The first trailer for Ryan Murphy's upcoming drama The Shards has finally arrived. 

Based on Bret Easton Ellis' autofictional horror novel of the same name, the upcoming series is set in Los Angeles in the 1980s and follows a 17-year-old Ellis during his final year of high school at the prestigious Buckley Prep School. 

While Bret and his close-knit group of friends are prepared to rule the school with an iron fist, their lives and goals are upended by the arrival of the charismatic new student, Robert Mallory and the terrifying series of murders committed by the mysterious serial killer, The Trawler.