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The Shards

2026 · 1 season

A seductive, sun-bleached slow burn of dread, all pretty surfaces and creeping menace.

Genres
Drama, Mystery
Tagline
If looks could kill.
Overview
17-year-old Bret Easton Ellis is in his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending his world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
Content
Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language strong
    • Violence strong
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror6
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension8
    Darkness8
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, mystery
    Created by
    Bret Easton Ellis, Ryan Murphy
    Written by
    Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Rogers, Juli Weiner, Ryan Murphy
    Starring
    Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Homer Gere, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell, Evan Rachel Wood, Wes Bentley, Cortes Alexander
    Music
    David Klotz, Morgan Kibby
    Cinematography
    Cory Geryak, Eric Koretz
    Length
    1 seasons, 9 episodes
    Network
    FX
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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