Horror TV Shows List & Series List
Top rated horror TV series shows as rated by the horror fans community! Rate the TV shows and cast your vote to improve the horror list. This list is ongoing and more TV shows are scheduled to be added soon. We are not looking to be spoilers, so descriptions are brief.
Top 10 Best Horror TV Series List of All Time
1). (Netflix) Stranger Things (2016 - 2025)
5 Seasons / 42 Episodes / Kids
IMDB Score: 8.6/10
Overall Score: 7.7/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: In a small town where everyone knows everyone, a peculiar incident starts a chain of events that leads to the disappearance of a child, which begins to tear at the fabric of an otherwise peaceful community. Dark government agencies and seemingly malevolent supernatural forces converge on the town, while…
Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo
2). (AMC) The Walking Dead (2010 - 2022)
11 Seasons / 177 Episodes / Monsters, Zombies
IMDB Score: 8.1/10
Overall Score: 7.33/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: The Walking Dead comes from AMC and is a great zombie TV series. Rick Grimes is a former police officer who fell into a coma after being shot while on duty. Rick wakes up to find that he has awoken into a zombie apocalypse and now he is on…
Starring: Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Danai Gurira, Andrew Lincoln, Lauren Cohan
3). (Showtime) Dexter (2006 - 2013)
8 Seasons / 96 Episodes / Serial Killers
IMDB Score: 8.6/10
Overall Score: 7.7/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: Dexter is the classic serial killer next door that is a great TV series. Dexter is a blood splatter expert who helps investigate crimes. He kills those who slip between the cracks of justice, therefore, giving his killings meaning and purpose.
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar, C.S. Lee
4). (HBO Max) The Last of Us (2023 - )
3 Seasons / 17 Episodes
IMDB Score: 8.5/10
Overall Score: 8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 7.5/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: THE LAST OF US takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must…
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Merle Dandridge, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Murray Bartlett
5). (CW) Supernatural (2005 - 2020)
15 Seasons / 327 Episodes / Vampires, Demons, Monsters, Werewolves
IMDB Score: 8.4/10
Overall Score: 7.55/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: Supernatural is about the Winchester brothers Sam and Dean. The Winchesters were trained by their father who is one the best monster killers alive. Sam and Dean fight all types of evil monsters including demons, ghosts, ghouls and leviathans. Sam and Dean are on the battlegrounds that heaven and…
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Jim Beaver
6). (Netflix) Wednesday (2022 - )
2 Seasons / 16 Episodes
IMDB Score: 8.0/10
Overall Score: 7.25/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: Follows Wednesday Addams’ years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.
The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master…
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Christina Ricci, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Jamie McShane
7). (Netflix) Lucifer (2015 - 2021)
6 Seasons / 93 Episodes / Demons
IMDB Score: 8.0/10
Overall Score: 7.25/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: DC Comics’ Vertigo and Fox’s Lucifer TV series premieres on January 25, 2016, and is a loose adaptation of the comic book character created by Neil Gaiman in The Sandman. The comic book series The Sandman then had its spin-off comic book series titled Lucifer that is written by…
Starring: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Scarlett Estevez
8). (CW) The Vampire Diaries (2009 - 2017)
8 Seasons / 171 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.7/10
Overall Score: 7.03/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: The Vampire Diaries is about a high school girl who just lost her parents to a tragic accident now becomes the love interest of two vampire brothers. The vampire brothers Damon and Stefan Salvatore have been in hiding for centuries return to the sleepy Virginia town of Mystic Falls…
Starring: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig
9). (FX) American Horror Story (2011 - )
13 Seasons / 133 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.9/10
Overall Score: 7.18/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: American Horror Story starts when a family of three moves into an unknown to them, haunted house, to mend their broken past. The restored mansion feels like a new start for everyone. Soon the home comes alive and weird characters return from the past. The mother Vivian soon becomes…
