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Horror drama and thriller series

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Requiem (TV series)

Requiem (2018 BBC One/Netflix series), created by Kris Mrksa, directed by Mahalia Belo, starring Lydia Wilson: a six-part psychological thriller about a London cellist investigating a 1994 Welsh toddler disappearance.

Revenant (악귀) (TV series)

Revenant (악귀) is a 2023 SBS occult mystery drama, also on Disney+ and Hulu, written by Kim Eun-hee and starring Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, and Hong Kyung; a possessed woman and a folklorist investigate deaths tied to five spirits.

Rose Red (miniseries)

Rose Red is a 2002 three-part ABC horror miniseries written and executive produced by Stephen King, directed by Craig R. Baxley, filmed at Thornewood Castle, Washington, drawing 20 million viewers for part one despite poor reviews, and streaming on Hulu since October 2023.

Salem (TV series)

Salem (2014–2017) is WGN America's first original scripted drama, a supernatural fantasy by Adam Simon and Brannon Braga in which real witches, led by Janet Montgomery's Mary Sibley, drive the 1692 witch trials; three seasons, 36 episodes, 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)

Salem's Lot (1979) is Tobe Hooper's two-part CBS miniseries adapting Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel, starring David Soul, James Mason, and Reggie Nalder as Barlow; first King TV miniseries, aired November 17 and 24, 1979.

Sanctuary (2007 TV series)

Sanctuary (2007) is a Canadian sci-fi web series, also called webisodes, created by Damian Kindler, starring Amanda Tapping as Dr. Helen Magnus; it debuted 14 May 2007, cost CAN$4.5 million, and became the Syfy TV series.

Santa Clarita Diet

Santa Clarita Diet: Netflix comedy-horror series (2017-2019) created by Victor Fresco, starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant as realtors after the wife becomes undead; three seasons, cancelled on a cliffhanger.

Scaredy Cats

Scaredy Cats is a 2021 Netflix children's fantasy-comedy series, 9 TV-G episodes released October 1, 2021, created by Anna McRoberts; Willa Ward inherits a witch mother's amulet and turns into a cat with friends Scout and Lucy to flee witches Wilma and Wanda; ended as a limited series.

Scream (TV series)

Scream: The TV Series is an American horror television series, adapted from the film franchise, that followed teenagers targeted by a masked killer from 2015 to 2019.

Scream Queens (2015 TV series)

Scream Queens (2015 TV series), Fox horror-comedy anthology by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan; two seasons, 23 episodes (2015-2016), sorority slasher with Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis, canceled 2017, later a cult favorite.

Servant (TV series)

Servant is an Apple TV+ psychological horror series created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, running 40 episodes over four seasons (2019-2023) about the Turners, a Philadelphia couple whose nanny Leanne cares for a reborn doll after their baby Jericho's death.

Shining Vale

Shining Vale is a Starz satirical horror-comedy series by Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan, starring Courteney Cox as haunted novelist Pat Phelps; two seasons, 2022-2023, canceled December 2023.

Slasher (TV series)

Slasher is a Canadian horror anthology TV series (2016-2023) created by Aaron Martin and produced by Shaftesbury, with five seasons: The Executioner, Guilty Party, Solstice, Flesh & Blood, and Ripper, aired via Chiller, Netflix, and Shudder.

Sleepy Hollow (TV series)

Sleepy Hollow was a Fox supernatural drama (2013-2017), created by Kurtzman, Orci, Iscove, and Wiseman from Washington Irving's tale; Tom Mison's Ichabod Crane and Nicole Beharie's Abbie Mills fought the Headless Horseman until its four-season, ratings-declined run was canceled May 9, 2017.

So Weird

So Weird is a Disney Channel paranormal mystery series (1999–2001, 65 episodes) created by Tom Astle, starring Cara DeLizia as Fi Phillips, Mackenzie Phillips, Patrick Levis, and Alexz Johnson, later streaming on Disney+.

