This fall, Glee creator Ryan Murphy will bring us a classic tale of a whodunit-inspired TV series.
According to The Futon Critic, the comedy-horror series follows the girls of Kappa House lead by Chanel Oberlin (played by Emma Watson). As the most sought-after sorority for pledges, their main goal was disrupted when anti-Kappa Dean Cathy Munsch (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) comes into the picture. She insists that sorority pledging must be allowed to all students and not just the campus’ rich kids. This conflict triggers a devil-clad serial killer who begins a streak of horrific killings in the campus.
Ryan Murphy, the uber-producer of hit shows like Glee and American Horror Story, chatted with Variety and shared that the main motive of the show is to find the killer.
“I look at it as a horror show, but also like a Agatha Christie whodunnit, like “10 Little Indians,” which I was obsessed with as a kid. One by one, they’re getting picked off, and it’s an active search to find the killer. That definitely is part of the storytelling. We just did an episode where three people get offed by the devil killer. Some weeks, maybe one will or nobody will die. By the end of the season, very few of them will remain,” the executive producer explained.
Murphy also confirmed that even the cast don’t have any idea about the identity of the mysterious slayer. He adds, “They don’t. They’ve been blackmailing me, bribing me, writing me. They all have their theories about who they think it is, and none of them have been right, which makes me very happy. I love their enthusiasm, because I feel, hopefully, that the audience will share it. When we were directing the first two episodes, Brad and I would always, for the most part, give those actors a take and say, “Pretend you’re the killer.” In the pilot, it’s very clear to me who is the killer. When the killer’s unmasked at the end, you’ll be able to go and be like, “Oh, yeah” and link all that stuff together.”
Scream Queens also stars Ariana Grande, Glen Powell, Lea Michele, Nasim Pedrad, Nick Jonas, among others.
Scream Queens bows on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd at 9PM on FOX.
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