--- title: Scream Queens Trailer: Ryan Murphy, Emma Roberts, Nick Jonas description: "If any of you die while protecting a sister you're allowed to skip the rest of hell week." canonical: https://time.com/3889885/scream-queens-trailer/ author: Esther Zuckerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-19T21:17:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:27:57.663Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See Hazing and Horror in New 'Scream Queens' Trailer og:description: "If any of you die while protecting a sister you're allowed to skip the rest of hell week." og:url: https://time.com/3889885/scream-queens-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ddee3fefbc79fe5/698850da06f2c106e033a3f3/screen-shot-2015-05-19-at-4-50-52-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-05-19 at 4.50.52 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Hazing and Horror in New 'Scream Queens' Trailer twitter:description: "If any of you die while protecting a sister you're allowed to skip the rest of hell week." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ddee3fefbc79fe5/698850da06f2c106e033a3f3/screen-shot-2015-05-19-at-4-50-52-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The New _Scream Queens_ Trailer Is All About Hazing and Horror by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 19, 2015 9:17 PM UTC  by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 19, 2015 9:17 PM UTC About half of the new, longer trailer for _Scream Queens_ focuses on frightening sorority hazing—and then a decapitation signals a whole new type of terror. Because of an edict from Jamie Lee Curtis’ dean, the cocktail-sipping mean girls in Kappas—led by Emma Roberts, rocking a ton of pastel—must take everyone who wants to join. “You’re about to get hazed harder than a suburban banquet hall during bat mitzvah season,” Roberts announces to the motley crew, which includes a girl who eats candle wax and Lea Michele. Then a girl’s head gets mowed off and someone in a red devil costume starts running around. Hey—at least Nick Jonas doesn’t seem fazed. (He also doesn’t wear a shirt.) Creator Ryan Murphy [told _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/23/scream-queens-first-look) that _Scream Queens_ is “_Heathers_ meets _Friday the 13th_,” and the comment rings especially true based on the trailer. Not only are the bitchy Kappas called “The Chanels,” but the visual of a girl with her head sticking out of the grass [definitely has a _Heathers_ feel to it](https://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/e9c3b-veronica-sawyer-croquet-heathers-winona-ryder-300x170.png). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3889885/scream-queens-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3889885/scream-queens-trailer/"},"headline":"The New Scream Queens Trailer Is All About Hazing and Horror","datePublished":"2015-05-19T21:17:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:27:57.663Z","description":"\"If any of you die while protecting a sister you're allowed to skip the rest of hell week.\"","url":"https://time.com/3889885/scream-queens-trailer/","keywords":["Television","nick jonas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ddee3fefbc79fe5/698850da06f2c106e033a3f3/screen-shot-2015-05-19-at-4-50-52-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ddee3fefbc79fe5/698850da06f2c106e033a3f3/screen-shot-2015-05-19-at-4-50-52-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-05-19 at 4.50.52 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3889885/scream-queens-trailer/","name":"The New Scream Queens Trailer Is All About Hazing and Horror"}}]}] ```