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(43,612 posts) Mon Jul 11, 2022, 07:50 PM Jul 2022

The 39 Scariest TV Shows to Stream Right Now

Freak yourself out with these spooky series.

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-scary-horror-tv-shows-streaming

When the spooky season hits, there are few better ways to get in the mood than cozying up on the couch to nestle (read: hide) under the covers and watch something scary. While putting on a horror classic or checking out the latest and greatest additions to the jump-scare canon is always great, opting for a scary TV show instead makes for hours of binge-worthy frights. Be it revisiting a longtime favorite or a recent underrated show from today's glut of television, we've rounded up the best scary shows that are available to stream right now.

Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)

This miniseries adapted by Nick Antosca (Channel Zero) from a novel by Todd Grimson is incredibly stylish—set against the backdrop of a neon-lit LA and taking place in the '90s when grunge chic was in—but be advised that it takes Cronenbergian horror to the extremes. And if you're a cat lover, know that there's more than a few scenes of people vomiting up live kittens. The show's heroine, aspiring filmmaker Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar), ends up with those felines down her throat once a producer (Eric Lange) who claims he can adapt her short into a feature film wrongs her, and she gets back to him in the most obvious way of finding a witch (Catherine Keener) who'll hex him. It's a revenge tale that's been dipped in a black magic potion, and an underrated gem strictly because of how unabashedly weird it is.

Where to watch it: Netflix

Dark (2017–2020)

Netflix’s first German-language original series, Dark is a Stranger Things-adjacent mind trip focused on the fictional German town of Winden. There's time travel, a creepy cave, mysterious bodies, and time paradoxes in spades, all of it tying back to a group of teenagers and their multi-generational families. At the center of it all is Jonas, a teen coping with his father's suicide when his world begins to unravel. The series' first season largely focuses on unravelling the mystery: corpses with charred out eyes appear in the forest, children mysteriously disappear in multiple timelines. While the second season turns up the galaxy braining and gets difficult to follow, overall Dark is one of Netflix’s hidden gems and a perfect fit for the spooky season.

Where to watch it: Netflix

The Terror (2018–2019)

An anthology series, The Terror’s first season was one of the most overlooked television series of 2018. Adapted from Dan Simmons' novel of the same, the series tells the story of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror's expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845, only to never return. The series puts a horrific, suspenseful bent on the entire affair, while also serving as a damning critique of colonialism. The series' second season, titled The Terror: Infamy, is set during the post-Pearl Harbor Japanese internment of World War II and is currently airing on AMC.

Where to watch it: Hulu

The Third Day (2020)

Nobody really knew what they were getting into when The Third Day premiered. The miniseries was billed as Jude Law venturing to a mysterious island and getting mixed up in some cult—and while that sounded Wicker Man-esque already, it failed to convey how mind-boggling and unsettling this miniseries really is. It does follow Law, as well as a similar journey made by a woman played by Naomie Harris, and craftily sending them on an eerie trip into folk horror as a treatise on anger and grief. You may have seen movies with similar themes, but this one's all about atmosphere and intrigue, and it'll keep you stuck in its fever dream until the very end.

Where to watch it: HBO Max

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