VH1, the reigning king of reality TV, is gearing up to launch its newest unscripted monster, Scream Queens. Premiering Monday, October 20 at 10 p.m., the series spotlights 10 unknown actresses who will cry, fight and seduce their way through challenges to prove they have the right stuff to be an iconic horror babe, all while shredding their vocal cords doing it.
Reality television and horror aren’t quite the strange bedfellows they might initially seem. Initially created with the (questionably) best intentions, offering potentially meaningful observations of human behavior, non-fiction TV has disintegrated into absurd, obviously manipulated showcases for wannabe actors and has-been stars performing badly—and VH1 has risen to the top of this dubious food chain with such extravagantly trashy shows as The Surreal Life, Flavor Of Love and Rock Of Love. And while our favorite genre can produce worthy, extremely high-quality films, it has also spawned pure, exploitative—and fun—schlock.

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