The Following is set to premiere on Monday, January 21 at 9/8c on FOX, and creator Kevin Williamson was on hand with stars Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy (Rome) at today's TCA (Television Critics Association) tour to talk about creating the latest fictionalized serial killer, real-world and televised violence and finding a core of love in the midst of brutality and gore.
With the show, creator Williamson enters the world of adult-themed horror. Having penned Scream (and two of its sequels) and developed and executive produced The Vampire Diaries for The CW, Williamson was ready to move into a more mature exploration of the tropes of the genre.
The creator had the initial idea for The Following when he was researching the Gainesville murders while writing Scream. He has said that he thought, "wouldn't it be terrifying if rather than a drifter, this was a charming professor who was killing these women."
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