TV Shows Based off Horror Films
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1. The Exorcist (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Follows two priests dealing with cases of a demonic presence targeting a family and a foster home.
Stars: Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels, Kurt Egyiawan, Hannah Kasulka
Votes: 31,620
2. Hannibal (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Explores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 276,813
3. The Purge (2018–2019)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In an altered United States, several unrelated people discover how far they will go to survive a night during which all crime is legal for 12 hours.
Stars: Gabriel Chavarria, Derek Luke, Hannah Emily Anderson, Max Martini
Votes: 19,233
4. What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A look into the nightly lives of four vampires who have lived together on Staten Island for over a century.
Stars: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén
Votes: 102,907
5. Freddy's Nightmares (1988–1990)
TV-14 | 45 min | Horror, Thriller
"Freddy's Nightmares" was a 1988 horror anthology series with "Freddy", the dream serial killer, hosting stories set in Springwood, USA.
Stars: Robert Englund, Mary Crosby, Todd Allen, Sandahl Bergman
Votes: 3,467
6. Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
TV-MA | 45 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Two young antique store owners must recover cursed antiques.
Stars: Louise Robey, Chris Wiggins, John D. LeMay, Steve Monarque
Votes: 4,143
7. Critters: A New Binge (2019)
TV-MA | 10 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Critters return to Earth searching for a lost friend that was left behind. They land in Burbank and soon torment a group of high-schoolers and their families.
Stars: Joey Morgan, Stephi Chin-Salvo, Bzhaun Rhoden, Lauren K. Robek
Votes: 656
8. Bates Motel (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A contemporary prequel to Psycho, giving a portrayal of how Norman Bates' psyche unravels through his teenage years, and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, Norma, truly is.
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nicola Peltz Beckham
Votes: 117,028
9. The Mist (2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After an eerie mist rolls into a small town, the residents must battle the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain their morality and sanity.
Stars: Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic
Votes: 27,811
10. Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Ash has spent the last thirty years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind and Ash becomes mankind's only hope.
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, Lucy Lawless
Votes: 79,987
11. Scream: The TV Series (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A serialized anthology series that follows a group of teenagers being targeted by a masked serial killer.
Stars: Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna, Carlson Young
Votes: 45,020
12. From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A Texas Ranger is in hot pursuit of the infamous Gecko brothers and their hostages. They all end up trapped in a desert bar secretly run by vampires and discover a vampire conspiracy.
Stars: D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Jesse Garcia, Eiza González
Votes: 21,543
13. Tremors (2003)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Small town notices weird deaths in the desert. There are giant worms under the sand. They can hear the location of people through the vibration of their movement. Finally they blow them up with dynamite.
Stars: Victor Browne, Gladise Jiminez, Marcia Strassman, Lela Lee
Votes: 3,142
14. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head
Votes: 159,839
15. Damien (2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
Stars: Bradley James, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Omid Abtahi, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 8,321
16. Blade: The Series (2006)
TV-14 | 556 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The adventures of the half human/vampire hunter.
Stars: Sticky Fingaz, Jill Wagner, Nelson Lee, Jessica Gower
Votes: 6,072
17. Wolf Creek (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
An anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback.
Stars: John Jarratt, Lucy Fry, Dustin Clare, Tess Haubrich
Votes: 5,759
18. The Dead Zone (2002–2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Johnny had the perfect life until he was in coma for six years. When he awoke, he found his fiancee married to another man. His son doesn't know him. Everything's changed, including Johnny. With one touch, he can see things.
Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams
Votes: 9,988
19. Creepshow (2019– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
The fictional Creepshow comic books come to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales hosted by the silent Creepshow ghoul.
Stars: Carey Jones, Hannah Fierman, Kara Kimmer, David Alexander Kaplan
Votes: 9,268
20. Chucky (I) (2021– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town's hypocrisies and secrets.
Stars: Zackary Arthur, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Brad Dourif
Votes: 26,984
21. Constantine (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A man struggling with his faith who is haunted by the sins of his past is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
Stars: Matt Ryan, Harold Perrineau, Charles Halford, Angélica Celaya
Votes: 56,282
22. Chakushin ari (2005)
45 min | Horror, Mystery
A remake of the 2004 hit horror movie of the same name, Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call) in which the "message of death" is spread throughout the city via cellphones. Yumi the ex-student of ... See full summary »
Stars: Rei Kikukawa, Kanji Tsuda, Akiko Kinouchi, Haruna Yabuki
Votes: 102
23. Ring: The Final Chapter (1999)
54 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Asakawa is a journalist. He is witness to the strange death of a biker. Later this day, he learned that his niece Tomoko died suddenly of heart failure at the same time as the biker .So, he... See full summary »
Stars: Toshirô Yanagiba, Tomoya Nagase, Kotomi Kyôno, Akiko Yada
Votes: 193
24. Rasen (1999– )
Horror
Professor Andou Mitsuo gets tangled into the web of the video tape and Yamamura Sadako by pure luck. Unbeknown to the circumstances of discovering the tape, Mitsuo resumed the search to ... See full summary »
Stars: Gorô Kishitani, Akiko Yada, Takami Yoshimoto, Yûka Nomura
Votes: 80
25. Ju-on: Origins (2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Honjo Haruka is a rookie actress. She hears the sounds of footsteps at night in her house. When she learns of psychic researcher Odajima Yasuo from a TV variety program, she seeks counseling from him about her problem.
Stars: Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yuina Kuroshima, Seiko Iwaidô, Brock Powell
Votes: 5,349
27. Clarice (2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A look at the personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Stars: Rebecca Breeds, Michael Cudlitz, Jayne Atkinson, Lucca De Oliveira
Votes: 11,204
28. Resident Evil (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets.
Stars: Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph
Votes: 45,861
29. Welcome to Derry (2025– )
Horror | Filming
It will follow the events in the 1960s, the time leading up to the events of the first film in the Stephen King It series.
Stars: James Remar, Madeleine Stowe, Jovan Adepo, Taylour Paige
30. Interview with the Vampire (2022– )
TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Based on Anne Rice's iconic novel, follow Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy.
Stars: Assad Zaman, Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian
Votes: 22,323
31. Let the Right One In (2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Horror
Follows a 12-year-old girl who lives a closed-in life after turning into a vampire, only able to go out at night. Her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.
Stars: Demián Bichir, Anika Noni Rose, Grace Gummer, Madison Taylor Baez
Votes: 5,823
32. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2022– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of Sam Wing in his youth and Gizmo the Mogwai in China.
Stars: Gabrielle Nevaeh, A.J. LoCascio, Matthew Rhys, Izaac Wang
Votes: 726
33. Day of the Dead (2021)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Six strangers trying to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion.
Stars: Keenan Tracey, Daniel Doheny, Natalie Malaika, Miranda Frigon
Votes: 2,499
34. I Know What You Did Last Summer (2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In a town full of secrets, a group of teenagers are stalked by a mysterious killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.
Stars: Madison Iseman, Brianne Tju, Bill Heck, Zeke Goodman
Votes: 9,068
35. Crystal Lake
Horror | Announced
Prequel series to Friday the 13th, follows a doomed small town where camp counselors come to die.
Star: Adrienne King
36. Alien
TV-MA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Filming
A prequel series set three decades before the events of the 1979 film.
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Sydney Chandler, Essie Davis, Alex Lawther
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