Best Horror Shows of the 2020s (Ranked)

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Arcane

★9.0Ended

#1Score 8.99459.4k IMDb votes

Set in utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions-and the power that will tear them apart.

The Owl House

★8.6Ended

#2Score 8.5026.9k IMDb votes

Accidentally sent to the world of the Boiling Isles before a trip to summer camp, a teenage human named Luz longs to become a witch and is aided by rebellious Eda and pint-sized demon King.

Jujutsu Kaisen

★8.5Ongoing

#3Score 8.49224.1k IMDb votes

A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.

The Last of Us

★8.4Ongoing

#4Score 8.40753.7k IMDb votes

Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.

Dont Hug Me Im Scared 2022

★8.7Ended

#5Score 8.397.6k IMDb votes

Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy and A green duck as they learn about family, electricity and death. Beware the strange and dangerous twists that come their way, as their seemingly safe house reveals that they live in an actual nightmare!

Spartacus

★8.4Ended

#6Score 8.39298.7k IMDb votes

An anthology series of stand-alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.

Widows Bay

★8.1TV-MAOngoing2026-

#7Score 8.0895.3k IMDb votes

A skeptical mayor leads the superstitious residents of a cursed New England island.

Wednesday

★8.0Ongoing

#8Score 8.00512k IMDb votes

Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.

The Fall of the House of Usher

★7.9Ended

#9Score 7.89138.9k IMDb votes

To secure their fortune (and future) two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.

IT Welcome to Derry

★7.9Ongoing

#10Score 7.89121.5k IMDb votes

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.

Carrie

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Carrie

🔥 HOT★7.9TV-MAOngoing2026-

#11Score 7.8526.5k IMDb votes

After her father's sudden death, sheltered teenager Carrie White, raised by her overprotective mother, enters public high school, where she faces a viral bullying scandal and discovers mysterious telekinetic powers.

From

★7.7Ongoing

#12Score 7.70210.6k IMDb votes

Unravel the mystery of a city in middle U.S.A. that imprisons everyone who enters. As the residents struggle to maintain a sense of normalcy and seek a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest.

Midnight Mass

★7.7Ended

#13Score 7.69175.7k IMDb votes

An isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.

Yellowjackets

★7.7Ongoing

#14Score 7.69117.7k IMDb votes

A wildly talented high school girl soccer team becomes the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.

The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live

★7.7Ended

#15Score 7.6851.4k IMDb votes

The love story between Rick and Michonne. Changed by a world that is constantly changing, will they find themselves in a war against the living or will they discover that they too are The Walking Dead?

Haunted Hotel

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Haunted Hotel

★7.7Ongoing

#16Score 7.6210.3k IMDb votes

A single mom with two kids operates a haunted hotel, aided by her late brother&apos;s ghost who believes they can have ingenious ideas despite his ethereal state.

Calls US

★7.7Ended

#17Score 7.618.8k IMDb votes

Told through a series of interconnected phone conversations, it chronicles the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray in the lead-up to an apocalyptic event.

The Sandman

★7.6Ended

#18Score 7.60212.8k IMDb votes

Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.

The Outsider 2020

★7.6Ended

#19Score 7.59120.3k IMDb votes

Investigators are confounded over an unspeakable crime that has been committed.

The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon

★7.5Ongoing

#20Score 7.4941.5k IMDb votes

Daryl's journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home.

Them

★7.5Ended

#21Score 7.4833.7k IMDb votes

A black family moves to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood where malevolent forces, next door and otherworldly, threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.

Castlevania Nocturne

★7.5Ended

#22Score 7.4824.9k IMDb votes

During the French Revolution, vampire hunter prodigy Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire.

Let the Right One In

★7.5Ended

#23Score 7.446.8k IMDb votes

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.

The Haunting of Bly Manor

★7.4Ended

#24Score 7.40148.2k IMDb votes

After an au pairâ€™s tragic death, Henry hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose.

Devil in Disguise John Wayne Gacy

★7.4Ended

#25Score 7.379.2k IMDb votes

Chicago-area contractor John Wayne Gacy leads a double-life as a serial killer, while detectives piece together clues that lead to a shocking discovery.

Locke and Key

★7.3Ended

#26Score 7.30109.8k IMDb votes

After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father's...

Paper Girls

★7.3Ended

#27Score 7.2913.3k IMDb votes

Four young friends' paper routes are disrupted on Hell Day 1988, when they unknowingly time travel to 2019. While searching for a way home, they come face-to-face with their adult selves and learn how to work together to save the ...

