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Julie Bowen Stars in Spooky Satanic Panic Series 'Hysteria!': What to Know

Peacock's 'Hysteria!' is set in the '80s and follows a high-school heavy metal band who decides to capitalize on the Satanic Panic

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,” executive producers Matthew Scott Kane and David A. Goodman teased in an August statement. Daniel Delgado/PEACOCK Based on the synopsis for the series, the story picks up “when a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the Satanic Panic of the late 1980s,” at which point “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.” The plan falls apart, however, when “a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings and reported ‘supernatural activity’ triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to them.” PEACOCKThe first glimpse at the show focuses on Bowen’s character dancing around her kitchen to Belinda Carlisle ’s song “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” before an earthquake occurs in her small town.

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