“Mommie Dearest” opens so strong that there’s no way the rest of the episode will stack up. It’s a perfect storm of writing (the three series creators are credited with the script), directing (from Fargo vet...

It’s amazing that Scream Queens can produce an episode as smart and enjoyable as “Beware of Young Girls” while ignoring its strongest assets: that is, the Red Devil himself, Denise Hemphill, and Chad Radwell, who gets...

You know what Scream Queens is pretty good at? Comedy. You know what it’s so-so at? Horror. Maybe that’s why “Seven Minutes in Hell” was so much more successful than the Chanel-o-ween two-parter. The slumber party...

Hoo boy, this was a tough one to get through, guys. The major problem of Scream Queens is becoming more apparent every week: Chanel Oberlin. Emma Roberts does fine work with the character, but –...

Scream Queens takes place in some bizarro nether-world of Ryan Murphy’s Tumblr-addled imagination, where things are equal parts gory and funny, but never enough of either to be quantifiably so. To watch the show is...

I’m torn about Scream Queens. On the one hand, I find myself increasingly intrigued by the identity of the killer. The fact that the school’s mascot is the red devil opens the field of suspects wide...

Okay, now we’re talking. “Hell Week” was a much more focused episode of Scream Queens – it upped the stakes narratively, it introduced layers of complexity to its characters, and it gave the audience a whole...

Ryan Murphy is basically the human embodiment of the words YAASSSS QUEEN. It’s the reason he’s dedicating an entire season of American Horror Story to Lady Gaga, who is not an actress, and it’s the reason...