HYSTERIA!
Monsters of Rock
★★★★☆
▶ UK Paramount+, streaming now, Fridays
▶ US Peacock, streaming now
▶ Creator Matthew Scott Kane
▶ Cast Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Anna Camp, Bruce Campbell
Can I play with madness? Nope, they’re Dethkrunch.
EPISODES 1.01-1.08 Heavy metal in the ’80s was, of course, a recruitment drive for Satanic cults… well, so it appeared if you were swept up in the moral panic. Hard rock became the whipping boy for all society’s ills, as youngsters’ minds were allegedly warped by songs with titles like “The Number Of The Beast” and “Sons Of Satan”.