Niecy Nash to help invent horror-comedy on Scream Queens

Nash will play the role of Denise, a “private security guard who kicks major butt.” In addition to there being absolutely no way Murphy didn’t come up with that description himself, likely writing it in birthday cake-flavored frosting on the call sheet, this seems like further evidence that the slasher comedy is planning to stack the deck with as many recognizable faces as possible. That way, when they inevitably start dropping like flies, at least it won’t be painfully obvious who the killer is, like how the biggest guest star on SVU always turns out to be the creepy child killer. And with a deep roster that now includes Lea Michele, Joe Manganiello, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd, Skyler Samuels, and Nick Jonas, the show has many options for a surprise villain. Though the real villain, as always, will be Ryan Murphy’s attention span.