5 Spine-Chilling Horror TV Series to Binge Before Halloween Night, Ranked by IMDb
Whether you're into psychological thrillers or classic supernatural tales, you'll find something to get you in the mood for Halloween.
As October nights grow longer and the anticipation of the spookiest holiday of the year lingers in the air, it's the perfect time to immerse yourself in the supernatural and the unknown.
What could be better than snuggling up in a warm bed and binge-watching a series that will give you goosebumps?
5. 'Archive 81', 2022
IMDb Score: 7.3/10
Dan Turner could pass for an average New York hipster who collects old audio and video tapes at flea markets – except this is his job. He's a restorer at a museum, where he sorts through tons of damaged film every day and tries to breathe new life into it.
Dan is so skilled that he soon receives a lucrative contract. For $100,000, he will retire to a remote house to restore several mysterious tapes featuring a girl named Melody.
4. 'Marianne', 2019
IMDb Score: 7.3/10
Renowned horror writer Emma announces the end of her book series about the witch Marianne, to focus on serious fiction.
However, Emma's school friend Caroline emerges from her forgotten past, begging her to continue writing because Marianne is real. She has possessed Caroline's mother and threatens to kill her if the story ends.
Emma ignores Caroline, trying to convince herself that Marianne is fictional. However, her refusal leads Caroline to commit suicide, and Marianne threatens to kill Emma's parents if she doesn't start writing again.
3. 'The House on Autumn Hill', 2023
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
Zamir, an experienced climber, is obsessed with finding his younger brother. He disappeared on a hill 10 days ago, and the place is considered cursed – even the police avoid it.
Desperate, Zamir appears on a talk show with a psychic. However, when he only receives a warning to stay away from the hill, he sets out again to search for his brother. Suddenly, he and seven other lost travelers see a bamboo forest. The stalks form a gate that glows with blinding light.
Through this gate, the travelers enter a cursed house ruled by a beautiful elderly woman. To escape this place, they must complete quests and overcome terrifying visions.
2. 'The Terror', 2018-2025
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
In 1845, an expedition led by the experienced polar explorer Sir John Franklin departed on the ships HMS Terror and HMS Erebus for the northern coast of Canada in search of the Northwest Passage – and disappeared without a trace.
The search dragged on for decades, and information about the expedition's fate was collected bit by bit.
The expedition's main threat wasn't the crushing embrace of ice, freezing cold, or blizzards, but rather an unknown, colossal monster seemingly woven from snow and polar darkness.
1. 'The Kingdom', 1994-2022
IMDb Score: 8.2/10
The hospital, nicknamed the Kingdom, was built on swampland that was once used by tanners to soak huge pieces of canvas.
The area was cold and damp, always shrouded in fog, and the people who lived there were prone to superstition and belief in the supernatural.
However, when a modern hospital staffed by the finest minds in science and medicine was built in its place, all mystical tales vanished into oblivion. But for how long?
