Offbeat Horror Comedy Series 'Wreck' Will Stream On Hulu In March

Streaming service Hulu has officially acquired the offbeat BBC Three horror comedy Wreck, a series with a truly wacky premise that's one part high school comedy, one relationship drama, and one part murder mystery where the killer is a murderous duck in a raincoat. While the phrase "horror comedy" may seem like something of an oxymoron, there's a surprisingly established tradition of it within the world of British entertainment. (Think Shaun of the Dead, Inside No. 9, or Crazyhead.) Wreck is just the latest entry in this genre, which takes its three extremely disparate elements and dumps them all in the locked room setting that is an extremely large, very expensive cruise ship.

Described as a thriller that mixes comedy with a slice of slasher, the six-part series follows the story of Jamie (Oscar Kennedy), a 19-year-old new recruit who joins the 3.000-strong crew of the MS Sacramentum in order to search for his missing sister. She worked aboard the same vessel on a previous tour but never made it home and Jamie's convinced something happened to her. But as he learns more about the various cliques and tribes among the ship's oblivious and frequently hard-partying staff, Jamie will be forced to turn detective and try to uncover the truth about the brutal murders that are taking place on board.

To the surprise of what is likely no one, hijinks inevitably ensue. Along with a lot of snogging, some creative kills, and surprisingly well-integrated LGBT representation. (This seems important to note as it's almost always the marginalized characters that get bumped off first in scary movies.)