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Ryan Murphy’s Body-Horror Thriller ‘The Beauty’ Premieres on FX as Critics Split on Style and Substance

FX launched three episodes, starting an 11-part weekly run through March 4 on Hulu and Disney+.

Overview

  • Created by Ryan Murphy and Matthew Hodgson, the FX series adapts Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley’s comic into a graphic sci‑fi satire of beauty culture.
  • The story centers on a lab‑engineered, sexually transmitted treatment dubbed the Beauty that promises physical perfection at a lethal cost.
  • Ashton Kutcher plays a secretive tech billionaire known as the Corporation, Anthony Ramos appears as the Assassin, and Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall lead as FBI agents, with guest turns from Bella Hadid and Isabella Rossellini.
  • The show debuted with three episodes and will release weekly on Wednesdays, with back‑to‑back drops on Feb. 25 and March 4, streaming on Hulu and Disney+ for a total of 11 episodes.
  • Early reviews are mixed, praising the series’ visuals, practical effects and performances while criticizing its social commentary as shallow or uneven, and no renewal has been announced.