (although) the current season of Coven now airing is only half-way through its season. So who knows what’s to come in the weeks ahead!
As for this tale: Such sinister, evil doings going on in an asylum! (enough to give you nightmares!)
Jack E. Levic –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
DELICIOUSLY CREEPY AND EERY
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM (Season Two) takes the series to an even higher level of creepiness than Season One.
Be warned, this show is not family viewing fun and those with weak hearts might want to stay away. If horror is your genre, then ASYLUM is not to be missed. The writers take us on a journey into a terrifying Asylum for the Insane run by not so saintly Catholic nuns. Be ready to squirm in your chair as you start this journey.
Lovely Jessica Lange returns to AMERICAN HORROR STORY as Sister Jude. She runs BRIARCLIFF MENTAL INSTITUTION with a zeal that could melt steel. She’s a troubled woman with a mysterious past and no heart or compassion for the inmates who are often more sane than their keepers. Decades have passed since her days as a screen sex symbol yet her sexiness hasn’t faded. Here is one classy American actress not afraid to age gracefully to celebrate the lines in her once smooth porcelain face. It is a joy to see her back in Season Two in an even more diabolical role. Sister Jude the tormentor becomes the tormented. Lange delves into all sides of her role and does a fun fantasy scene where she sings the 60’s song THE NAME GAME in her fantasy mind to the inmates. A fun break from the horrors we are all experiencing.
Speaking about diabolical, how about a young innocent nun suddenly possessed by the devil? Throw in space aliens terrorizing some inmates and add in a demented doctor who may or may not have been a doctor in a Nazi Concentration camp. How do the writers find such juicy characters to fill the screen?
Sister Jude has writer Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) when she starts poking into the despicable conditions at Briarwood. Kit Walker (Evan Peters) has been sent to the institution for psychological evaluation after being arrested as the serial killer BLOODY FACE. Both are terrorized by Sister Jude and the evil Dr. Arden (James Cromwell). Kit and Lana join forces to escape and expose the evils of Briarwood but evil doctors and nuns and other worldly aliens keep getting in the way.
ASYLUM is truly addictive. Each episode brings a new twist and another failed escape. The cast is just perfect in their roles as Season One Alumni Zachary Quinto and Dylan McDermottr return to ASYLUM. This cast was made in heaven. Singer Adam Levine is even in the mix. Lily Rabe is uncanny and mesmerizing as the sweet, innocent nun Sister Mary Eunice possessed by the devilThe episodes are scary and twisted. James Cromwell is the murderous Dr. Arden doing unspeakable experiments on the patients. Naomi Grossman also deserves special note as Pepper, the tragic “pinhead.” The make-up artists did a remarkable job of turning her into Pepper.
One disappointment are the final two episodes where the writers seemed to have felt rushed to wrap up the series with a nice neat bow. No questions remain unanswered and everything is neatly resolved. The fates of all characters are clear and sometimes there is no need to cleanly end a series. The horror aspect is gone in the last two episodes though there is some suspense as the story is neatly finished. The writers seemed to skip a beat towards the end to just finally end the series.
This series is so deliciously scary and viewer discretion is advised. The horror factor will unnerve many people but this is one amazing series full of twists and turns and characters are never who they seem to be. Well-written, well-acted and set in the perfect dismal, hopeless setting brings a realism to this show unparalled. If you like horror stories, don’t miss ASYLUM.