8 Best Netflix Horror TV Series to Binge After 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen'

Netflix has long been one of the leading factories of horror TV series, offering everything from psychological thrillers to supernatural dramas and zombie apocalypses.

If you've exhausted your usual watchlist and are craving quality scares, check out these top horror series on Netflix.

1. 'Marianne', 2019

IMDb Score: 7.3/10

This is the story of Emma, a writer who became famous for her horror novel series about a girl named Lizzie and her confrontation with the evil witch Marianne. Writing helped Emma drown out the ominous images in her mind.

However, as soon as she decided to finish Lizzie's story, the long-forgotten terrifying images returned. What's more, school friend of hers committed suicide in front of her, demanding that she continue the series.

Emma's misadventures continue, and she must stop hiding behind Lizzie to deal with them because Marianne has broken free from the pages of Emma's books and into the real world.

2. 'Brand New Cherry Flavor', 2021

IMDb Score: 7.1/10

The talented director Lisa recently made a short horror movie that everyone is talking about. Eager to establish herself, she moved to Los Angeles and struck a deal with a producer who seemed ready to help her make her feature film debut.

However, she rejects the producer's advances, and someone else is already in the director's chair. Unfortunately for the producer, Lisa has befriended a local witch.

If you like phantasmagorical series where reality and fiction blend, then Brand New Cherry Flavor is definitely for you.

3. 'Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities', 2022

IMDb Score: 7.0/10

Guillermo del Toro curated the show and personally selected eight directors to create each episode. Among them are Panos Cosmatos, Catherine Hardwicke, and Jennifer Kent.

The eight unrelated stories are connected only by del Toro, who introduces each director at the beginning of their episode. Nearly the entire season is based on literary works, including the prose of the renowned Mexican filmmaker himself.

4. 'The Haunting of Hill House', 2018

IMDb Score: 8.5/10

The Crains seemed like the perfect family when they moved to a vast estate in the early 1990s – they have loving parents and close-knit children.

Now, however, these close relatives, each burdened with their own fears and traumas, studiously avoid each other.

The suicide of their younger sister brings the adult Crains together and forces them to confront each other and the horrors of their past in the haunted house.

5. '1899', 2022

IMDb Score: 7.3/10

It's 1899, and the ship Kerberos is sailing from London to New York. The crew and passengers hail from different social classes, countries, and nationalities, and each person has a purpose for being on board.

Among them is Maura, a neurologist, who is engrossed in a letter from her brother suggesting they meet in New York. However, Maura suspects that her brother never made it to the New World.

Captain of Kerberos, Eyk, receives a distress signal from Prometheus, an infamous vessel that disappeared several months earlier in the Atlantic Ocean. Captain Eyk decides to change course and go to the rescue.

6. 'Midnight Mass', 2021

IMDb Score: 7.7/10

The series follows the lives of a small, isolated religious community living on a remote island. After a young, charismatic priest arrives, inexplicable and supernatural events begin to occur. Many locals mistake these events for religious miracles.

Midnight Mass is a religious horror project that became a personal confession for the director, Mike Flanagan. As a child, Flanagan was an altar boy himself, so he is well aware of the differences between religion, faith, and fanaticism.

7. 'Archive 81', 2022

IMDb Score: 7.3/10

Dan lost his family in a fire and never recovered from the devastating loss. This inspired his career as an archivist restoring VHS tapes. Through his work, he helps others preserve the happy family memories he was deprived of.

One day, a large corporation approached Dan with a request to digitize hundreds of hours of archival footage damaged by the fire. In it, documentary filmmaker Melody investigates a mysterious cult that operated in the 1990s.

8. 'Kingdom', 2019-2020

IMDb Score: 8.3/10

South Korea, late 16th century. A fierce power struggle is brewing in the Joseon kingdom. The current king is terminally ill – or so his entourage claims.

The crown prince desperately tries to secure an audience with his father, but the monarch's pregnant wife and her father constantly interfere with family meetings. The king's "illness" must be concealed until the queen gives birth to an heir, otherwise, the crown prince will take the throne.

What the crown prince doesn't know is that the king has long been a zombie. But in this story, the main perpetrators of the horrors aren't the resurrected dead, but rather those hungry for power.