Scream Queens (2015)
FOX | Release Date: September 22, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
16
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Reason.comGlenn GarvinSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Co-creator Murphy has been wittily mocking adolescent caste systems ever since he produced the cult sitcom Popular in 1999, and he's never been sharper than in Scream Queens, which is studded with affectionate allusions to everything from Animal House to Caligula. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyMelissa MaerzSep 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: At its best, Scream Queens challenges our motives for empathizing with outcasts in the first place. When it specifically targets younger generations on that front, it feels fresh. Read full review
80
The Salt Lake TribuneScott D. PierceSep 25, 2015
Season 1 Review: The first two hours are well worth watching. It's funny stuff. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Margaret LyonsSep 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: Heroes Reborn and Scream Queens are both good. They're both dead-on in doing what they've set out to do, and both two-hour premieres (Scream today, Heroes Thursday) are voice-driven, exciting, and very much themselves. Read full review
80
Sioux City JournalBruce MillerSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: The joy, though, is listening to Roberts’ Chanel Oberlin bark at her minions and security officer Denise Hemphill (a brilliant Niecy Nash) savor the show’s writing. They’re funny in a fresh, interesting way that fits nicely with Murphy’s social commentary. Read full review
80
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanSep 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: If crazed killings and macabre laughs aren’t your thing, you may want to avoid the show. So far, though, Scream Queens is outlandishly fun. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergSep 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Whatever your perspective, if the idea of Glee or Popular spiked with wanton slaughter sounds appealing, Scream Queens initially should have you covered. Read full review
75
The Detroit NewsTom LongSep 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: Instead of being seriously macabre, it goes for broad satire, although it certainly has its gory moments. It’s an odd mash-up that leaves little room for real connection to the characters, having faith instead in laughs and blood. Then again, laughs and blood have a good track record. Read full review
70
SlateWilla PaskinSep 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: Scream Queens feels in almost every way like American Horror Story Lite, which is not so bad. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerMolly EichelSep 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: Like AHS and Glee, it could become a mess, but the launch is fun. Read full review
70
Denver PostJoanne OstrowSep 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: If you like the idea of a murder victim texting endlessly, even ridiculously, for help mid-attack... if you enjoy the fright of horror only when undercut by laughs, Scream Queens may be for you. For many, sampling the pilot will be enough. Read full review
65
Under The RadarZach HollwedelSep 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: It's cheeky and lighthearted escapism perfect for unwinding on a Tuesday night. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Despite all its flaws, vulgarities and miscues, and for all the justifiable fear that, like many shows from this team, it will go screaming off the quality cliff, there is an energy to Scream most other new shows are missing. It's different. And it has Curtis. Read full review
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