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Scream: Season Two

Review by CJ

Director:
Brian Dannelly, Scott Speer, Jamie Travis, Daniel Stamm, Oz Scott, E.L. Katz, Rodman Flender, Gil Kenan, Leigh Janiak, Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer, Patrick Lussier

Writer:
Kevin Williamson (based on the film series created by), Jill Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Michael Gans, Richard Register, Meredith Glynn, Brian Sieve, Anna Christopher, Heath Corson, Steve Yockey, Eoghan O’Donnell

Starring:
Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna, Carlson Young, Amadeus Serafini, Kiana Ledé, Santiago Segura, Tracy Middendorf, Anthony Ruivivar, Tom Maden, Bryan Batt, Sean Grandillo

Other notable appearances:
Tom Everett Scott, Sosie Bacon

Running time:
39-43 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
12 + a two-part Halloween special

 

The town of Lakewood is on-track to normality after the events in season one of Scream, until the killer’s partner appears to finish what was started.  

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Scream: Season One

Review by CJ

Director:
Jamie Travis, Tim Hunter, Brian Dannelly, Julius Ramsay, Leigh Janiak, Rodman Flender, Ti West

Writer:
Jill E. Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, David Coggeshall, Jordan Rosenberg, Meredith Glynn, Erin Maher, Kay Reindl, Jaime Paglia, Kevin Williamson (based on the film series by)

Starring:
Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna, Amadeus Serafini, Connor Weil, Carlson Young, Tracy Middendorf, Jason Wiles

Other notable appearances:
Amelia Rose Blaire, Bobby Campo, Bella Thorne

Running time:
39-45 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
10

The town of Lakewood is subjected to a string of murders reminiscent of events that occurred over 20 years ago.

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Bates Motel: Season One

Review by CJ

Directors:
Tucker Gates, Paul Edwards, Johan Renck, David Straiton, SJ Clarkson, Ed Bianchi

Writers:
Robert Bloch (based on characters by), Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, Anthony Cipriano, Jeff Wadlow, Bill Balas

Starring:
Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell, Mike Vogel

Other notable appearances:
Richard Harmon, W. Earl Brown, Terry Chen, Keegan Connor Tracy, Ian Hart, Ian Tracey, Vincent Gale, David Cubitt, Ben Cotton

Running time:
41-43 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
10

 

After the death of her husband, Norma Bates moves to White Pine Bay to start a new life as a motel owner with her son Norman.

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The Lizzie Borden Chronicles: Season One

Review by CJ

Director:
Howard Deutch, Stephen Kay, Constantine Makris, Russell Mulcahy

Writer:
Richard Blaney, Jason Grote, Barbara Nance, David Simkins, Gregory Small

Starring:
Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Cole Hauser, Dylan Taylor

Other notable appearances:
Olivia Llewellyn, Jessy Schram, Jonathan Banks, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Chris Bauer, John Heard

Running time:
42-43 minutes

Number of episodes:
8

A fictionalised version of Lizzie (Ricci) and Emma (DuVall) Borden’s lives after the murder trial that threw their family into the spotlight.

The Lizzie Borden Chronicles follows the events in Lizzie Borden Took An Axe (2014).

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Vixen: Season One

Review by CJ

Vixen - Season 1

Director:
James Tucker

Writer:
Lauren Certo, Brian Ford Sullivan, Wendy Mericle, Keto Shimizu

Starring:
Megalyn Echikunwoke, Stephen Amell, Grant Gustin

Other notable appearances:
Neil Flynn, Carlos Valdes, Emily Bett Rickards, Anika Noni Rose, Sean Patrick Thomas

Running time:
5-7 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
6

 

Mari McCabe (Echikunwoke) is a young woman who was orphaned as a baby. When she tries to use the necklace left by her birth mother to trace her family, Mari discovers the necklace has the power to grant her the strength and abilities of certain animals. This discovery brings Mari to the attention of friend and foe alike.

Vixen is an animated web series set in the Arrowverse. The Arrowverse is the universe in which television shows Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow exist.

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