History Trivia / ScreamQueens2015

** He also stated multiple times that only [[KillThemAll four or five characters would survive the season]] and appear in season 2. Grace, Zayday, Hester, Chanels #3 and #5, Chad, Denise, Wes and Dean Munsch, and Chanel (ten people) all survive. Further, at least seven are slated to be returning, and possibly more.

* DoingItForTheArt: Jamie Lee Curtis studied the shower scene in ''{{Film/Psycho}}'' carefully, right down to which hand reached for the soap, to recreate the smallest details.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Season 2 really dates itself to 2016 with several on point pop culture references - there's a TakeThat to ''Film/BatmanVsSuperman'', Denise dresses as [[Series/GameOfThrones Daenerys Targaryen]] for Halloween - and when [[spoiler: Denise wakes up from her coma]], she asks how Hilary Clinton is doing in office and gets an uncomfortable silence from the protagonists; the season aired while the 2016 election was going on, and Donald Trump had already been elected when the finale came around.

** In "Haunted House", Grace dresses as Creator/KateHudson. Her father is played by Kate's real-life brother. In the same episode, she meets a woman whose younger self was played Grace Phipps, who played her best friend on ''Series/TheNineLivesOfChloeKing''.

** Billie Lourd, who plays Chanel #3, is Creator/CarrieFisher's daughter. The earmuffs her character often wears are a homage to her mother's iconic [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia hairdo]]. Not to mention in the Season 1 finale, she wears her hair in the buns.

** Julian Morris was cast as Pete but had to drop out before filming, and was replaced by Diego Boneta. The role had previously been offered to David Henrie, who turned it down.

* RoleAssociation:

* HeyItsThatGuy:

* DoingItForTheArt: Jamie Lee Curtis studied the shower scene in ''{{Film/Pyscho}}'' carefully, right down to which hand reached for the soap, to recreate the smallest details.

** Technically Emma Roberts, who was known as the TeenIdol of ''{{Series/Unfabulous}}'' for years. Thanks to both this and ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', she

* StarMakingRole: It was ultimately Creator/GlenPowell who got launched onto bigger things from this. Beforehand he had bit parts in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' and ''The Expendables 3''. Afterwards ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'', ''Film/HiddenFigures'', ''Film/TheGuernseyAndPotatoPeelLiterarySociety'' and ''The Sand Castle''.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Ariana Grande was a huge fan of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' and describes herself saying to Ryan Murphy "I'll do anything you want. I'll be the first one killed off, I'll be the villain" - and so she was the first one killed off.

** Chanel #2 was going to have a significantly bigger role - appearing in ''nine'' episodes - but Arianna Grande had to go on tour and thus she was killed off in the pilot episode.
** Skyler Samuels returned to college in 2016, having taken a semester out to film the first season. As a result, Grace is written out of Season 2, later explained that she's in Stanford (the university Skyler attends in real life), only to find out it's not the university, it's a mental asylum that shares the same name.

** Skyler Samuels who was bestknown for her earlier roles as [[{{AlphaBitch}} Alpha Bitches]] on television gets reversed here where's she's the NiceGirl foil to The Chanels.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Season 2 dates itself to 2016 with a number of pop culture references. The first is that the Chanels became famous through a {{Creator/Netflix}} documentary about their case, paralleling the SleeperHit that was ''Making A Murderer''. During the HalloweenEpisode Denise is dressed as [[Series/GameOfThrones Khaleesi]], #3 and 5 as the Trumps and Cassidy makes a TakeThat to ''Film/BatmanVsSuperman''. What's more is that the finale has Denise waking up from her coma, and excitedly wondering what Hilary Clinton is like as the first female president - as Donald Trump was elected while the season was airing.

* ActorAllusion:
** Billie Lourd, who plays Chanel #3, is Creator/CarrieFisher's daughter. The earmuffs her character often wears are a homage to her mother's iconic [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia hairdo]]. Not to mention in the Season 1 finale, she wears her hair in the buns.
** Creator/JamieLeeCurtis was one of the original scream queens, in ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
** In "Seven Minutes in Hell", Chanel calls Grace "Nancy Drew" as an insult. [[Film/NancyDrew Of Course, Emma Roberts would know all about Nancy Drew, wouldn't she?]]
** Jamie Lee Curtis also creates an almost shot for shot homage to her mother Janet Leigh and her famous scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' in "Mommie Dearest."
** In "Haunted House", Grace dresses as Creator/KateHudson. Her father is played by Kate's real-life brother. In the same episode, she meets a woman whose younger self was played Grace Phipps, who played her best friend on ''Series/TheNineLivesOfChloeKing''.
** Niecy Nash had also played a police officer on ''Reno 911''.
** In season 2 premiere, Dr.Cascade played by Creator/TaylorLautner diagnoses a woman who has Hypertrichosis aka Werewolf Syndrome. Lautner played a werewolf in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series. There's also a joke about his body being cold, another ''Twilight'' reference.
** Creator/EmmaRoberts, who plays Chanel Oberlin, is the daughter of Creator/EricRoberts, who played the Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the Doctor Who movie]]. In the season 2 episode ''Halloween Blues'', in a rage, Chanel asks "did this crappy dorm turn into a ''Series/DoctorWho'' TARDIS while I was asleep, and transport us all back to Ancient Egypt?"

* CastingGag: In "Dorkus", the Chanels think they've captured the Red Devil, but when they unmask him, it's just some pizza delivery guy who was forced to wear the costume and was fitted with a dynamite vest. Said pizza delivery guy is played by Riley Schmidt, who is the man under the mask every time the Red Devil appears to kill someone.

