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The Uncanny Counter (경이로운 소문)

The Uncanny Counter (경이로운 소문, Wonderful Rumors) is a Korean supernatural drama adapted from Jang Yi's webtoon; Counters posing as noodle-shop staff hunt evil spirits, airing on OCN 2020 and tvN/Netflix 2023.

The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries: American supernatural teen drama on The CW, 2009-2017, 8 seasons, 171 episodes, adapted from L.J. Smith's 1991 novels; developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec; stars Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder; spinoffs The Originals and Legacies.

The Walking Dead: Dead City

The Walking Dead: Dead City is an AMC post-apocalyptic spin-off following Maggie and Negan in ruined Manhattan; premiered June 18, 2023, six episodes; season 3 premiered July 26, 2026 under new showrunner Seth Hoffman.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

The Walking Dead: World Beyond is AMC's 2020–2021 limited spin-off (20 episodes, two seasons) following teens Iris, Hope, Elton, and Silas from an Omaha campus colony, introducing the Civic Republic Military; created by Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete, starring Julia Ormond.

The Winchesters

The Winchesters is a 2022–23 CW dark-fantasy drama, a prequel to Supernatural narrated by Jensen Ackles as Dean, telling how John Winchester and Mary Campbell met in the 1970s; cancelled after one season.

Them (TV series)

Them is an American horror anthology series created by Little Marvin with Lena Waithe, on Prime Video since 2021. Season 1, Covenant, follows the Emory family in 1953 Compton; season 2, The Scare (2024), follows a 1991 LAPD detective.

Tidelands (TV series)

Tidelands is Netflix's first Australian original series, a supernatural crime drama (2018) created by Stephen M. Irwin for Hoodlum Entertainment, filmed in Queensland, starring Charlotte Best and Elsa Pataky; one season of 8 episodes, ended without renewal.

True Blood

True Blood: HBO drama series (2008–2014) created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novels, 7 seasons and 72 episodes set in Bon Temps, Louisiana, where synthetic blood lets vampires live openly; stars Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Alexander Skarsgård.

Truth Seekers

Truth Seekers: British comedy-horror series (2020) by Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Nat Saunders, James Serafinowicz on Prime Video; 8 episodes, part-time ghost hunters, canceled after one season.

Two Sentence Horror Stories

Two Sentence Horror Stories is a CW psychological horror anthology created by Vera Miao, premiering August 8, 2019, expanding viral two-sentence microfiction into standalone half-hour episodes with original stories across three seasons on Netflix.

V Wars

V Wars is a 2019 Netflix sci-fi vampire series, 10 TV-MA episodes, based on Jonathan Maberry and Alan Robinson comics, starring Ian Somerhalder and Adrian Holmes; cancelled after one season in March 2020.

Vampire Academy (TV series)

Vampire Academy (2022 Peacock series), Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre's adaptation of Richelle Mead's YA novels; reboot of the 2014 film, 10 episodes, canceled January 2023 after one season.

Van Helsing (TV series)

Van Helsing (2016–2021) is a Canadian Syfy horror-drama series created by Neil LaBute, unrelated to the 2004 film, in which Kelly Overton's Vanessa Helsing awakens from a coma in a vampire-ruled world and can turn vampires human with her blood; five seasons, 65 episodes, IMDb 6.3.

Wednesday (TV series)

Wednesday is a Netflix dark fantasy comedy-drama created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams at Nevermore Academy; Netflix's most-watched English-language series, with Season 3 wrapped in September 2026.

Welcome to Derry

IT: Welcome to Derry is HBO's 2025 horror prequel series to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), developed by Andy and Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, set in 1962 Derry, Maine, based on King's interludes, renewed for a 1935-set second season.

Werewolf by Night (TV special)

Werewolf by Night is Marvel Studios' first Special Presentation, a 54-minute black-and-white horror special directed and scored by Michael Giacchino, released on Disney+ October 7, 2022, starring Gael García Bernal as Jack Russell with Elsa Bloodstone and Man-Thing.

Wolf Creek (TV series)

Wolf Creek (TV series), Australian Stan horror thriller (2016-2017) created by Greg McLean; John Jarratt reprises Mick Taylor; two six-episode seasons about Eve's revenge and a tourist-coach massacre.

Wynonna Earp (TV series)

Wynonna Earp is a Canadian-American supernatural Western TV series (Syfy, 2016-2021, four seasons, 49 episodes) created by Emily Andras from Beau Smith's IDW comic, starring Melanie Scrofano as Wyatt Earp's demon-hunting great-great-granddaughter in Purgatory, revived by the 2024 Tubi special Vengeance.

Z Nation

Z Nation is a Syfy zombie apocalypse series (2014-2018, five seasons) by The Asylum, following survivors escorting bite-survivor Murphy cross-country; known for fast mutating zombies, humor, and the Black Summer prequel.