Starring: Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Denis O''Hare, Kathy Bates, Jessica Lange
10). (Netflix) You (2018 - 2024)
5 Seasons / 50 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.6/10
Overall Score: 6.95/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: Based on Caroline Kepnes’ best-selling novel of the same name, YOU is a 21st century love story that asks, “What would you do for love?” When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, his answer becomes clear: anything. Using the internet and social media as his…
Starring: Penn Badgley, Victoria Pedretti, Ambyr Childers, Elizabeth Lail, Luca Padovan
11). (NBC) Hannibal (2013 - 2015)
3 Seasons / 39 Episodes
IMDB Score: 8.5/10
Overall Score: 7.63/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: Explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne, Scott Thompson
12). (HBO) True Blood (2008 - 2014)
7 Seasons / 81 Episodes / Vampires, Werewolves
IMDB Score: 7.9/10
Overall Score: 7.18/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: What if vampires came out of hiding? The hit HBO True Blood features vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters and fairies. An interesting blend but done well. True Blood has Sookie as our half fairy heroin in the vampire society of kings and sheriffs. Sookie has the ability to hear what anyone…
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Chris Bauer
13). Twin Peaks (1990 - 1991)
2 Seasons / 30 Episodes
IMDB Score: 8.7/10
Overall Score: 7.78/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: Twin Peaks comes from the minds of Mark Frost and David Lynch. The show starts really slow and slowly develops into possessions, time travel, computer-voiced characters and acid mind trips. Twin Peaks became a cult classic with a Twin Peaks reboot coming soon.
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer
14). (Netflix) The Sandman (2022 - )
2 Seasons / 23 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.7/10
Overall Score: 7.03/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: A wizard attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother, Dream, instead. Fearful for his safety, the wizard kept him imprisoned in a glass bottle for decades. After his escape, Dream (also known as Morpheus) goes on a quest for his lost objects of…
Starring: Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Jenna Coleman, Boyd Holbrook, David Thewlis, Gwendoline Christie
15). (MTV) Teen Wolf (2011 - 2017)
6 Seasons / 100 Episodes / Werewolves
IMDB Score: 7.7/10
Overall Score: 7.03/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: Teen Wolf is based on the hit werewolf movies Teen Wolf from the 1980’s. MTV has taken the teen werewolf story and made a great horror TV show. Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) is attacked by a werewolf one night and soon starts becoming a werewolf. Scott must find out…
Starring: Tyler Posey, Holland Roden, Dylan O''Brien, Linden Ashby, JR Bourne
16). (WB) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 - 2003)
7 Seasons / 145 Episodes / Vampires
IMDB Score: 8.3/10
Overall Score: 7.48/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: Joss Whedon, before The Avengers, made the hit Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie into a series and cast Sarah Michelle Gellar in the legendary role. Buffy slays vampires, demons and any other monster while attending high school. Juggling homework and battling the forces of evil Buffy stands as a…
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James Marsters
17). (Netflix) Midnight Mass (2021 - 2021)
1 Seasons / 7 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.7/10
Overall Score: 7.03/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: The tale of a small, isolated island community whose existing divisions are amplified by the return of a disgraced young man and the arrival of a charismatic priest. When Father Paul’s appearance on Crockett Island coincides with unexplained and seemingly miraculous events, a renewed religious fervor takes hold of…
Starring: Rahul Abburi, Crystal Balint, Matt Biedel, Annarah Cymone, Alex Essoe
18). (CW) The Originals (2013 - 2018)
5 Seasons / 92 Episodes / Vampires, Werewolves
IMDB Score: 8.2/10
Overall Score: 7.4/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix
Synopsis/Plot: The Original vampire family, from The Vampire Diaries, return and settle in the city they helped build, New Orleans. This series of events triggers vampires vs. werewolves vs. witches feud.
