‘Freaks’: The Granddaddy of American Horror Story’s ‘Freak Show’
Before American Horror Story: Freak Show was even a blip on creator Ryan Murphy’s radar, Tod Browning’s 1932 classic Freaks was the Freakiest Show (sorry, David Bowie). In fact, during pre-production for the second season of AHS (Asylum), Murphy modeled one of Briarcliff’s inmates after the (derogatorily named) “Pinheads” from Browning’s outing, giving us Pepper…