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Lovecraft Country (TV Series)Lovecraft Country (TV Series) (2020)
Feat. Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Jonathan Majors
Examining racism in America's past through an unexpected genre, this HBO horror series follows a young black man across a segregated 1950s United…
Twilight Zone, The (TV Series)Twilight Zone, The (TV Series) (2019)
Feat. Sanaa Lathan, Adam Scott, Kumail Nanjiani
A second reprise of the iconic and influential cult TV series, with 10 self–contained episodes telling sci–fi tinged tales of the…
Castle Rock (TV Series)Castle Rock (TV Series) (2018)
Feat. André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård
Haunting of Hill House, The (TV Series)Haunting of Hill House, The (TV Series) (2018) Recommended
Dir. Mike Flanagan
Feat. Anthony Ruivivar, Carla Gugino, Elizabeth Reaser
Loosely based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson, this modern serialized version flashes between past and present as a fractured…
Terror, The (TV Mini-series)Terror, The (TV Mini-series) (2018)
This grim series constructs a speculative account of an ill fated British expedition to map the arctic coastline and find a trade passage for ships…
Outcast (TV Series)Outcast (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Patrick Fugit, Philip Glenister, Reg E. Cathey
From the creator of THE WALKING DEAD comes this horror series that follows a young man as he searches for answers to why he's been suffering from…
Stranger Things (TV Series)Stranger Things (TV Series) (2016) Recommended
Feat. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard
A web television series phenomenon that pays hefty homage to the tropes and aesthetics of sci–fi adventure and horror film of the 1980s and the…
Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series)Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Lucy Lawless
Triumphant resurrection of Sam Raimi's horror franchise with Bruce Campbell rightfully returning as the undead slaying hero Ash. 10 episodes on 2…
Enfield Haunting, TheEnfield Haunting, The (2015)
Dir. Kristoffer Nyholm
Feat. Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Matthew MacFadyen
Chilly British horror mini–series from the director of the Danish series THE KILLING, based on Guy Lyon Playfair’s book 'This House Is…
Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series)Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane
Grisly prequel to THE WALKING DEAD follows Cliff Curtis as he negotiates a world rapidly turning apocalyptic.
iZombie (TV Series)iZombie (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Rose McIver, David Anders, Malcolm Goodwin
The hunger for all things dead–but–still–living continues with his amusing twist on the genre, loosely adapted from a comic book…
Midwinter of the Spirit (TV Mini-series)Midwinter of the Spirit (TV Mini-series) (2015)
Feat. Nicholas Pinnock, Anna Maxwell Martin, Kate Dickie
TV miniseries following a female vicar who works as an exorcist. Cheerfully creepy Middle–England gothic from the pen of supernatural mystery…
From Dusk Till Dawn (TV Series)From Dusk Till Dawn (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. D. J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Wilmer Valderrama
Based on the thrill–ride film of the same name, the series is centered around bank robber, Seth Gecko and his violent, unpredictable brother,…
Helix (TV Series)Helix (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Billy Campbell, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kyra Zagorsky
Schlocky sci–fi thriller series from the Syfy channel that follows a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Penny Dreadful (TV Series)Penny Dreadful (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green
Familiar Gothic literary characters like Dr. Frankenstein and Dorian Gray are brought together with others to explore their origin stories in this…
True Blood - Season 7 (TV Series)True Blood - Season 7 (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Final episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Z Nation (TV Series)Z Nation (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Tom Everett Scott, DJ Qualls
The Syfy channel's answer to THE WALKING DEAD set three years into a viral zombie apocalypse where a team of everyday heroes travel from New York to…
Bates Motel (TV Series)Bates Motel (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot
A creepy, character–rich exploration of Norman Bates' formative years and the relationship with his overbearing mother, played deliciously by…
Sleepy Hollow (TV Series)Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones
The Sleepy Hollow legend is transported to the 21st century in this rollicking detective series centred on the menace of the Four Horsemen of the…
True Blood - Season 6 (TV Series)True Blood - Season 6 (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
True Blood - Season 5 (TV Series)True Blood - Season 5 (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
American Horror Story (TV Series)American Horror Story (TV Series) (2011) Recommended
Feat. Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe
Stylish and atmospheric anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a Hotel, a carnival sideshow and an insane…
Grimm (TV Series)Grimm (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch
A supernaturally gifted homicide detective begins to take on cases linked to creature mythology and fairytale archetypes in this police procedural…
True Blood - Season 4 (TV Series)True Blood - Season 4 (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
True Blood - Season 3 (TV Series)True Blood - Season 3 (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Walking Dead, The (TV Series)Walking Dead, The (TV Series) (2010) Recommended
Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey DeMunn
The undying zombie genre reaches the long–form TV format in this riveting, expertly studied AMC series about the aftermath apocalyptic events,…
Psychoville (TV Series)Psychoville (TV Series) (2009)
Dir. Matt Lipsey
Feat. Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Dawn French
Blacky comic sitcom written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who each play numerous bizarre…
True Blood - Season 2 (TV Series)True Blood - Season 2 (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Vampire Diaries, The (TV Series)Vampire Diaries, The (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
The TWILIGHT zeitgeist is vamped up as a 90210–style serial in this melodramatic teen soap, about a troubled girl torn between her brooding…
True Blood - Season 1 (TV Series)True Blood - Season 1 (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern society, and the…
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (TV Series)Nightmares and Dreamscapes (TV Series) (From the Stories of Stephen King) (2006)
Feat. William Hurt, William H. Macy, Ron Livingston
High–end anthology of Stephen King short stories boasts name guest stars an abundance of great ideas in what can be considered a return to form…
Invasion (TV Series) Invasion (TV Series) (2005-2006)
Feat. William Fichtner, Eddie Cibrian
Creeping sci–fi series concerning a small–town family who find their town bizarrely quarantined after a mysterious hurricane. Like a…
Supernatural (TV Series)Supernatural (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles
Two brothers scour the countryside for urban myths and legends, stumbling upon various paranorma, horror movie moments and other unexplained events…
Trinity Blood (TV Series)Trinity Blood (TV Series) (2005)
Centuries ago, Armageddon cast darkness across the world. From that darkness, the vampires emerged. Now humans and vampires tremble on the brink of…
Hex (TV Series)Hex (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Jemima Rooper, Christina Cole, Michael Fassbender
Bewitching, BUFFY–comparable series in which a feisty English schoolgirl is bestowed with supernatural powers amidst a looming demonic threat.…
Kingdom Hospital (TV Mini-series)Kingdom Hospital (TV Mini-series) (2004)
Dir. Craig R Baxley
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Bruce Davison, Diane Ladd
Horror–writer Stephen King expands his King–dom with a solid adaptation of dir. Lars von Trier's celebrated Danish TV series "The…
Dead Like Me (TV Series)Dead Like Me (TV Series) (2003-2004)
Feat. Ellen Muth, Mandy Patinkin
Cult TV series about a recently–deceased woman – killed by a toilet seat falling off a space station – who gets recruited to help a…
Hellsing (TV Series)Hellsing (TV Series) (Herushingu) (2002)
Adapated from his own manga comicbook by Kouta Hirano, this concerns the battle of survival of the Hellsing Organisation, a shadowy group which looks…
Mataku (TV Series)Mataku (TV Series) (2002-2005)
Dir. Michael Bennett, Peter Berger
Feat. Temuera Morrison
A well–mounted anthology of contemporary one–off dramas, adapted from the unique and mystical world of Maori supernatural legends. The…
Nightmare Room, The (TV Series)Nightmare Room, The (TV Series) (2001)
Essentially a reprise of the creepy kids TV Series GOOSEBUMPS, this posits a series of spooky scenarios similarly narrated by R.L. Stine.
Charmed (TV Series)Charmed (TV Series) (1998-2005) Recommended
Feat. Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs
A career–reviving hit for Doherty and Milano, as two of a trio of sisters who discover they have the supernatural powers of witches. This…
Ultraviolet (Mini Series)Ultraviolet (Mini Series) (1998)
Dir. Joe Ahearne
Feat. Jack Davenport, Philip Quast
Set in the drab, menacing atmosphere of South London, a detective quests for his missing partner and turns up a frightening cabal of powerful…
Kingdom II, TheKingdom II, The (Riget II) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Udo Kier
Lars Von Trier's compulsive TV creation continues into its second series of medical soap opera, supernatural horror and black comedy. Raising the…
Quicksilver HighwayQuicksilver Highway (1997)
Dir. Mick Garris
Feat. Christopher Lloyd, Matt Frewer, Veronica Cartwright
Anthology horror film featuring two stories adapted from Stephen King ("The Chattery Teeth") and Clive Barker ("The Body Polotic"). Plenty of camp…
Goosebumps (TV Series)Goosebumps (TV Series) (1996)
Ghoulish anthology series based on R. L. Stine's popular kidult horror novels. Bound to raise goosebumps on the younger ones. Season One Episodes:…
Millennium (TV Series)Millennium (TV Series) (1996-1999)
Feat. Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Klea Scott
Occult sci–fi series from the creator of The X–Files) following the investigations of ex–FBI agent Frank Black (Lance Henriksen),…
American Gothic (TV Series)American Gothic (TV Series) (1995)
Dir. Mike Binder
Feat. Gary Cole, Lucas Black, Jake Weber
Mordant supernatural thriller set in the small town of 'Trinity', South Carolina, where despite outward appearances of normality, much of the town's…
Eko Eko AzarakEko Eko Azarak (Wizard of Darkness, Birth of the Wizard, Misa the Dark Angel) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Shimako Sato
Feat. Kimika Yoshino
Highly impressive and lurid high–school horror, has a teenage girl (Yoshino) contending with coven of Satanic witches at her new school, who…
ItIt (Stephen King's It) (1990)
Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
Feat. Tim Curry
Stephen King's lengthy novel is adapted for the small screen here with a younger audience in mind. Tim Curry stands out as the nasty force behind the…
Amazing Stories (TV Series)Amazing Stories (TV Series) (Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories) (1985)
Fantasy/supernatural series created by Steven Spielberg in the spirit of the TWILIGHT ZONE, featuring self–contained stories of the macabre and…
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) (1983-1988)
This popular horror/fantasy anthology TV series from the 1980's features more misses than hits, but all are gloriously tacky relics of their time.…
Darkroom (TV Series)Darkroom (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. James Coburn
James Coburn hosts this cultish NIGHT GALLERY spinoff, with weekly episodes presenting two or three shorts tales of the mysterious and macabre.
Hammer House of Horror (TV Series)Hammer House of Horror (TV Series) (1980) Recommended
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors
The last gasp of the Hammer Horror franchise was this low–budget TV series. Combining some inventive plotting, gore and a little nudity with…
Monster Squad (TV Series)Monster Squad (TV Series) (1976) Recommended
Feat. Fred Grandy
Short–lived kids show has wax museum figures Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein come to life to help young mortal Fred Grandy (Gopher from THE…
Signalman, TheSignalman, The (1976)
Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Denholm Elliott
Smallscale but nicely crafted adaptation of Charles Dickens' ghost story 'The Signalman'. Concerning the spectral experiences of a signalman…
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) (1974-1975) Recommended
Feat. Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage
Darkly comic supernatural series following newspaper reporter Carl Kochak as he attempts to uncover supernatural occurrences in downtown Chicago.…
A Warning to the CuriousA Warning to the Curious (1972) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Peter Vaughan
A wonderful ghost story in miniature from the heyday of adventurous BBC productions, that adapts a superior M R James story with perfect economy and…
Escape into Night (TV Series)Escape into Night (TV Series) (Marianne Dreams) (1972) Aro Favourite
Feat. Vikki Chambers
A convalescent young girl's drawings become the basis for her dreams in this six–part British TV serial that left an indelibly haunting…
Ghost Story (TV Series)Ghost Story (TV Series) (Circle of Fear) (1972-1973)
Feat. Sheila Larken , Meg Foster, Don Barry
Horror anthology TV series presented by Sebastian Cabot, who also plays the owner of a mysterious hotel beset by creepy occurrences. Produced by…
Night Stalker, The / Night Strangler, TheNight Stalker, The / Night Strangler, The (1972-1973) Recommended
Dir. John Llewellyn Moxey, Dan Curtis
Feat. Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland
Two excellent and groundbreaking tele–movies from the early 70s starring Darren McGavin as wise–cracking 'regular guy' reporter Carl…
Night Gallery (TV Series) Night Gallery (TV Series) (1970-1973)
Feat. Rod Serling
Spooky suspense series, hosted by Rod Serling, with each episode adapted from a sci–fi and horror short story. While not up to Serling's…
Dark Shadows (TV Series) Dark Shadows (TV Series) (1966)
Feat. Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett
A camp classic of 'Gothic soap opera', this long–running daytime melodrama centred on 175–year–old vampire Barnabas Collins and a…
Mystery and Imagination (TV Series)Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) (1966-1970)
A cult British series devoted to feature–length tele adaptations of Gothic works by some of the 19th century's greatest writers, including Bram…
Addams Family, The (TV Series)Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966)
Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy
Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America. 22 episodes…
Munsters, The (TV Series)Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis
Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…

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