What is the best horror TV series of all time?

Psychological dread, supernatural terror, and survival horror — these shows push the boundaries of what television can scare up. Pick your nightmare!

1

The Haunting of Hill House

Mike Flanagan's atmospheric family drama horror on Netflix, blending haunted house terror with deep emotional storytelling.

2

American Horror Story

Ryan Murphy's anthology series exploring different horror themes each season, from haunted houses to asylums to covens.

3

Stranger Things

The Duffer Brothers' supernatural series set in 1980s Hawkins, Indiana, following kids who encounter otherworldly threats.

4

The Walking Dead

Post-apocalyptic zombie survival drama based on the comic series, following survivors navigating a world overrun by the undead.

5

Midnight Mass

Mike Flanagan's slow-burn horror about a mysterious priest whose arrival on a small island brings miraculous and terrifying events.

6

Hannibal

Bryan Fuller's artistic psychological thriller exploring the complex relationship between FBI profiler Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

7

Penny Dreadful

Gothic horror series featuring classic literary characters like Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray in Victorian London.

8

The Exorcist

TV adaptation of the classic film exploring demonic possession, following two priests investigating a disturbing case in Chicago.

9

Bates Motel

Contemporary prequel to Psycho following young Norman Bates and his mother Norma as they run a motel in a small Oregon town.

10

Marianne

French horror series about a novelist who discovers the terrifying witch from her books actually exists and is haunting her hometown.

11

Yellowjackets

Survival horror drama about a girls' soccer team stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash and the dark secrets that follow them into adulthood.

12

Chucky

TV continuation of the Child's Play franchise following the infamous killer doll as he terrorizes a small American town.