The Peacock streaming service released the trailer for the new 1980s horror series, Hysteria, which stars Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Anna Camp (Pitcher Perfect), and Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead).
All the episodes of Hysteria premiere on Peacock on October 18, 2024.
USA Network and SYFY will simulcast the first episode on October 18, with USA Network airing episodes each Friday.
Watch the trailer below and check out the official info.
“What are those kids up to? Whatever it is, it can’t be good.”
Executive producers and writers, Matthew Scott Kane and David A. Goodman offer the following about being young and growing up.
“That fear haunts every generation,” they said. “Children of the Atomic Age went on to terrifying their families by turning on, tuning in and dropping out in the sixties. Those same ‘free spirits’ went on to vote for Reagan and called for censorship of the ‘obscene’ and ‘satanic’ heavy metal bands their own kids worshiped. Now, those kids are adults who rail against pronouns, TikTok, and a movie about Barbie. The cycle doesn’t end. And it’s hard to escape the feeling that someone, or something, is sitting by watching it all, and laughing.”
The pair continued, “Hysteria! is about both sides of that generational fear. It’s about the thrills of being young, rebellious in spirit and aspirational at heart – and the horrors of growing up and realizing that the world you thought you knew has shifted beneath your feet.”
Kane and Goodman add, “Our hope is that parents and children (of the appropriate age, of course) can enjoy the chills, the laughs, the music, and the heart of Hysteria! together. Growing up is scary. So is parenting.”
What is Hysteria about?
Synopsis: When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings, and reported “supernatural activity” triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to them.
Hysertia stars Julie Bowen, Anna Camp, Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Kezii Curtis, and Nikki Hahn, with Bruce Campbell, Garret Dillahunt, Nolan North, Elijah Richardson, Milly Shapiro, Allison Scagliotti and Jessica Treska.
Matthew Scott Kane and David A. Goodman (The Orville) are writers and executive producers. Also onboard as executive producers includes John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons, Game Night); Chris Bender and Jake Weiner for Good Fear Content (My Spy, Mulan, Under the Silver Lake). Scott Stoops for Good Fear is supervising producer.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer, Kong: Skull Island) directed the first and last episode.
Watch the Hysteria trailer:
