The world of high fashion is thrown into chaos when international supermodels begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways.
FBI agents Cooper Madsen and Jordan Bennett are sent to Paris to investigate. What initially appears to be a series of unexplained deaths leads them to something far stranger: a sexually transmitted virus capable of transforming ordinary people into physically idealized versions of themselves.
The transformation comes with severe consequences.
As the agents investigate the origin and spread of the virus, they encounter a larger conspiracy surrounding The Beauty and the people determined to control it. Their search moves through the international fashion world while the infection continues to spread and its effects become increasingly difficult to contain.
Evan Peters stars as Cooper Madsen alongside Rebecca Hall as Jordan Bennett. The cast also includes Anthony Ramos as the Assassin, Jeremy Pope as Jeremy, Isabella Rossellini as Franny Forst, Bella Hadid as Ruby, and Ashton Kutcher as the Corporation.
Based on the comic series created by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, The Beauty combines science fiction, mystery, and body horror. Its central premise turns the pursuit of physical perfection into a source of transformation, violence, and death.
The series uses the virus to explore the value placed on appearance and what people may be willing to risk for beauty, while an investigation into its origins reveals increasingly dangerous forces working behind the scenes.
Why The Beauty Is on Love of Gothic
The Beauty falls firmly within body horror, using physical transformation and the pursuit of perfection as the basis for its horror. Beauty becomes connected with infection, bodily change, violence, and death as the consequences of the virus emerge.
The contrast between the polished world of high fashion and increasingly grotesque events also gives the series a strong dark aesthetic. Its themes of mortality, obsession, transformation, and society’s relationship with physical appearance make it relevant to the darker television represented on Love of Gothic.