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** '''1964 - '''Dr. Thredson keeps Lana chained to a bed inside his "workroom" and, while caring for her, explains that his behavior as "Bloody Face" stems from his childhood. After being abandoned by his birth mother and left to grow up in an orphanage, he sought out a replacement mother figure and murdered all those who seem inadequate, skinning and decapitating them afterwards. After studying Lana from afar he came to the conclusion that she was "The One" - the surrogate Mother he sought - and her incarceration in Briarcliff simply made it easier to abduct and imprison her. When Lana later attempts to escape, he dons his Bloody Face mask and prepares to murder her, but she takes on the role of his Mother-figure in order to save her life, and he tearfully nurses from her breast.
 
** '''1964 - '''Dr. Thredson keeps Lana chained to a bed inside his "workroom" and, while caring for her, explains that his behavior as "Bloody Face" stems from his childhood. After being abandoned by his birth mother and left to grow up in an orphanage, he sought out a replacement mother figure and murdered all those who seem inadequate, skinning and decapitating them afterwards. After studying Lana from afar he came to the conclusion that she was "The One" - the surrogate Mother he sought - and her incarceration in Briarcliff simply made it easier to abduct and imprison her. When Lana later attempts to escape, he dons his Bloody Face mask and prepares to murder her, but she takes on the role of his Mother-figure in order to save her life, and he tearfully nurses from her breast.
 
** '''2012 - '''Police investigators find Leo's phone still ringing in his hand; Bloody Face calls to politely inform them that he is responsible only for the murder of the three "Imposter" Bloody Faces. When the police realize that Leo came into the house on his honeymoon, and hence that Theresa is missing, she is shown in the clutches of the modern-day Bloody Face, a leaner man than Dr. Thredson and with less chest and arm hair.
 
** '''2012 - '''Police investigators find Leo's phone still ringing in his hand; Bloody Face calls to politely inform them that he is responsible only for the murder of the three "Imposter" Bloody Faces. When the police realize that Leo came into the house on his honeymoon, and hence that Theresa is missing, she is shown in the clutches of the modern-day Bloody Face, a leaner man than Dr. Thredson and with less chest and arm hair.
* [[Dark Cousin |Dark Cousin]]
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* [[Dark Cousin]]
 
** '''1964 '''- After raping a near-catatonic Lana, Dr. Thredson becomes emotionally unstable, believing that their relationship has reached an "impasse" and that he must now kill her. In the ensuing struggle while he attempts to drug her into unconsciousness, Lana stabs him in the crotch with his hypodermic syringe and escapes her bonds, violently kicking him back into the "workroom" when he tries to prevent her from leaving. When readmitted to Briarcliff, Lana later tells the newly-powerful [[Sister Mary Eunice]] that Thredson is Bloody Face. Though Mary Eunice believes Lana, recalling the Demon inside her referring to Thredson as "Bloody Face" during the exorcism in [[Tricks and Treats]], she does not act upon this information.
 
** '''1964 '''- After raping a near-catatonic Lana, Dr. Thredson becomes emotionally unstable, believing that their relationship has reached an "impasse" and that he must now kill her. In the ensuing struggle while he attempts to drug her into unconsciousness, Lana stabs him in the crotch with his hypodermic syringe and escapes her bonds, violently kicking him back into the "workroom" when he tries to prevent her from leaving. When readmitted to Briarcliff, Lana later tells the newly-powerful [[Sister Mary Eunice]] that Thredson is Bloody Face. Though Mary Eunice believes Lana, recalling the Demon inside her referring to Thredson as "Bloody Face" during the exorcism in [[Tricks and Treats]], she does not act upon this information.
 
* [[Unholy Night]]
 
* [[Unholy Night]]

Revision as of 07:26, 30 December 2012

Bloody Face is a character.He is a character in American Horror Story portrayed by Various.Bloody Face[1] is a serial killer that began his reign of terror in the early '60s. He now lurks within the ruins of Briarcliff Manor and is notorious for skinning his victims and wearing their faces as masks.

Spoiler until I Am Anne Frank: Part 2 In I Am Anne Frank: Part 2, Dr Oliver Thredson is shown as Bloody Face.

Spoiler until The Coat Hanger In The Coat Hanger, Bloody Face is Johnny Morgan, a man who claims to be Thredson's biological son in 2012.

Episodic Appearances

  • Welcome to Briarcliff
    • 2012: We are introduced to Bloody Face by graffiti[2] on the wall of the ruins that were once Briarcliff Manor. Visiting couple, Teresa and Leo, appear to be big fans and take a picture. After Leo's arm is torn off by an unknown assailant, Teresa is confronted by the serial killer while searching for an exit.
    • 1964: The identity of Bloody Face is still unclear, but he is thought to be confined at Briarcliff, Kit Walker being the accused.
  • Tricks and Treats
    • 2012 - Bloody Face pursues Teresa through the ruins and, after she takes refuge behind a door, he repeatedly stabs the incapacitated Leo in the chest.
    • 1964 - While he is supposedly committed at the asylum in the form of Kit, he appears to Wendy in her home. Though she begs for her life, it's unlikely her words were heeded.
  • Nor'easter
    •  2012 - Despite perforating Leo's chest, Bloody Face is overtaken, with the help of Teresa, and gets a taste of his own medicine (i.e. orbitoclast to the chest). As the couple attempt escape they encounter another Bloody Face...and another. After the newlyweds are shot the assailants remove their masks and reveal young men, Devon and Cooper (the other was Joey). They look shocked by the arrival of a fourth Bloody Face.
  • I Am Anne Frank: Part 2 - Dr. Thredson assists Lana in escaping the asylum. He takes her to his home and chains her up in his "workroom" alongside a freeze-dried Wendy, where he skins his victims.
  • The Origins of Monstrosity
    •   2012 - The 2012 Bloody Face uses Leo's phone to contact the police, stating that he's been "a busy boy". When officers arrive at Briarcliff, they find that he has murdered all three of the "Imposters" and hung them from the upper stairwell of the institution's lounge.
Bloody face

One of the 'imposter' Bloody Faces of 2012

    • 1964 - Dr. Thredson keeps Lana chained to a bed inside his "workroom" and, while caring for her, explains that his behavior as "Bloody Face" stems from his childhood. After being abandoned by his birth mother and left to grow up in an orphanage, he sought out a replacement mother figure and murdered all those who seem inadequate, skinning and decapitating them afterwards. After studying Lana from afar he came to the conclusion that she was "The One" - the surrogate Mother he sought - and her incarceration in Briarcliff simply made it easier to abduct and imprison her. When Lana later attempts to escape, he dons his Bloody Face mask and prepares to murder her, but she takes on the role of his Mother-figure in order to save her life, and he tearfully nurses from her breast.
    • 2012 - Police investigators find Leo's phone still ringing in his hand; Bloody Face calls to politely inform them that he is responsible only for the murder of the three "Imposter" Bloody Faces. When the police realize that Leo came into the house on his honeymoon, and hence that Theresa is missing, she is shown in the clutches of the modern-day Bloody Face, a leaner man than Dr. Thredson and with less chest and arm hair.
  • Dark Cousin
    • 1964 - After raping a near-catatonic Lana, Dr. Thredson becomes emotionally unstable, believing that their relationship has reached an "impasse" and that he must now kill her. In the ensuing struggle while he attempts to drug her into unconsciousness, Lana stabs him in the crotch with his hypodermic syringe and escapes her bonds, violently kicking him back into the "workroom" when he tries to prevent her from leaving. When readmitted to Briarcliff, Lana later tells the newly-powerful Sister Mary Eunice that Thredson is Bloody Face. Though Mary Eunice believes Lana, recalling the Demon inside her referring to Thredson as "Bloody Face" during the exorcism in Tricks and Treats, she does not act upon this information.
  • Unholy Night
    • 1964 - Thredson tracks Lana down to Briarcliff after stories of the car accident appear in the newspaper. He blames her for making him share his story with her. He attempts to strangle her with the phone cord. She struggles and fights back. He picks her up and tells her her skin will be the start of a whole new Bloody Face. Kit comes in the room and knocks Thredson unconscious. Kit believes they need Thredson for his freedom. The two move Thredson's body to an abandoned storage room.  They think no one will find him while they come up with what to do with him. Thredson lays bound and gagged on the floor as Lana threatens to bury him one day.
  • The Coat Hanger
    • 2012 - Johnny Morgan visits Dr. Gardner, a therapist he found in the newspaper, to learn about hypnotherapy and he explains his backstory. As a child, he went between foster homes after developing a habit of skinning animals, but by adolescence had developed urges to hurt and skin women. These urges became more pronounced after he retraced his roots during a term in prison. He has attacked and killed several women under the mantle of Bloody Face (including Theresa), but he lacks the experience of his predecessor and idly wonders about undergoing medical training. Johnny tells the therapist his biological last name is Thredson. He later murders Dr. Gardner and is caught in the act by another patient who arrives for her session. 
    • 1964 - Thredson lays bound and gagged in the storage room. Lana visits him and shows him the papers that say that she is pregnant with his baby. Thredson pleads that he can change for the baby, and Lana manipulates him into confessing to the murders of Donna Burton and Allison Reidel. When she asks about Wendy, Thredson says that Wendy never loved her as she is reason Lana was admitted to Briarcliff in the first place. Lana tells him that she killed the baby, and Thredson says that she is sicker than he is as he would never kill an innocent child. Kit records Thredson's confessional onto a tape recorder, and Lana says that she will slit his throat with a knife during bakery duty. However, an orderly catches her and takes the knife away. Later that night, Lana takes the coat hanger she used during the attempt to abort the child and tries to kill Thredson, but upon entering the storage room, Thredson is nowhere to be found. Confronting Sr. Mary Eunice, Lana alleges that the Sister must have released him; the demon-possessed nun then informs her that her baby is still alive, and will be a boy - the implication being that he is Johnny Morgan, the Bloody Face of 2012.

Notes

  • In "Welcome to Briarcliff", we learn from Dr. Arden that he skins his victims from the feet up.
  • We learn from Dr. Thredson in "Tricks and Treats" that he decapitates the victims as well.
  • The 2012 Bloody Face is less skilled at skinning than his predecessor, as he admits in "The Coat Hanger". He also confesses to practicing on dead animals at an early age. This seems to be true as his skin mask is more mangled than his father's.

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