The official cast pictures for American Horror Story: Freak Show have been unveiled.

The pictures offer a glimpse of the characters that will be the focus of the show's fourth season, which follows one of the last remaining freak shows in 1950s America.

American Horror Story: Freak Show charactersJessica Lange stars as German expatriate Elsa Mars, who is struggling to keep the Florida freak show running in 1952.

Sarah Paulson - who appears as conjoined twins Bette and Dot - recently described the new season as her "most challenging so far".

Other cast members include Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Denis O'Hare, Finn Wittrock, Frances Conroy, Michael Chiklis and Wes Bentley.

Freak Show premieres on FX on October 8 in the US, and October 21 at 10pm on FOX in the UK.

Watch a trailer for American Horror Story: Freak Show below:

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