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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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Shannon L. Yarbrough –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
AHS Season Two – Asylum: Good Horror on TV Continues!
Being new to AHS, I watched all of season 1 and 2 on DVD in anticipation of the new season that just started last week. I’m hooked! I love horror – more along the lines of supernatural, paranormal, and the disturbing. Season 2, Asylum, blends all three of those genres and begins with quite a bit of gore as well.
What makes this such a great show is that each season is a completely different storyline so you don’t have to watch them in order. You also get to see some of the same great actors and actresses from season 1, but they do play completely different characters. Jessica Lange was amazing in season 1, and she’s even better in season 2 as the head nun of Briarcliff Manor – a Catholic run hospital for mental patients and the criminally insane.
What is also unique about AHS is that there are so many characters to focus on. The writers do a great job of teasing you along in each episode with scenes that give you back story and keep you watching and wanting answers. Just keep watching and know that your questions may not be answered until the very end!
There is also lots of tidbits of stories that borrow from real life headlines – the most obvious being Geraldo Rivera’s 1970s story on Willowbrook State School. Laura Winters’ breaking story that brings her lots of fame directly mirrors Rivera’s real life story and documentary.
The season starts like a thrill ride and will definitely scare you and make you squirm. It eventually settles down and begins building those connections with the characters as each storyline plays out. You’ll be surprised who you hate by the end and who you have sympathy for. Just like in season 1, there are lots of cliff hangers and things aren’t always as they seem. The show keeps you guessing! And being completely different from season 1 is what makes it even better!
If you want a good solid cast and a good solid psychological and disturbing story line that will frighten you, AHS Season 2 is it!
John Jones –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
So intense!
A definite improvement over the heavy-handed sexuality that hung over the entire first season, season 2 is beyond scary, beyond horrifying. That’s what makes it so compelling for me. Jessica Lange will no doubt win another Emmy for her powerhouse performance, and the rest of the cast is flawless as well. (Poor Chloe Sevigny revisits what brought her such controversy in “The Brown Bunny” performing fellatio onscreen yet again…though of course only simulated here). The production here feels genuinely creepy, whereas I felt season one tried too hard to scare and shock. I wonder if, when I get the Blu-Ray, If it’ll be like the first time i saw it: I was often holding my breath but never realized it until the commercial break.
Lily M. –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Will mess up your head if you are not psychologically tough; superb acting
I am in a quandary about season two. Season one was an addictively awesome trainwreck. In fact, season one is HAPPY compared to this season. Season Two will mess up your head for a while after you have finished watching it. This might be different if you watched one episode per week but I watched this in two days — the last episode before I went to bed. Today I am depressed, my stomach hurts and exhausted from poor sleep. Maybe this is what the day after a drug binge would feel like because watching the entire season back to back is definitely an AHS binge which I now know should be watched in good measure. My concern also lies with the writers who are so out there that as a mother, I am worried for them. BUT they are so creatively out there, how can I criticize? This is supposed to be horror, after all.
The acting is superb and sucks you in, although I have to say I kept referring to Kit as “Tate” (from season one). And even though I had to keep saying out loud, “THEY ARE ONLY ACTORS. THEY ARE ONLY ACTORS” my mind would not wrap around that fact. Ug. I am a basket-case about this. I still don’t think I liked it but it certainly grabbed me somehow. Maybe that was the plan all along? (Oh, if you think you will watch something happy to fix the damage in your head…ug, not gonna work. We put on “50 First Dates” afterwards and nope. Didn’t help. Just FYI. Watch this early in the day. You will know what I mean after you see a few episodes.)