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It's official. Twisty the Clown is the scariest 'American Horror Story' character ever. The character debuted on the 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' premiere, and now he is the subject of all my nightmares.

(CNN) — Just in time for Halloween, the new season of "American Horror Story" has fans checking for monsters — actually, make that clowns — under the bed. Brad Falchuck and Ryan Murphy's acclaimed anthology series debuted its fourth season Wednesday 

'American Horror Story: Freak Show' premiered on Oct. 8, and it was just as creepy, unexpected and awesome as we hoped it would be! So many new characters were introduced tonight, but fans are seriously freaking out 

It's official. Twisty the Clown is the scariest 'American Horror Story' character ever. The character debuted on the 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' premiere, and now he is the subject of all my nightmares.

Lange, who's been the metaphorical ringleader of "American Horror Story" ever since the series started, is finally the literal version this time around in "Freak Show" She plays Elsa Mars, manager of Fraulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities, a freak show