Be afraid: "Dancing with the Stars" busted out another theme week this season, this time dedicated to famous villains and horror movie tales in honor of Halloween. But while the celebs may have been dressed as hellspawn, their numbers were generally pretty heavenly – including the season's first perfect tally handed out by the judges. 

Unfortunately for "Cheer" star Monica Aldama, the 30 didn't go to her Nurse Ratched-inspired number. In fact, she had the worst score of the night with a 22 and suffered the consequences, getting discharged from the competiion as opposed to Jeannie Mai in the bottom two. It's a shame because Aldama had the moves down and clearly knew how to hit the footwork as the season was going along, but she struggled with the performance aspect of the routines, making it hard for the dance to really come through the screen and make a memorable mark. 

As for the surviving cast members, who should be scared with two dances coming next week – and who appears to have nothing to fear? The judges had their say, but here's my take on Monday's terrific dance floor terrors. 

9. Chrishell Stouse

Dance: Paso doble

Score: 26 out of 30

Christine from "Selling Sunset" must've been so jealous that Chrishell got to dress up all goth for this dance. As for the dance itself, though, there wasn't as much to be jealous about in my opinion. The judges ate the Maleficent-based routine up, but to me, the dance seemed clunky and never quite cohered, making me wonder regularly throughout the number, "Was that right? Were they off, or was that supposed to look like that?" Stouse is definitely doing better as the show goes along, but now that we're running out of bad dancers to axe, numbers with limiited content and odd structure like this one might put her next on the chopping block. 

8. Kaitlyn Bristowe

Dance: Paso doble

Score: 24 out of 30

Bristowe seemed like a favorite in the early going – especially when she revealed her dance background – but she's got a lot to be scared about these upcoming weeks if she doesn't improve on her Cruella de Vil paso doble. She started the number with panache  and power, but at the midway point, she seemed to have lost energy and the dance became significantly less engaging by the end. In the end, with the half-hearted back end of the number and some rushing issues, the dance was frighteningly forgettable – and at this point in the competition, forgettable won't get you much further. 

7. Jeannie Mai

Dance: Paso doble

Score: 25 out of 30

I'm sure Jeannie Mai's Hannibal Lector dance was fun and freaky, and I'm sure she said some funny and amusiing things beforehand ... but I'll never know because my ABC affiliate muted the show in favor of covering the Supreme Court news on Monday night. How dare they; clearly nothing could be more important than watching a celebrity dancing show in peace! Even though most people likely had no idea how she actually did, though, Mai survived the night. 

6. Nelly

Dance: Argentine tango

Score: 27 out of 30

Poor Nelly, having to dance an Argentine tango with all that marinara sauce on his face. But even with the nasty Freddy Krueger makeup and a video backdrop of burnt skin, the rapper's routine was fun and impressively watchable as he got charmingly into character and didn't bungle the footwork. As Derek pointed out, it would've been nice to see more actual tango content, but in general, the number was solid – so congrats to Nelly for pulling off a better "Nightmare on Elm Street" remake than the actual remake from a decade ago!

5. Johnny Weir

Dance: Viennese waltz

Score: 27 out of 30

After getting an early scare last week, winding up in the bottom two, the champion ice skater was the one doing the scaring this episoded with his Dracula-inspired routine danced to "Creep" by Radiohead. I still would maybe like a little more performance from him, but his form and footwork seemed all smooth and correct. In the end, his take on the famous Transylvanian bloodsucker didn't suck at all.

4. AJ McLean

Dance: Tango

Score: 26 out of 30

I don't think it's a coincidence that two of the best numbers from the night were danced to orchestral scores and not dopey pop covers. It certainly enhanced McLean's "Psycho"-inspired routine, which I would've scored one of the best of the night if only for letting me listen to Bernard Herrmann's iconic original music from the film. Luckily, minus some frame issues, the dance was good too, filled with tango content and cleverly eerie choreography – including opening with McLean in Norman Bates' creepy basement, decked out in mother's garb. 

3. Justina Machado

Dance: Tango

Score: 26 out of 30

For somebody who hates Halloween, this spooky episode gave Machado plenty to be happy about as her "Carrie"- inspired routine was nifty and nightmarish (in a good way). For a night focused on performance, her number was fueled by her powerful stage presence, force-pushing her partner and set pieces around the stage. Bruno didn't like some of the skips in the number, but that didn't stop Machado from being the bloody belle of the ball Monday night.

2. Skai Jackson

Dance: Argentine tango

Score: 27 out of 30

Well look at this comeback! After brainfarting the footwork last week, the Disney Channel star did her best impression of a slasher movie villain and refused to die on Monday night with her Argentine tango, themed around "Bride of Chucky" and scored by Billie Eilish. (Impressive restraint on the show's part to only feature one Eilish song on eerie night.) The routine was technically sound and hauntingly graceful – which is an odd thing to say about a number featuring one person dressed as a killer sentient doll possessed by a serial killer's soul.

1. Nev Schulman

Dance: Paso doble

Score: 30 out of 30

If wasn't a question of who was going to get this season's first perfect score; it was just a matter of when Nev was going to get it. So congrats to those who put your money down on villains week, as the "Catfish" creator's "Black Swan"-inspired paso doble was dramatic, well-performed and elegant yet initense. And, best of all, it reminded me that it's been too long since I've seen "Black Swan."