The Boroughs

★7.2TV-MAEnded2026-2026

#28Score 7.2042.3k IMDb votes

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have - time.

Chapelwaite

★7.2Ended

#29Score 7.2014.7k IMDb votes

In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family to his ancestral home in the small, sleepy town of Preacher's Corners. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family's history and fight to end the darkness.

Chucky

★7.2Ended

#30Score 7.2033.7k IMDb votes

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.

Cursed Films

★7.1Ended

#31Score 7.161.9k IMDb votes

Cursed Films is a five part documentary series which explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood's notoriously cursed horror film productions.

Anna

★7.0Ended

#32Score 7.141.1k IMDb votes

A 13-year-old Sicilian girl who must contend with a viral contagion that has killed off all adults on the island.

The Horror of Dolores Roach

★7.1Ended

#33Score 7.136.6k IMDb votes

When Dolores Roach is released after an unjust prison sentence, she reunites with an old friend who lets her work as a masseuse. When the promise of her newfound stability is threatened, Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to s...

Brand New Cherry Flavor

★7.1Ended

#34Score 7.1122.6k IMDb votes

Lisa Nova, an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles, embarks on a mind-altering journey of supernatural revenge that gets nightmarishly out of control.

Swarm

★7.1Ended

#35Score 7.1117.8k IMDb votes

A young woman's obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn.

Lovecraft Country

★7.1Ended

#36Score 7.1051.7k IMDb votes

A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.

Gremlins Secrets of the Mogwai

★6.8Ended

#37Score 7.071.1k IMDb votes

The adventures of Sam Wing in his youth and Gizmo the Mogwai in China.

The Bite

★6.8Ended

#38Score 7.061.2k IMDb votes

Created and written by Robert and Michelle King, "The Bite" follows an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. It follows the lives of two neighbors, Rachel (McDonald) and Lily (Schilling), as ...

Little Demon

★7.0Ended

#39Score 7.065.8k IMDb votes

After being impregnated by the Devil, a reluctant mother and her Antichrist daughter attempt to live an ordinary life in Delaware.

Hysteria 2024

★7.0Ended

#40Score 7.056.7k IMDb votes

Follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who use the town's sudden interest in the occult to start a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a strange series of events triggers a witch hunt that leads back t...

Shining Vale

★7.0Ended

#41Score 7.047.8k IMDb votes

A family moves to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But nobody seems to notice except for Pat, who's convinced she's either depressed or possessed--turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same.

Truth Seekers

★7.0

#42Score 7.0216.5k IMDb votes

A team of part-time paranormal investigators use homemade gizmos to track the supernatural, sharing their adventures online. As their haunted stake outs become more terrifying they begin to uncover an unimaginable, apocalyptic con...

The Bondsman

★7.0Ended

#43Score 7.0222.2k IMDb votes

Resurrected bounty hunter Hub Halloran gets an unexpected second chance at life, love, and his nearly-forgotten musical career - only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.

Guillermo Del Toros Cabinet of Curiosities

★7.0Ended

#44Score 7.0166k IMDb votes

Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in a visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

The Walking Dead Dead City

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The Walking Dead Dead City

★7.0Ongoing

#45Score 7.0137.6k IMDb votes

Maggie and Negan travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. The city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world.

The Enfield Poltergeist

★6.6Ended

#46Score 6.951.6k IMDb votes

Experience the chilling true story of the world's most famous poltergeist case through original audio recordings made inside the house as the events unfolded.

Pretty Little Liars Original Sin

★6.9Ended

#47Score 6.9510.5k IMDb votes

Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a brand-new set of Little Liars finds themselves tormented by an unknown assailant.

The Creep Tapes

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The Creep Tapes

★6.8Ongoing

#48Score 6.943.9k IMDb votes

It explores a collection of video tapes from a serial killer who hires victims under false pretenses to film him. Each episode features a new victim.

Domino Day 2024

★6.4Ended

#49Score 6.911.2k IMDb votes

Follows Domino, who is a powerful young witch who is haunted by her need to feed on the energy of others.

The Gloaming

★6.6Ended

#50Score 6.853k IMDb votes

When an unidentified woman is found brutally murdered, Detective Molly McGee teams up with fellow cop, Alex O'Connell, with whom she shares a tragic past, to solve the crime.

Score = IMDb rating weighted by vote count (Bayesian average). Shows need at least 1,000 votes to be ranked.

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