After more than a decade of success with his hit American Horror Story franchise, Ryan Murphy has unveiled the first trailer for his new horror series Grotesquerie.
The teaser came in the form of a simple but chilling all-text video with audio narration by Niecy Nash-Betts, who stars alongside Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville.
While the clip remains black with only the text of the names of the actors, there’s also subtle by scary music playing in the background as the Nash-Betts character delivers some emotional dialogue.
‘I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s different now,’ the actress says in character with a tone resembling a telephone call. ‘There’s been a shift, like something’s opening up in the world — a kind of hole to the center of nothingness. What I saw today they sent shrinks for everyone who worked this crime scene.’
She continues: ‘You say, “Well, hon, evil has always existed. You site some statistic about how the world is getting better, less murder, more help, less global horror and there’s never been a better time to be alive!
Television mogul Ryan Murphy, 58, announced his new horror drama series Grotesquerie that stars Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville
Sounding increasingly more upset towards the end of the trailer, Nash-Betts declares, ‘It’s not getting better!’ before adding, ‘Something’s happening around us, and nobody sees it but me.’
The teaser ends with the announcement that Grotesquerie is coming this fall on FX.
Murphy actually got his start as a journalist working for such The Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Knoxville News Sentinel and Entertainment Weekly.
The Indianapolis, Indiana native would get his start as a screenwriter when Steven Spielberg purchased his script Why Can’t I Be Audrey Hepburn?
Murphy started his career in television with the teen comedy series Popular (1999-2001), which he co-created with Gina Matthews.
During that time, his production company Ryan Murphy Productions signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television.
By 2018, Murphy signed-on for a development deal with Netflix that reportedly was worth $300 million over a five-year period.
Murphy, who has often been described as ‘the most powerful man’ in modern television, has a lengthy resume as a writer, director and creator of such shows as Nip/Tuck (2003-2010), Glee (2009-2015), American Horror Story (2011-present), The New Normal (2012-2013), Scream Queens (2015-2016), Feud (2017-present), Pose (2018-2021), The Politician (2019-2020) and The Watcher (2022-present).
The teaser came in the form of a simple but chilling all-text video with audio narration by Emmy Award winner Niecy Nash-Betts
While the clip remains black with only the text of the names of the actors, there’s also subtle by scary music playing in the background as the Nash-Betts character delivers some emotional dialogue; the actress is pictured earlier in February
Emmy Award winner Courtney B, Vance also gets top billing in the series
Courtney B. Vance and Leslie Manville will also be among the main cast for the FX series
Manville received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the period drama film Phantom Thread (2018)
He also created 9-1-1 (2018-present), Ratched (2020), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020-present), American Horror Stories (2021-present), and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022-present).
The writer, director, and producer most recently worked on Feud: Capote Vs The Swans, which is currently airing on FX and Hulu.
During his illustrious career Murphy has received six Primetime Emmy Awards from 38 nominations, a Tony Award from two nominations, and two Grammy Award nominations.
Nash-Betts is coming off h-er recent Emmy win for Outstanding Supporting Actress Series for her performance in Murphy’s Dahmer-–Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story at Netflix.
Grotesquerie is the latest horror series from Murphy, whose career in television began in 1999
The new series is being billed as a ‘new horror drama’
Grotesquerie is coming this fall on FX
The actress is also known for such TV roles as Reno 911! (2003–2009, 2020–2022), Clean House (2003-2010), The Soul Man (2012-2016), Scream Queens (2015-2016) and Claws (2017-2022).
The Palmdale, California native’s film resume includes Boys On The Side (1995), The Bachelor, Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003), Reno 911!: Miami (2007), Horton Hears A Who! (2008), Selma (2014) and Origin (2023).
Vance, 63, has a career in acting that dates back to 1983 that includes Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-2006), the Broadway debut August Wilson’s Fences (1985), which resulted in his first Tony Nomination, along with films The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), The Preacher’s Wife (1996) and The Mummy (2017).
Manville, 67, is an acclaimed British actress with such credits as Grown-Ups (1980), Secrets & Lies (1988), All Or Nothing (2002), Another Year (2010), Mr. Turner (2014),Phantom Thread (2017), among many others.
