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Ryan Murphy's Shards Unveils 80s Slasher | Durham News
Ryan Murphy’s new thriller The Shards drops this summer, plunging us into 1981 LA with a razor-sharp slasher twist. Based on Bret Easton Ellis’s only novel where he’s the protagonist, it follows a 17-year-old Bret as his world unravels when enigmatic new student Robert Mallory arrives — and whispers of a serial killer known as The Trawler begin to swirl. Murphy’s hands-off directing style let actors improvise wildly, blending takes for chaotic, layered storytelling. The cast is stacked: Igby Rigney as the magnetic Robert, Kaia Gerber as Susan Reynolds, Evan Rachel Wood as Steven Reinhardt…
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