BBC Three slasher Wreck debuts new poster – meet Quacky the killer duck
Comedy slasher Wreck is sailing onto BBC Three later this year, in which a cruise ship crew are hunted down by a killer duck.
We've had Scream's Ghostface, Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees and Halloween's Michael Myers - but now, there's a new masked killer on the scene and it's... a duck.
RadioTimes.com can exclusively reveal a first-look at the murderous villain behind BBC Three's upcoming slasher comedy Wreck, teasing the creepy raincoat-wearing Quacky.
The upcoming series, which stars Doctor Who: Flux's Thaddea Graham and Ladhood's Oscar Kennedy, follows Jamie (Kennedy) who joins The Sancramentum cruise ship in search of his missing sister, only to discover that the crew are being picked off one by one by a killer duck.
"Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets a crash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, the mafias and the low-paid workers," BBC Three teases.
"For this overworked and underpaid crew, life below deck can be an odyssey of partying and excess… and they remain oblivious to the bloodthirsty murders taking place on board," it continues. "Jamie is forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth."
With Noughts + Crosses star Jack Rowan (Danny), I May Destroy You's Harriet Webb (Karen) and The Window's Jodie Tyack (Pippa) rounding out the cast amongst a number of newcomers, the six-parter is the first BBC series from emerging talent Ryan J Brown.
The comedy horror was commissioned back in March 2021, with Brown saying that he was "incredibly excited" to start working on the project.
"In Wreck, the kills are brutal, the laughs are loud, and the heartfelt moments land with real candour," he said, adding that he drew inspiration from Scream's "savvy teen sharpness", The Shining's "unsettling atmosphere" and the "strange upstairs, downstairs mythology of Cabin in the Woods".
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Wreck begins on Sunday, 9th October at 10pm on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our Comedy coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what's on tonight.
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