"American Horror Story" is coming back with its fourth installment entitled "Freak Show."
The upcoming season is set to introduce a character with "lobster claw syndrome" or ectrodactyly. It is a rare congenital deformity where the hands or feet are cleft to give the appearance of a "lobster claw," potentially with a digit missing.
According to International Business Times, the FX mini-series is not the first show to feature the deformity. Ectrodactyly was previously shown in the series "Nip/Tuck."
The show "Nip/Tuck" was a medical drama about two plastic surgeons that featured plotlines ranging from a knife wielding serial rapist to cheating and paternity issues. Season 4 of the series featured the deformity when the son of Dr. Sean McNamara, one of the surgeons, was born with ectrodactyly.
The long running series was created by Ryan Murphy, the same creator of "American Horror Story."
The new season of "American Horror Story" is said to take a different perspective on the "lobster claw syndrome."
Entertainment Weekly reported that the latest installment of the series will be about a group of misfit performers. They will be led by Elsa Mars who will be played by Jessica Lange.
One of the members is Jimmy, played by Evan Peters, who is born with lobster-like hands.
"Jimmy is the big man on campus and is the male leader of the group until Dell comes and they begin to battle for power under Elsa," says Murphy. Dell is a fugitive and the father of Jimmy.
Meanwhile, the site revealed that this season's main villain will be a character named Twisty the Clown who will be played by John Carroll Lynch.
"He's out to make their lives a living hell," explains Murphy. "He's wearing a mask on the lower part of his face and there comes a point in the season where takes the mask off and when you see what's under you will faint in terror."
"American Horror Story" will return on television screens this October 8.