Starring: Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Charles Michael Davis, Phoebe Tonkin, Yusuf Gatewood
19). (AMC) Fear The Walking Dead (2015 - 2023)
8 Seasons / 113 Episodes / Zombies
IMDB Score: 6.8/10
Overall Score: 6.35/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead is the companion series to the highly popular zombie TV series The Walking Dead TV series. Fear the Walking Dead takes fans of The Walking Dead back to the events as they transpire leading up to and during the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.…
Starring: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danay Garcia, Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane
20). (MGM+) From (2022 - )
4 Seasons / 31 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.8/10
Overall Score: 7.1/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot:
Today, FROM is celebrating its inaugural visit to San Diego Comic-Con with the release of its Season 3 trailer, new casting news, and the announcement that the series will return September 22 on MGM+. Series stars Harold Perrineau, Elizabeth Saunders, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, David Alpay,…
Starring: Harold Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, Hannah Cheramy, Simon Webster
21). (Showtime) Penny Dreadful (2014 - 2016)
3 Seasons / 27 Episodes / Vampires, Demons, Monsters, Werewolves
IMDB Score: 8.2/10
Overall Score: 7.4/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, and others unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.
Starring: Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper
22). (Netflix) The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020 - 2020)
1 Seasons / 9 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.4/10
Overall Score: 6.8/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: A young governess is hired by a man to look after his niece and nephew at their family country house after they fall into his care. Soon after arriving at the Bly estate, she begins to experience strange occurrences and a grim history starts to unravel.
Starring: Andrew Neil McKenzie, Tahirah Sharif, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Alex Essoe, Alexandra Essoe
23). (NBC) Grimm (2011 - 2017)
6 Seasons / 123 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.9/10
Overall Score: 7.18/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: Portland detective, Nick Burkhardt, begins glimpsing people for an instance as hideous monsters. His last known relative reveals the truth about his ancestry. Nick has inherited the supernatural ability to see creatures for what they really are. Nick must now keep the balance between mankind and the mythological creatures…
Starring: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee
24). (Netflix) The Fall of the House of Usher (2023 - )
1 Seasons / 8 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.9/10
Overall Score: 7.18/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: A contemporary horror series based on multiple works by Edgar Allan Poe
From Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, a wicked horror series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into…
Starring: Carla Gugino, Willa Fitzgerald, Mark Hamill, Mary McDonnell, Zach Gilford
25). (A&E) Bates Motel (2013 - 2017)
5 Seasons / 50 Episodes / Serial Killers
IMDB Score: 8.1/10
Overall Score: 7.33/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: “Bates Motel” is a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film “Psycho,” and gives a portrayal of how Norman Bates’ (Freddie Highmore) psyche unravels through his teenage years. Fans discover the dark, twisted backstory of Norman Bates and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), truly…
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell
26). (FX) What We Do in the Shadows (2019 - 2024)
6 Seasons / 61 Episodes / Vampires
IMDB Score: 8.6/10
Overall Score: 7.7/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Synopsis/Plot: A look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who’ve lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island.
Starring: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, Mark Proksch
27). (Netflix) 1899 (2022 - 2022)
1 Seasons / 8 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.3/10
Overall Score: 6.73/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: 1899. A migrant steamship heads west to leave the old continent. The passengers, a mixed bag of European origins, united by their hopes and dreams for the new century and their future abroad. But their journey takes an unexpected turn when they discover another migrant ship adrift on the…
Starring: Anton Lesser, Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Mathilde Ollivier, Andreas Pietschmann
28). (Showtime) Yellowjackets (2021 - )
3 Seasons / 29 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.7/10
Overall Score: 7.03/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story, and coming-of-age drama, “Yellowjackets” is the saga of a team of wildly-talented high-school-girl soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to…
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Jasmin Savoy Brown
29). The Twilight Zone (1959 - 1964)
5 Seasons / 156 Episodes / Anthology
IMDB Score: 9.0/10
Overall Score: 8/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: Rod Serling’s seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end with an ironic twist that would see the guilty punished.
Starring: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, Vaughn Taylor, David Armstrong
30). (Netflix) Locke & Key (2020 - 2022)
3 Seasons / 28 Episodes
IMDB Score: 7.3/10
Overall Score: 6.73/10
Metacritic Score: /10
Stream On: Available on Netflix, Hulu
Synopsis/Plot: After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death.
Starring: Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Petrice Jones