Lifetime’s miniseries sequel to its hit Lizzie Borden TV movie is a bloody mess — beyond its two terrific leads.

The eight-part series, mixing history with fiction, picks up with Borden’s life after she was acquitted of murdering her parents.

Despite star power that also includes Clea DuVall and Cole Hauser, the Lifetime limited series falls short

Having chopped up the ratings with a 2014 movie, Lifetime shrewdly returns to the scene of the crime with “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,” an eight-episod...