FX Pulls Gross "The Strain" Billboards

FX has decided to remove these graphic billboards promoting their new show "The Strain."

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If you’ve noticed these billboards in your city and really like them, start to say your goodbyes:

FX has decided that these promotional images for their upcoming show The Strain are just a little too gross, and will be removing all of them in the coming days. In a statement, the network said that “We are in the process of replacing the key art for The Strain on outdoor media in several locations,” replacing them with something that is hopefully a bit less graphic.

Based on a book series by Chuck Hogan and directed by Guillermo Del Toro, The Strain tells the story of an epidemiologist (Corey Stoll, now with hair!) battling a virus that is turning New Yorkers into parasitic, vampire-like monsters.

There’s probably a joke to be made here, but we’re going to politely decline.

[via EW]

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