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!

The Haunting of Hill House

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

1/12

American Horror Story

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

2/12

Stranger Things

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

3/12

The Walking Dead

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

4/12

Midnight Mass

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

5/12

Hannibal

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

6/12

Penny Dreadful

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

7/12

The Exorcist

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

8/12

Bates Motel

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

9/12

Marianne

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

10/12

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.

11/12

Chucky

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

12/12