Hysteria!: The Cast and Characters of Peacock's Satanic Panic Series Explained
That's not the start of a classic joke, but the core premise behind Peacock's new throwback series, Hysteria! (all eight episodes debut on the streamer Thursday, October 18), which draws heavy inspiration from the real-world Satanic Panic of the late 1980s when parents across America were genuinely concerned that their children were being influenced by dark forces.