Cosy horror for dark nights

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TV series from the 2020s

Horror on television: what each series is, who made it and how scary it gets.

TV series · 2021

American Horror Stories

An anthology from the American Horror Story team, a fresh horror story in nearly every episode.

TV series · 2021

Chucky

Chucky's back, and this time he's got a school full of teenagers to torment.

TV series · 2020

Dracula

The BBC's own three-part go at Dracula, with Claes Bang as the Count.

TV series · 2020

Helstrom

Two Hellstrom siblings inherit a very literal family problem in this Hulu horror drama from Marvel.

TV series · 2020

Lovecraft Country

A young man crosses 1950s segregated America hunting his missing father, and finds a town with Lovecraft's own secrets buried in it.

TV series · 2021

Midnight Mass

A mysterious priest arrives on a small, devout island and strange, sacred things start to happen.

TV series · 2023

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

A spin-off following Daryl Dixon washed up on foreign shores in a zombie-ravaged world, still walking, still searching.

TV series · 2026

Widow's Bay

A supernatural comedy horror set on a New England island bound by a centuries-old curse.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.