Scream Queens (2015)

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2015
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 33
  3. Negative: 4 out of 33

Critic Reviews

  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 21, 2015
    90
    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.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Melissa Maerz
    Sep 22, 2015
    83
    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.
  3. The Salt Lake Tribune
    Reviewed by: Scott D. Pierce
    Sep 25, 2015
    80
    The first two hours are well worth watching. It's funny stuff.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Sep 22, 2015
    80
    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.
  6. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Sep 21, 2015
    80
    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.
  7. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Sep 18, 2015
    80
    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.
  8. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Sep 17, 2015
    80
    Whatever your perspective, if the idea of Glee or Popular spiked with wanton slaughter sounds appealing, Scream Queens initially should have you covered.
  9. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Sep 18, 2015
    75
    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.
  10. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Sep 22, 2015
    70
    Scream Queens feels in almost every way like American Horror Story Lite, which is not so bad.
  11. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Molly Eichel
    Sep 22, 2015
    70
    Like AHS and Glee, it could become a mess, but the launch is fun.
  12. Denver Post
    Reviewed by: Joanne Ostrow
    Sep 18, 2015
    70
    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.
  13. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Zach Hollwedel
    Sep 22, 2015
    65
    It's cheeky and lighthearted escapism perfect for unwinding on a Tuesday night.
  14. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Sep 21, 2015
    63
    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.

Awards & Rankings

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#38 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
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#40 Most Shared TV Season of 2015

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 343 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 273 out of 343
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 343
  3. Negative: 45 out of 343
  1. angelsweetz
    Sep 23, 2015
    10
    Don't listen to the people that claim this is a bad show - especially the ones that say that they used to watch American Horror Story. ADon't listen to the people that claim this is a bad show - especially the ones that say that they used to watch American Horror Story. A majority of those people don't understand that this show isn't trying to be like American Horror Story, it's trying to be a comedy-horror series. I was skeptical at first - how could possible mix two different genres successfully? Nevertheless, I watched the show to see if it would come through.

    To my surprise, it did.

    The actors are all simply amazing. There are people that say Emma Roberts is a bad actress, but those people don't see the different between a "mean girl" character and a bad actress. What Emma Roberts was in Scream Queens was a "mean girl" character, and she played her role very well. All of the actors did, really.

    The story itself is very interesting. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say there's a lot of mystery, comedy, and scary scenes (but not gory to the point where it'll give you nightmares). I really have to acknowledge how great the writers did - the scenes that are supposed to be funny are hilarious, and the scenes that are supposed to be scary can be downright terrifying and/or shocking (depending on the scene). The mystery, unlike many other shows, is actually very engaging. At the end of the episode, I was literally asking so many questions about the mysteries in this show, and I can't wait for the next episode.

    This is my very first review. I saw so many people down talking this show because they thought it would be American Horror Story: Part 2, but I don't want people to be mislead by these reviews. And to those reviewers-

    This is NOT American Horror Story. This is meant to be a horror-comedy and it exceeds with flying colors at what it's trying to do. If you want a dark, twisted, horror movie stretched out into a series, then go back to watching American Horror Story. If you want to watch Scream Queens, please try to view it as what it is rather than what it's not. What you're doing is like trying to watch Spongebob and getting pissed off that it isn't like The Little Mermaid.    … Full Review »
  2. estabad
    Sep 23, 2015
    1
    Is very bad, the performances, the script, everything is bad, full of clichés, very poor and mediocre performances. the expectations were veryIs very bad, the performances, the script, everything is bad, full of clichés, very poor and mediocre performances. the expectations were very high and the result was disappointing, the worst TV show of Ryan Morphy… Full Review »
  3. Dloc-Johan
    Sep 24, 2015
    10
    Eu gostei muito do Scream Queens, SQ é um humor negro que mostra a personalidade psicopata de algumas muitas pessoas que não se consideramEu gostei muito do Scream Queens, SQ é um humor negro que mostra a personalidade psicopata de algumas muitas pessoas que não se consideram perversas como na vida real só que com uma historia mas interessante, mostra o potencial da geração atual e horrorizar… Full Review »
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