Hysteria!

Cable was down so I found this by accident. Peacock is not my usual streamer but I got a good price for it. Anyway I didn't expect much but I like a good horror comedy and this was better then expected. I like that it was set in the 80s because it gave it a "leave it to beaver" feel to it. The parents are those you would expect from an 80s TV show.

When a teenage football star vanishes and is later found in what looks like a ritual death two stories begin to run parallel. Three outcasts who have a hard rock band that no one attends decide to use it as way to get publicity for their band. They convince everyone that they are satanist which works for a hot minute but then make them prime suspects for the murder.

The second story is the adults all getting into a frothy religious hysteria (get it) over their children. The two main people are Linda and Tracey. Tracey makes a good villain in this as she is perfectly willing to use Linda's fear of not understanding her son and his choices as way to get the town in to hysteria.

The show isn't perfect but it does say interesting things about how parents fear not understanding their children when they don't follow the plan for them. But it also shows that there is real danger masked in fear and paranoia. This is a fun show and it if you are looking for something to watch it is worth a look.