* IKnewIt: The actors don't get the scripts until they filmed the scenes, but the YouTube feature the ''Scene Queens'' is about a recap of the latest episode and guessing who the killer is. One actress successfully identified Hester as the bathtub baby but was wrong as to her being involved in the killings - she named Wes as her suspect.

** The show's YouTube channel has ''Scene Queens'' which is the cast talking about the latest episode to appear and speculating who they think the killer is. While it's not so bad in the US, the UK airs the show about 6 weeks after the episodes air in the US so it's advised to watch the show first.

** Joe Manganiello was also originally cast as Wes but backed out, leading to Oliver Hudson being cast.

** Jamie Lee Curtis also creates an almost shot for shot homage to her mother Janet Leigh and her famous scene from Film/{{Psycho}} in "Mommie Dearest."
** In "Haunted House", Grace dresses as Creator/KateHudson. Her father is played by Kate's real-life brother. In the same episode, she meets a woman whose younger self was played Grace Phipps, who played her best friend on TheNineLivesOfChloeKing.

** A lot of press was given to Charisma Carpenter guest starring. She has just a brief scene in one episode. Coincidentally playing the mother of Grande's character.

* {{Corpsing}}: Skyler Samuels describes herself as the biggest corpser on set, claiming she's ruined the most takes by bursting out laughing. But apparently it went the other way around during filming of Grace and Zayday pushing Boone out the window - and it was Nick Jonas who corpsed.

* DawsonCasting: Hester is meant to be nineteen or twenty. Lea Michele was twenty-nine at the time. Overall the main cast is made up of several college freshmen and juniors, and most of them are a few years older. Glen Powell for example is twenty seven playing a character who is definitely under twenty-two. Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Nick Jonas, Lucien Laviscount and Skyler Samuels are all within the right age though.

** He also stated multiple times that only [[KillThemAll four or five characters would survive the season]] and appear in season 2. Grace, Zayday, Hester, Chanels #3 and #5, Chad, Denise, Wes and Dean Munsch, and Chanel (ten people) all survive. Further, at least [[spoiler: seven]] are slated to be returning, and possibly more.

** Skyler Samuels returned to college in 2016, having taken a semester out to film the first season. As a result, Grace is written out of Season 2, later explained that she's in Stanford (the university Skyler attends in real life), only to find out it's not the university, [[spoiler: it's a mental asylum that shares the same name]].

** Creator/EmmaRoberts, who plays Chanel Oberlin, is the daughter of Creator/EricRoberts, who played the Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the Doctor Who movie]]. In the season 2 episode ''Halloween Blues'', in a rage, Chanel asks "did this crappy dorm turn into a ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' TARDIS while I was asleep, and transport us all back to Ancient Egypt?"

** Skyler Samuels returned to college in 2016, having taken a semester out to film the first season. As a result, Grace is written out of Season 2.

** In the season 2 episode ''Halloween Blues'', in a rage, Chanel asks "did this crappy dorm turn into a ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' TARDIS while I was asleep, and transport us all back to Ancient Egypt?" Creator/EmmaRoberts is the daughter of Creator/EricRoberts, who played the Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the Doctor Who movie]].

** In the season 2 episode ''Halloween Blues'', in a rage, Chanel asks "did this crappy dorm turn into a ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' TARDIS while I was asleep, and transport us all back to Ancient Egypt. Creator/EmmaRoberts is the daughter of Creator/EricRoberts, who played the Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the Doctor Who movie]].

** In "Haunted House", Grace dresses as Creator/KateHudson. Her father is played by Kate's real-life brother.
*** In the same episode, she meets a woman whose younger self was played Grace Phipps, who played her best friend on TheNineLivesOfChloeKing.

** In season 2 premiere, Dr.Cascade played by Creator/TaylorLautner diagnoses a woman who has Hypertrichosis aka Werewolf Syndrome. Lautner played a werewolf in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The show's YouTube channel has ''Scene Queens'' which is the cast talking about the latest episode to appear and speculating who they think the killer is. While it's not so bad in the US, the UK airs the show about 6 weeks after the episodes air in the US so it's advised to watch the show first.

* IKnewIt: The actors don't get the scripts until they filmed the scenes, but the YouTube feature the ''Scene Queens'' is about a recap of the latest episode and guessing who the killer is. One actress successfully identified [[spoiler: Hester]] as the bathtub baby but was wrong as to [[spoiler: her being involved in the killings - she named Wes as her suspect.]]

** He also stated multiple times that only [[KillThemAll four or five characters would survive the season]] and appear in season 2. [[spoiler: Grace, Zayday, Hester, Chanels #3 and #5, Chad, Denise, Wes and Dean Munsch, and Chanel (ten people) all survive]]. Further, at least [[spoiler: seven]] are slated to be returning, and possibly more.

** Creator/LeaMichele was last seen on ''Series/{{Glee}}'' as Rachel Berry, a fame-chasing diva but all-around decent person. Here, she's Hester, a death-obsessed girl who wants to call the Chanels "mom" and appreciates being called a psychopath. [[spoiler: And she turns out to be a MagnificentBastard who acted as the brains behind the Red Devil killings.]]

** On a more serious note, the ''Scene Queens'' episode lined up with ''Ghost Stories'' has a picture of [[spoiler: Boone in a Red Devil costume]]. This is a ''massive'' spoiler.