Travis Kelce lends his familiar face to Grotesquerie in eerie new trailer: 'There's no future after this'

After conquering the worlds of football and podcasting, Travis Kelce is gearing up to make his horror debut in Grotesquerie.

The latest trailer for the Ryan Murphy-created series sees the Kansas City Chiefs player teasing his mysterious role in the horror saga that sees Niecy Nash-Betts investigating a bloody crime spree. Kelce provides the intro for the official trailer, promising a couple of "familiar faces." As for the actual footage from the show, the NFL star appears briefly, ominously delivering the line, “There’s no future after this.”

The rest of the trailer is True Detective-esque, centering a series of gruesome deaths that rattle an otherwise quiet small town community. Nash-Betts stars as Lois Tryon, a detective convinced that whoever — or whatever — is responsible for the murders must be taunting her. 

“You have to really hate people to do what was done here,” she says after spending time at a crime scene. “It’s inhuman. No. It’s un-human.” 

The trailer also features a familiar horror staple: creepy nuns. With nowhere else to turn, Lois accepts the help of Sister Megan (Micaela Diamond), a nun and journalist who — despite witnessing the pits of humanity — still believes in people’s capacity for good. But the further the duo delve, the more tangled they become in an increasingly sinister web.

The series also stars Courtney B. Vance as Lois' husband Marshall Tryon, Lesley Manville as Nurse Redd, Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Father Charlie, and Raven Goodwin as Lois' daughter Merritt Tryon. Details surrounding Kelce’s role are still being kept under wraps.

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The Kansas City Chiefs player has been making headlines for over a year, since taking his relationship with Taylor Swift public and winning Super Bowl LVIII. At the same time, Kelce has been making moves for a splashy foray into Hollywood, lining up gigs that include his Grotesquerie role, hosting Amazon's upcoming Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, and cameoing in Happy Gilmore 2. Previously, Kelce headlined his own reality dating show, Catching Kelce, and hosted a standout episode of Saturday Night Live.

Grotesquerie, which hails from Murphy and Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans alums Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken, will premiere Wednesday, Sep. 25 on FX, and will stream on Hulu the next day. Watch the trailer above.