The 34 Best Horror Series of All Time

Slow-burn hauntings, splatter anthologies and a few cult oddities that kept viewers sleeping with the lights on. Where horror ends and thriller begins is anyone's guess.

1. 1
   The Twilight Zone

   Rod Serling's 1959 anthology of eerie, twist-ending tales.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Stranger Things

   Kids in 1980s Indiana face monsters from the Upside Down.
   800pts
3. 3
   True Blood

   Southern gothic drama set in a world where vampires have come out in public.
   605pts
4. 4
   Dark

   German time-travel mystery with creeping dread in a small town.
   567pts
5. 5
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer

   A teenager is chosen to fight vampires and demons in Sunnydale.
   524pts
6. 6
   Supernatural

   Two brothers hunt ghosts, demons and monsters across fifteen seasons.
   524pts
7. 7
   The Outer Limits

   Sci-fi horror anthology of alien menaces and cautionary tales.
   475pts
8. 8
   Kingdom

   Korean period drama where a plague turns the dead into zombies.
   419pts
9. 9
   What We Do in the Shadows

   A mockumentary about vampire housemates in Staten Island.
   419pts
10. 10
    Penny Dreadful

    Victorian London gothic series gathering Dracula, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray.
    419pts
11. 11
    American Horror Story

    Ryan Murphy's anthology reinventing a new horror setting every season.
    419pts
12. 12
    Lovecraft Country

    A 1950s Black family confronts Jim Crow terrors and cosmic monsters.
    419pts
13. 13
    The Fall of the House of Usher

    Flanagan's 2023 Poe-inspired tale of a pharmaceutical dynasty's fall.
    419pts
14. 14
    Yellowjackets

    Teen soccer survivors of a plane crash and their grim aftermath.
    419pts
15. 15
    The Last of Us

    HBO's adaptation of the fungal zombie apocalypse game.
    355pts
16. 16
    Tales from the Crypt

    The Crypt Keeper hosts horror comic adaptations full of grim irony.
    355pts
17. 17
    The Walking Dead

    A zombie apocalypse survival drama that ran for eleven seasons.
    355pts
18. 18
    The Haunting of Bly Manor

    Flanagan's gothic ghost romance adapted from Henry James.
    355pts
19. 19
    Midnight Mass

    A dying island community meets a mysterious priest in this 2021 miniseries.
    355pts
20. 20
    The Terror

    A 19th-century Arctic expedition stalked by a mysterious creature.
    355pts
21. 21
    The Haunting of Hill House

    Mike Flanagan's 2018 haunted-house family tragedy.
    354pts
22. 22
    The League of Gentlemen

    British dark comedy sketch show set in the grotesque village of Royston Vasey.
    354pts
23. 23
    Twin Peaks

    David Lynch and Mark Frost's surreal murder mystery with a supernatural core.
    279pts
24. 24
    The X-Files

    FBI agents Mulder and Scully investigate paranormal cases and conspiracies.
    279pts
25. 25
    The Exorcist

    A Fox sequel series following two priests battling demonic possession.
    279pts
26. 26
    Channel Zero

    A creepypasta anthology that turned internet horror stories into nightmares.
    279pts
27. 27
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Hitchcock introduces suspense and macabre short stories.
    279pts
28. 28
    Ash vs Evil Dead

    Bruce Campbell's Ash returns to battle Deadites in a gory comedy.
    279pts
29. 29
    Bates Motel

    A modern prequel exploring young Norman Bates and his mother.
    190pts
30. 30
    Evil

    A psychologist and a priest investigate possible demonic cases.
    190pts
31. 31
    Creepshow

    Anthology series reviving the classic horror comic tradition.
    190pts
32. 32
    Castle Rock

    A Stephen King multiverse series set in his fictional Maine town.
    190pts
33. 33
    Hannibal

    A lavish psychological horror drama about Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham.
    0pts
34. 34
    Black Mirror

    Dark technology anthology that often veers into pure horror.
    0pts

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