Stan Against Evil

Stan Against Evil: IFC comedy-horror series (2016–2018) created by Dana Gould, starring John C. McGinley and Janet Varney as sheriffs fighting 172 demons in Willard's Mill; three seasons, 24 episodes, canceled 2019.

Stefan Salvatore

Stefan Salvatore, fictional vampire created by L. J. Smith in The Awakening (1991) and played by Paul Wesley in The CW's The Vampire Diaries; turned by Katherine Pierce in 1864, the Ripper of Monterey, died in the 2017 finale sacrifice.

Stranger Things

Stranger Things (originally titled Montauk) is a Netflix sci-fi horror series created by the Duffer Brothers, premiering July 15, 2016. Set in 1980s Hawkins, Indiana, it ran five seasons, ending December 31, 2025, and spawned a Tony-winning play and spin-offs.

Supernatural: Bloodlines

Supernatural: Bloodlines, formerly Supernatural: Tribes, was an unmade 2014 CW spin-off of Supernatural tested via a season 9 backdoor pilot about five monster families ruling Chicago; it was not picked up to series.

Sweet Home (스위트홈) (TV series)

Sweet Home (스위트홈) is a South Korean Netflix apocalyptic horror series adapted from Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan's 2017 Naver webtoon, directed by Lee Eung-bok, starring Song Kang as Cha Hyun-su; three seasons ran 2020 to 2024 and it was the first Korean series in the Netflix US Top 10.

Tales from the Crypt (TV series)

Tales from the Crypt, the 1989–1996 HBO horror anthology based on EC Comics, hosted by the Crypt Keeper (John Kassir); 93 episodes, seven seasons, exec producers Donner, Hill, Silver, Zemeckis; films Demon Knight and Bordello of Blood; first streamed on Shudder in 2026.

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside: American syndicated horror anthology TV series created by George A. Romero, airing 1983–1988 across four seasons (90 episodes), narrated by Paul Sparer, followed by the 1990 anthology film.

Tales From the Void

Tales From the Void is a 2024 Screambox horror anthology TV series created by Francesco Loschiavo, adapting six r/NoSleep Reddit stories into standalone episodes with social commentary, directed by Joe Lynch, Maritte Lee Go, the Adams Family, and Loschiavo.

Tales of the Walking Dead

Tales of the Walking Dead: AMC anthology spin-off of The Walking Dead, six standalone one-hour episodes on new and established characters; showrunner Channing Powell; premiered August 14, 2022.

Teacup (TV series)

Teacup is a 2024 Peacock horror-thriller series created by Ian McCulloch and executive produced by James Wan, adapted from Robert McCammon's 1988 novel Stinger; eight episodes, starring Yvonne Strahovski, cancelled January 2025.

Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)

Teen Wolf is an American supernatural teen drama on MTV, running from 2011 to 2017, about a teenager bitten by a werewolf in Beacon Hills, California.

The Bondsman

The Bondsman is a 2025 Prime Video supernatural action-horror series starring Kevin Bacon as Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter resurrected by the Devil to hunt escaped demons; created by Grainger David, produced by Blumhouse, canceled after one season in May 2025.

The Changeling (TV series)

The Changeling is an eight-part Apple TV+ horror drama (2023) adapted from Victor LaValle's 2017 novel, created by Kelly Marcel, starring LaKeith Stanfield and Clark Backo, with LaValle narrating.

The Creep Tapes

The Creep Tapes is a Shudder and AMC+ found-footage horror anthology series by Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, spun off from Creep (2014) and Creep 2 (2017); six episodes per season, Peachfuzz the serial killer, premiered November 15, 2024, renewed through season 3 (September 2026).

The Devil's Hour

The Devil's Hour is a British Prime Video psychological thriller created by Tom Moran, starring Jessica Raine as Lucy, who wakes at 3:33 am nightly, and Peter Capaldi as Gideon Shepherd; six episodes premiered 28 October 2022, with a planned three-season arc.