Ryan Murphy and FOX to produce comedy-horror anthology series Scream Queens

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

With GLEE coming to an end this season, creator Ryan Murphy looks to expand his anthology series roots even more. In addition to the recently announced spin-off AMERICAN CRIME STORY, FOX has ordered their own horror series from Murphy and AMERICAN HORROR STORY co-producer Brad Falchuk. FOX will air the 15-episode debut season of SCREAM QUEENS this fall.

Unlike AMERICAN HORROR STORY, SCREAM QUEENS is being billed as a "comedy-horror" show. What that means exactly is unknown, but we do know it will feature a season-long story like the FX series. The debut run will center on a college campus dealing with a serial killer. Murphy and Falchuk are currently having a nationwide casting search for two female leads and 10 supporting roles.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY as well as GLEE and Murphy's first FX series NIP/TUCK all share a very prominent sexual streak as well as a dark sense of humor. By calling SCREAM QUEENS a "comedy-horror" series, I would expect the show to feature more jokes and a fair amount of gore. Whether it is going to feel like Wes Craven's SCREAM or something more along the lines of SCARY MOVIE remains to be seen.