INDIANAPOLIS — If you're impatiently waiting for the final season of "Stranger Things," fill that void with Peacock's "Hysteria!"
The horror-comedy series is set in a small town in the 1980s during the "Satanic Panic," as a trio of high school outcasts capitalize on the town's sudden interest in the occult by rebranding their struggling heavy metal band into a Satanic metal band,
"I play the chief of police, Chief Dandridge, who is trying to keep a lid on what they're not sure is real or not," said Bruce Campbell ("Evil Dead" franchise, "Burn Notice").
The ensemble cast of high schoolers include Emjay Anthony ("Bad Moms," "Physical"), Chiara Aurelia ("Cruel Summer," "Luckiest Girl Alive"), Kenzii Curtis ("Dolemite Is My Name," "Modern Love") and Nikki Hahn ("Adventures in Babysitting," "American Housewife").
"It's like herding cats. They've got their own distractions with their social medias and whatnot," Campbell said of the young actors. "It's really a lot of fun because they're not jaded like me. I just try to lead by example: know your lines, hit your marks."
Also among the supporting cast are Julie Bowen ("Modern Family," "Happy Gilmore") and Anna Camp ("Pitch Perfect," "True Blood").
"(Bowen) is great. I don't have a lot of scenes with her, but as a human, she's really delightful. Watching what she did in the show, she earned her money," Campbell said. "I like all my scenes with Anna Camp the most because she's a horrible character, and she needs to be broken. She won't give in because she's convinced of what she's convinced in. She's just great as an actor because she gets the performance thing."
With a 90% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, there's certainly hopes for a second season of "Hysteria!"
"Give me 3-5 (seasons)," Campbell said. "I'm looking forward to what they could do with it because the show ends with a lot of really weird question marks. It's not a story that has ended yet. It really has just begun."
All eight episodes of "Hysteria!" are now streaming on Peacock.