Perhaps the most famous example of mass hysteria in recent memory is the Satanic Panic of the 1980s (the setting for Hysteria!, Peacock’s new horror series starring Bruce Campbell, Julie Bowen, and Anna Camp), but it’s far from the only one. Mass hysterias of all kinds crop up rapidly and disappear just as quickly inside isolated groups of people.

The Peacock horror comedy finds timeliness in a dark chapter of American history. “Satan was always an existential threat,” the actor said.

"Hysteria!" stars Julie Bowen and Bruce Campbell discuss their favorite/least favorite things about the '80s, which they revisit for Peacock

A high school heavy metal band attempts to capitalize on '80s occult paranoia in an eight-part series that's half supernatural saga and half supernatural satire.