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Revisiting the Satanic Panic craze is going to be a limited affair for Peacock, news that will surely disappoint many fans of Evil Dead icon Bruce Campbell.

Per Variety, Peacock has canceled Hysteria! after just one season. The series premiered on Peacock in October after it was ordered to series in 2022 with production happening in 2023. Notably, Hysteria! has high acclaim with a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, so the show getting canceled is clearly not due to a lack of quality. While viewership numbers for Hysteria! have not been revealed by the streaming platform, it's likely that the show didn't perform strongly enough on Peacock to warrant a renewal. The series never cracked Nielsen's weekly Top 10 streaming charts.

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The first Gladiator film set a high cinematic standard with its immersive storytelling and deep dive into Roman antiquity with themes of honor, revenge, and freedom at the center of its plotlines. As Ridley Scott returns with Gladiator 2, fans are excited about the new cast of characters, many of whom are inspired by historical figures. The sequels story picks up roughly 20 years later. After the death of Commodus, Rome fell into the hands of the Year of Five Emperors. Five senior figures claimed rule over the Empire, with one of those being Severus Septimus. As a result, the throne fell to his sons, Geta and Caracalla, after his death.

While three original characters return in the sequel, one actor was replaced: Spencer Treat Clark, who played Lucius Verus. Lucius, who is now an adult, is portrayed by Paul Mescal. Like in the first movie, Scott doesnt shy away from...

Welcome to the eerie world of Hysteria!, Peacock’s new supernatural series set in 1980s Michigan. Over eight creepy episodes, the small town of Happy Hollow falls prey to moral panic when its high school football star disappears under mysterious circumstances.

As strange events unfold and rumors of devil worship spread, paranoia takes hold of the community. Amid the townspeople pointing fingers at each other, three misfit teens find themselves at the center of the controversy in their quest for fame and friendship.

Hysteria! transports us back to an era shaped by social upheaval and conservative backlash. In the fall of 1989, Happy Hollow is a typical Midwest picture of Americana—until Ryan Hudson vanishes without a trace.

When his body is discovered with occult symbols carved into his flesh, the residents are thrown into a frenzy. Seizing the suddenly rapt interest in the occult, lonely outcast Dylan Campbell hatches a...

Anna Camp’s devout Christian Tracy Whitehead is at the frontlines of stirring up a Satanic Panic frenzy in Peacock‘s coming-of-age thriller “Hysteria!” Her central targets? High school outcasts and close friends Dylan Campbell (Emjay Anthony), Jordy (Chiara Aurelia), and Spud (Kezii Curtis).

That the trio is part of a heavy metal band draws Tracy’s ire, setting the stage for paranoia, mistrust, and occult madness when they decide to lean into their Satanic reputation. That backfires when a series of bizarre kidnappings, murders, and supernatural events trace back to the friends. That Tracy has domestic woes with her own daughter, Faith (Nikki Hahn), will only further complicate the growing division between teens and grownups alike in the small Michigan town plagued by, well, hysteria.

Written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane (Stitchers) and David Goodman (The Orville), “Hysteria!” explores the dark era of Satanic Panic through a coming-of-age genre lens,...

If you’re a circumspect first-time TV creator given vaguely free rein, you have two choices (for the purposes of this exercise).

One, you can render your vision in the most easily digestible way possible, to make a series that is clearly promotable and satisfyingly resolved, in the hopes of engineering a hit and getting to make other shows in the future.

Or two, you can throw every idea in your brain in the general vicinity of the screen, aware that success is never guaranteed and you may never have another shot.

Sure, the result of the second course of action might be complete and utter chaos that audiences won’t know how to process and networks won’t know how to sell. Still, at least you’ll get the satisfaction of knowing you left nothing on the table.

Peacock’s Hysteria! is a difficult to explain. It’s a...

Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia and Kezii Curtis are three friends whose efforts to break free from being outcasts leads to them becoming the targets of their small town in Hysteria!. Though having different starts to their careers, both Anthony and Aurelia had early success in the horror genre, with the former having starred in both the well-received horror-comedy Krampus and Aaron Eckhart-led Incarnate, while the latter starred in both Mike Flanagan's Gerald's Game adaptation and Fear Street Part Two: 1978. Curtis, on the other hand, is better known for his young-demographic-skewing fare, most recently including the Owen Wilson-starring Secret Headquarters.

The trio star in Hysteria! as Dylan, Jordy and Spud, three friends in a small Michigan town in the '80s struggling to get a fanbase for their metal band, Dethkrunch. When the local varsity quarterback goes missing, and the talk of the town becomes about the possibility...

"Dollhouse" ties back to Coven with a twist ending connecting to American Horror Story lore. Season 2 of American Horror Stories shines with a strong cast, characters, and ties to the franchise. Coby's escape plan, magical powers, and journey to the witch coven in "Dollhouse" bring back familiar faces.

The twist ending to American Horror Stories season 2, episode 1, “Dollhouse,” features an incredible connection to American Horror Story: Coven. “Dollhouse” follows Coby (Kristine Froseth) in 1961 Mississippi as she interviews for a position at a doll factory, only for the unsettling toymaker, Mr. Van Wirt (O’Hare), to kidnap her. Coby arrives at a large estate with a home that has been turned into a dollhouse, with several other girls already held captive. By the end of the first American Horror Stories season 2 episode, the girls enact a risky escape plan, aided by the discovery that Coby has magical powers.

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Warning: Spoilers For Netflix's Arnold Below!Netflix's Arnold reveals that Arnold Schwarzenegger slowed down his action movie output during the '90s for some very understandable reasons. The second episode of Arnold finds Schwarzenegger recounting his time as a movie star, covering everything from his (terrible) debut in 1970's Hercules In New York to "peaking" with Terminator 2's huge success. Arnie found himself in the right place at the right time when it came to movies, as his outsized persona and physique made him perfect for the action films that emerged in the '80s.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's action movies always delivered explosions and witty one-liners aplenty to audiences, and his '80s output includes classics like The Terminator, Commando and Predator. In Arnold, his rival Stallone admits Arnold won their box-office feud, with the two trying to outdo each other constantly in terms of bodycount or who had the biggest muscles.