A series of murders take place targeting the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority, at Wallace University, on the twentieth anniversary of a pledge which went wrong. This is the basic premise for a show that I really wasn't ever thinking of watching based off trailers that I had seen. However, after about a month I decided to binge watch the first six episodes and I really wasn't expecting what I saw.
I have to say; I really, really enjoyed the first six episodes. Ryan Murphy is back with another series on FOX after having success with Glee and American Horror Story. Straight away I could tell it was a "Ryan Murphy" show just by the way it is shot it reminded me of American Horror Story.
The sorority is led by Chanel Oberlin, played by Emma Roberts, who plays the "bitch" role and she really plays it well, no matter how over the top it may be, because it fits with the overall tone of the show. One of my favourite characters is private security guard, Denise Hemphill, portrayed by Niecy Nash, who plays the character perfectly. Other than the great "hashtag cahoots", it would seem that she is the "voice of the audience" when she points out the obvious that the clueless main characters are oblivious to. She also lays out what could be the rules of the season of how the girls are going to survive. In a scene that gets funnier as she sets each rule that if they follow she will come and protect them.
Murphy also brought his style of comedy, which is extremely dark, and satire from the very first scene and I loved every moment of it. The show really goes out and attacks everything from the stereotypes that come with horror films to society today including YouTube vloggers. It is also very offensive and it is offensive to everyone. Especially, using deaf actress, Whitney Meyer, to portray "Deaf Taylor Swift" who is a big fan of Taylor Swift and throughout her small tenure on the show she is the punchline of most of the jokes. In fact, the opening to the third episode is Emma Roberts' character having "Chanel-'o-Ween" a clear parody of Taylor Swifts "Swiftmas" which is hilarious and quite accurate when comparing it to the original. Almost every character is a terrible person and that is what makes the show that much fun to watch. Definitely, one of the main draws to the show is just waiting to see which one of the complete assholes gets murdered in a brutal way. The main character Grace Gardner, played by Skyler Samuels, may easily be the nicest character on the show but also the most boring but I totally understand the need to have the straight character like most comedy shows.
Jamie Lee Curtis, the original Hollywood scream queen, plays the Dean of Wallace University, Cathy Munsch who has a huge dislike of Kappa Kappa Tau. She is very cold in delivery which works perfectly, especially, in scenes with Emma Roberts. Her role seems to run on a similar track to Jane Lynch in Glee.
The murderer or quite possibly two murderers if the film series "Scream" taught us anything, which could definitely be a possible scenario considering this TV series definitely looks like a spin off of Wes Craven's film series. The killer which is dressed in a red devil costume, also the schools mascot, is going around killing these sorority members. While I have a few theories I am not quite sure there are many clues to watch out for and this isn't that type of show so instead I prefer to sit back, relax, and love what I am watching on TV.
While I'm not sure what they would do different for a season two, even though it is an anthology series, if this was to only last for one season it would definitely be a great show to go back and re- watch, purely, for the entertainment.
I have to say; I really, really enjoyed the first six episodes. Ryan Murphy is back with another series on FOX after having success with Glee and American Horror Story. Straight away I could tell it was a "Ryan Murphy" show just by the way it is shot it reminded me of American Horror Story.
The sorority is led by Chanel Oberlin, played by Emma Roberts, who plays the "bitch" role and she really plays it well, no matter how over the top it may be, because it fits with the overall tone of the show. One of my favourite characters is private security guard, Denise Hemphill, portrayed by Niecy Nash, who plays the character perfectly. Other than the great "hashtag cahoots", it would seem that she is the "voice of the audience" when she points out the obvious that the clueless main characters are oblivious to. She also lays out what could be the rules of the season of how the girls are going to survive. In a scene that gets funnier as she sets each rule that if they follow she will come and protect them.
Murphy also brought his style of comedy, which is extremely dark, and satire from the very first scene and I loved every moment of it. The show really goes out and attacks everything from the stereotypes that come with horror films to society today including YouTube vloggers. It is also very offensive and it is offensive to everyone. Especially, using deaf actress, Whitney Meyer, to portray "Deaf Taylor Swift" who is a big fan of Taylor Swift and throughout her small tenure on the show she is the punchline of most of the jokes. In fact, the opening to the third episode is Emma Roberts' character having "Chanel-'o-Ween" a clear parody of Taylor Swifts "Swiftmas" which is hilarious and quite accurate when comparing it to the original. Almost every character is a terrible person and that is what makes the show that much fun to watch. Definitely, one of the main draws to the show is just waiting to see which one of the complete assholes gets murdered in a brutal way. The main character Grace Gardner, played by Skyler Samuels, may easily be the nicest character on the show but also the most boring but I totally understand the need to have the straight character like most comedy shows.
Jamie Lee Curtis, the original Hollywood scream queen, plays the Dean of Wallace University, Cathy Munsch who has a huge dislike of Kappa Kappa Tau. She is very cold in delivery which works perfectly, especially, in scenes with Emma Roberts. Her role seems to run on a similar track to Jane Lynch in Glee.
The murderer or quite possibly two murderers if the film series "Scream" taught us anything, which could definitely be a possible scenario considering this TV series definitely looks like a spin off of Wes Craven's film series. The killer which is dressed in a red devil costume, also the schools mascot, is going around killing these sorority members. While I have a few theories I am not quite sure there are many clues to watch out for and this isn't that type of show so instead I prefer to sit back, relax, and love what I am watching on TV.
While I'm not sure what they would do different for a season two, even though it is an anthology series, if this was to only last for one season it would definitely be a great show to go back and re- watch, purely, for the entertainment.