Peacock’s ‘Hysteria!’ Drops Teaser & Premiere Date

The thriller series Hysteria! by Peacock will be available for binge-watching with all 8 episodes on October 18.

Set in the late 1980s during the “Satanic Panic,” Hysteria! written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane, revolves around the disappearance of a popular varsity quarterback. It follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of misfits who see an opportunity to gain attention by posing as a Satanic metal band in a town suddenly obsessed with the occult. However, as a string of peculiar murders, abductions, and alleged “supernatural occurrences” sparks a witch hunt, the band finds themselves at the center of it all.

The cast includes Julie Bowen, Anna Camp, Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Kezii Curtis, and Nikki Hahn, with guest appearances by Bruce Campbell, Garret Dillahunt, Nolan North, Elijah Richardson, Milly Shapiro, Allison Scagliotti, and Jessica Treska.

Executive producers are John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, along with Chris Bender and Jake Weiner for Good Fear Content. The studio is UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.

First-look photos and teaser are in the gallery below: