The 10 Best Horror TV Series on Netflix Right Now
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Halfway to Halloween is upon us, but if it’s too early to start binging your horror movie collection—why not binge a horror TV show or two instead? Netflix is a prime destination for ghosts, inter-dimensional creeps, morose high-schoolers, sinister neighbors, and other characters who go bump in the night. Here are 10 standouts to start your spooky season pre-pre game.
Stranger Things
The long-awaited fifth and final season isn’t arriving until 2025 at the earliest, which gives you plenty of time to revisit all the existing Stranger Things episodes. Remember how fresh-faced the kids were back in 2016, and how the show drew chills just with those eerie Christmas lights? Or all the mall shenanigans in season three? Or season four’s relentless Kate Bush earworm? Your return journey to Hawkins awaits on Netflix.
Wednesday
There’s no premiere date yet for Wednesday season two, just a lot of cool casting updates (Steve Buscemi! Thandiwe Newton!), but the first season of the Tim Burton production—which was nominated for 12 Emmys, including Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Jenna Ortega as goth heroine Wednesday Addams—awaits you. Glumly. Woefully. With a lot of black eyeliner. Watch on Netflix.
Archive 81
One of the streaming giant’s most intriguing series to date is all about physical media—specifically an array of fire-damaged video tapes. When an archivist is hired under odd circumstances to restore them, he’s drawn into an occult mystery involving a sinister New York City apartment building. Alas, there’s just one season to feast on. Watch on Netflix.
The Watcher
Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story) co-created this suburban thriller inspired by the true crime tale of a New Jersey family that received increasingly threatening letters from someone with an obsessive interest in their new home. The series—which was renewed for a second season—has a killer cast, including Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Coolidge, Mia Farrow, and Richard Kind. Watch on Netflix.
Dark
This twisty German thriller ran for three seasons and—unlike some of the other entries on this list—isn’t exactly lighthearted binge fodder. You’ll need to keep a close eye on the plot (and the subtitles) to follow its time-travel conspiracy, but the end reward is well worth it. Watch on Netflix.
All the Mike Flanagan Horror Series
Which one’s your favorite? The Midnight Club kind of brings up the rear since it leaves so many unanswered questions (creator Mike Flanagan feels your pain, however, and shared some insights into what he would’ve done with a second season.) The rest, though, are standalone-series masterpieces. Watch on Netflix: The Fall of the House of Usher; The Haunting of Bly Manor; The Haunting of Hill House; Midnight Mass; The Midnight Club
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
From the pages of Archie Comics to Satanic shenanigans on Netflix, this four-season series follows the journey of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) as she navigates being a teen who happens to be half-human, half-witch. The witchy side stirs up plenty of supernatural peril, but you also can’t downplay the emotional drama that comes with being in high school. Watch on Netflix.
Dead Boy Detectives
The latest stylishly quirky Neil Gaiman adaptation is this just-released, eight-episode series following a pair of ghosts (George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri) who decide to hang out on Earth and solve mysteries rather than heading into the afterlife. Watch on Netflix.
Santa Clarita Diet
Drew Barrymore stars as a real estate agent who dies, then revives with an insatiable craving for human flesh—much to the shock of her supportive husband, played by Timothy Olyphant. Truly a unique entry in the well-trod realm of zombie TV shows, and one with more laughs than most. Watch on Netflix.
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Master of monsters Guillermo del Toro created this eight-episode anthology series in the tradition of The Twilight Zone—which is to say there’s comeuppance galore handed out among the horror revolving around grave-robbing, invasive parasites, ghoulish artwork, and more, told across different decades and with a star-studded cast. Watch on Netflix.
